Dagenham And Rainham MP Welcomes Funding Boost For Local Women And Girls’ Football

18th September 202618th September 2026 Francesca Lilleystone 0 Comments Football, Funding, Girls, Margaret Mullane MP, tigers Junior Football Club min read

The Football Foundation at Wembley Stadium has contacted Margaret Mullane MP to announce that a £7,500 grant from its Lionesses HERe to Play Fund has been made to the Tigers Junior Football Club.

The grant to Tigers J F C, based at Bretons South Hornchurch, is to help meet the growing demand for women’s and girls’ football in Dagenham and Rainham.

The Football Foundation is a partnership between the Premier League, the FA and Government to support grassroots football in England, making sure that every community has access to a great place to play.Thanks to funding from the National Lottery through Sport England, the Lionesses HERe to Play Fundwill create more opportunities for women and girls to get involved in football.

The funding will help cover key costs including facility hire, kit and equipment, promotion and publicity, affiliation and league fees, referees, insurance, and coach and volunteer training. Specifically, Tigers JFC will use this grant to create five brand new teams specifically for women and girls to allow more women and girls from across the area the opportunity to get involved in football.

Margaret told the Havering Daily: “This is really great news, it will help Tigers JFC go from strength to strength in building participation from local girls and women in football at grassroots level.

Involvement in sport is so positive for health and wellbeing and we can see from the incredible progress that women’s football has made in England,that it is opening up real opportunities for girls.

I wish all the Tigers JFC girls, women’s and boys teams every success in the future and hope that this grant funding will help them achieve that.”

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