DCMS announce £11m Government support package for the National League with Hartlepool United, Chesterfield, Notts County and more set for another cash injection

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport have confirmed that £28 million of funding has been allocated to help non-league and women’s football combat the financial strains of the coronavirus pandemic and nationwide lockdown.

The package will be largely composed of loans with £11 million of that will going to steps one and two, £14 million going to steps three to six and the remaining £3 million going to the Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship.

For National League clubs, this comes in addition to the £10 million National Lottery package which saw a significant disparity in the amount of funding between clubs and divisions.

The lottery funding saw Hartlepool United and six other fifth tier sides receive the maximum allowance of £285,000 to be paid in three £95,000 instalments.

A club by club breakdown of the latest £11 million support package is yet to be announced.

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