Premier League and Professional Footballers' Association Players' Fund
The Premier League and Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Players' Fund supports clubs to develop partnerships to tackle inequality and respond to local challenges.
The fund has enabled Premier League club charities across England and Wales to deliver projects responding to local need for the last 15 years.
Delivered with local strategic partners, the programmes are also supported by current and former professional football players and Academy players to inspire local communities to improve their wellbeing, achieve their potential and develop their personal skills and positive attitudes to succeed in life.
Since its inception, the Premier League and PFA Players' Fund has supported projects across more than 4,100 venues to create inclusive environments and positively impact hundreds of thousands of people and communities across England and Wales.
In Season 2025/26, funded programmes use the power of football to respond to local need, including: mental health and wellbeing, physical health and wellbeing, LGBTQ+ inclusion, social isolation in older people, supporting people with dementia, and education, employability and training pathways
Premier League PFA and Community Fund objectives
The Premier League, PFA, professional football clubs and club charities will:
- Develop thriving local communities that feel inspired and engaged
- Improve physical and mental health and wellbeing, and reduce social isolation
- Strengthen communities by tackling inequalities, poverty and social deprivation
- Use the power of football to develop positive attitudes and behaviours and improve inter-personal relationships
- Support participants into positive pathways through training, education and employment opportunities
- Promote community cohesion and champion equality, diversity and inclusion
- Create opportunities for current, future and former male and female professional footballers to meaningfully engage in their community