About The Angus Irvine Playing Fields Fund

The Playing Fields Legacy Fund (PFLF) was a charity established by the late Angus Irvine in 2012, prompted by what he felt was a failure of the 2012 London Olympics to provide the promised legacy for grassroots sport. Over a period of 5 years the charity, led by Angus, raised hundreds of thousands of pounds and invested the funds into vital facilities for scores of community sports clubs.

Fundamental to the way Angus ran the fund was a passion for maximising resources for grassroots sport, helping volunteers develop community sports facilities and enabling team sports to reach many more disadvantaged young people who might otherwise be attracted by gangs or anti-social behaviour.

Sadly, Angus passed away in 2015 but his work continued, led by the committed trustees of the charity and by his children and grandchildren. To fully capitalise on what Angus achieved, in 2018 the trustees decided to join forces with Access Sport and form the AIPFF, a restricted fund within Access Sport.

Access Sport are experts in the development of inclusive sport and help to ensure funds reach the projects that need them the most, as well as providing additional advisory and development support to the clubs which the AIPFF supports.

Angus's children and grandchildren continue the remarkable fundraising that Angus started and a committee, formed of Access Sport and Irvine family representatives, oversee this fund, managing the distribution of grants and acting as custodians of Angus's legacy for the long-term.