Howdens Kitchens Launch Grassroots Programme In England, Scotland & NI

England Football and the Scotland and Northern Ireland Football Associations have teamed up with Howdens Kitchens to launch a partnership to improve clubhouse facilities across grassroots football clubs in each country.

Howdens’ Game Changer Programme in partnership with England Football will see the kitchen company aim to fund £3m worth of kitchens over three years for England Football Accredited grassroots clubs.

The Programme will look to provide better kitchen facilities to help clubs make their matchday experience more enjoyable and increase revenue opportunities.

In Scotland, the kitchen company will fund 60 club kitchens over the next three years whilst in Northern Ireland, 15 club kitchens over the next three years will be transformed. 

Andrew Livingston, Chief Executive Officer, Howdens, said: “There is quite rightly a lot of attention on grassroots football and what happens on the pitch.

“We feel that the off-pitch facilities are very important too, because clubhouses are the hub of the community, they’re the place for teas and coffees for the taxi of mum and dad, where the frozen wet feet of the army of volunteers dry off, and when the post-match discussion starts.

“If kitchens are the heart of our homes, then kitchens should be the heart of community grassroots football too,” said Livingston.