Key Information Sporting Organization

Explanation Football association (FA)

The Sport(s) with which each is associated

football

Organisational Aims

The FA aims are to encourage grass routes football for local football clubs, also to promote the many national football teams that play for England, also to encourage more people to become referees and officials.

Target Groups

The target groups would be in general the English public will be the target groups for the England international games , also the fa targets young footballers , this would be because of there input in grass routes football.

Standards of Facilities and Services

Expected to be high due to the amount of funding they receive from the government and private sponsors. Also the national stadiums are going to be built to a high standard as well due to the funding and well trained staff.

Pricing Structure

The FA get funding from governing funding like lottery funding and non and private investment s like sponsorships like Vauxhall and Mars. Also the money that England gain from home games at the Wembley stadium the money that they get from tickets. The FA work with volunteer sports organisations like local armature football clubs to try and improve grass roots football , with there funding for better facilitys and better coachs.

Extent of Partnerships With Other Sectors

Topics Government Grants

Example-FA
Definition
Grants are funds disbursed by one party (Grant Makers), often a Government Department, Corporation, Foundation or Trust, to a recipient, often (but not always) a nonprofit entity, educational institution, business or an individual.

Example
25 million or government grants go to grass routes football the fa are allowed to get this money only because they dont earn a profit ,all the money that they do make they put back into football.

Non Government Grants

Definition
Grants that have come from a non-government source like a private party or private investor.

Example
the FA dont get private grants because they get there money from other places.

Member Loans

Definition
Members of a certain company or organisation, that loan money to that company in order to help or sustain its financial position.

Example
the FA dont get member loans because they dont need to , they get there money from tickets and revenue e.g. sponsors.

Financial Institution Loans

Definition
A financial institution loan is an institution that provides financial loans for its clients or members and then getting return on that money.

Example
the FA dont get Financial Institution Loans , because they get money from other places such as government grants and sponsorships.

Membership Subscriptions

Definitions
Membership subscriptions that the members of the organisation pay so that they can be a part of that organisation..

Example
The FA dont have members as such, but what they do is that they take a profit from the England football games.

Lottery Funding

Definition
The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) is a grant-making non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom created by the Government to administer the funding of "good causes" following the creation of the National Lottery. It has an annual expenditure of 630 million.

Example
the FA dont get lottery funding because the lottery funding mainly gos to volunteer organisations.

Private Investment

Definition
A transaction in which accredited investors are allowed to purchase stock in a public company through an exemption allowed by provincial securities regulation.

example
the FA have been invested by Umbro , in there help to build st Gorges back for the 2012 Olympics , in return the England team wear there kit.

Donations

Definition
A donation is a gift given by physical or legal persons, typically for charitable purposes and/or to benefit a cause. A donation may take various forms, including cash, services.

example
The fa doesnt get donations because mainly volunteer sports organisations get donations.