CANTERBURY City Football Club have received a welcome boost with news they have been awarded a Football Foundation grant of £9,000 over the next three years to support the community work that the club have initiated.

Club chairman Phil Knight said the money would be earmarked towards community projects.

He said: "The club are keen to develop both a girls' set-up and provide constructive football coaching for those with special needs. The grant will allow us to accelerate these plans."

The 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 throughout the country.

Funded by the Premier League, The Football Association, Sport England and the Government, the Foundation is the nation’s largest sports charity with a £45m budget going straight into the heart of football.