Football Foundation
Lee Rider is a seasoned professional in the field of football development, currently serving as a Senior Implementation Manager at the Football Foundation since August 2017. Prior experience includes roles as Senior Program Manager and Senior Delivery Manager for the Midlands & South West, along with managing Parklife projects. At The Football Association from November 2013 to July 2017, Lee led the development of grassroots football facilities across the South West and delivered approximately £15 million in projects. Experience as County Development Manager at Devon County Football Association involved leading a team of Football Development Officers and securing significant investment for priority projects. Lee also contributed to club and league development initiatives and implemented youth leadership programs. An earlier role as a Community Sports Coach at Active Devon Sports Partnership included coaching and fostering school-club links. Lee holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sport and Recreation Studies from The University of St. Mark and St. John.
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Football Foundation
The Football Foundation is the charity of the Premier League, The FA and Government, through Sport England. We deliver outstanding grassroots football facilities, meaning more games, better games and more people playing - helping transform communities where demand is greatest and impact will be strongest. Founded in 2000, we are now the largest sports charity in UK. So far, we have used the investment from our Partners to award more than 17,600 grants to improve facilities worth more than £710m – including 942 artificial grass pitches, 6,426 natural grass pitches and 1,200 changing facilities. This has attracted an additional £940m of partnership funding – totalling over £1.6bn investment in grassroots football. And there’s much more to come. Through the Foundation, the Premier League, The FA and Government through Sport England have come together to create the National Football Facilities Strategy (NFFS) that will guide work over the next 10 years to transform many more local facilities. Local Football Facility Plans (LFFP) are being created to identify priority projects where demand is greatest, and the impact will be strongest and help stimulate the action required to deliver them.