Doncaster Kids Celebrate A Footballing Xmas

Christmas is coming early for Sports College, Rossington All Saints Church of England School, Doncaster, as local MP and Home Office Minister Caroline Flint joins pupils and staff to kick off their outstanding football project.

Ms Flint will hand over £522,566 on behalf of the Football Foundation, the UK's largest sports charity, that will provide pupils and the wider community with a new floodlit synthetic turf pitch and modern changing facilities. The cash boost will also allow the school to fund a development programme to provide more opportunities for footballers of all ages and abilities to take up the game. Almost 2000 players are expected to become regular users of the revamped site.

Said Ms Flint: "The Football Foundation's generous grant will make a tremendous contribution to football development in Rossington. This is good for Rossington All Saints and good for the village. The Foundation is investing in the future in grassroots sport, the very future of our national game. I can't wait to see the finished pitch."

The ceremony will take place at 9am on Monday 13 December at the school's Bond Street site, Rossington, DN11 0BZ.

Funded by the FA Premier League, the Football Association, Sport England and the Government, the Football Foundation is dedicated to revitalising the grass roots of the game, constructing modern football facilities, developing football as a force for social cohesion and as a vehicle for education in communities.