The Football League Trust will manage funding to both areas, including the annual contributions of £5.4m and £4m from the Premier League towards clubs’ youth development and community programmes, respectively.
Under the new system, clubs will be able to apply to The Football League Trust for additional grant funding to initiate new community activities. “Not only will this provide more funding than clubs have had in the past,” said Football League Chairman Lord Mawhinney. “It will also provide them with more support from the centre than they have experienced previously.”
Former Burnley FC chief executive, Dave Edmundson, has been appointed general manager of the new trust and he will take up his post on October 15.
