English Schools' Football Association

Jamie Carragher pictured with pupils from All Saints Primary School, Bootle

The second window of the Premier League Players' Kit Scheme is now open. The deadline for Schools or Clubs to submit applications is Saturday 31 January 2012. To complete an application form click here.

The Premier League Players' Kit Scheme provides grants for a free Nike team strip and equipment. Applications are welcome from any English and Welsh club, school or organisation. Please note that there are a limited number of team strips available; therefore this is a competitive application process. Team strips will only be awarded to those who not only fulfil all of the criteria, but are deemed most in need of assistance, so please make sure that your supporting statement within the application form reflects this.

To be eligible for funding, groups:

• Must be within the qualifying age group: Under 7s – Under 16s
• Must include a scanned copy of their Safeguarding Children policy and appropriate Public Liability Insurance
• Must be affiliated to an English or Welsh league
• Must not have received a Premier League Players' Kit Scheme Kit in Window one.

Please note that:

• Clubs, Schools and Organisations can only receive one set of kit and equipment
• Any Club, School and Organisation submitting multiple applications will be automatically disqualified.

If you have any questions, please contact the Premier League Charitable Fund on plcf@premierleague.com

You will be asked to provide supporting documents. If we do not receive these or they are not readily available on your website we cannot process your application.

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has returned to his old primary school in Bootle to donate football kit and training gear as part of the Premier League Players' Kit Scheme.

The defender visited All Saints Primary as part of an initiative launched by the Premier League and the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) to boost the sport at grassroots level.

The initiative is providing U16 clubs, schools and youth organisations in England and Wales with free football kit and equipment, with priority being given to those that come from areas that are deemed to be in most need of assistance.

The Premier League Players' Kit Scheme originated at a meeting between the Premier League, delegates from the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) and players from all top-flight clubs. The squads of all 20 clubs have donated £25,000, ensuring the big pot of £500,000.

Carragher was one of the delegates who attended that meeting and he was delighted to see the idea come to fruition, allowing him the chance to inspire a new generation. He said: "It's always great to come back. It's All Saints now but it was St James' when I was a lad. "This is the area where I was born and brought up and I've got a lot of family and friends around here. People around here are very proud of what I've achieved at Liverpool. It's important to me that I come back and recognise them as well.

"Hopefully one day we will see another kid from Marsh Lane doing as well as I've done if not better. That's what we would all love to see."

The Premier League is once again accepting applications for the Premier League Players' Kit Scheme and teams can apply at premierleague.com.