THE Football Association of Wales Trust (FAWT) has outlined its major goals for the next six years.

Across Wales schemes have been launched to help the trust attain its target of having 200,000 children playing football once a week by 2024 with 60,000 playing twice a week for a registered club.

The trust has set a target of registering 20,000 female players by 2024 with the aim of providing disability football to 1,500 players.

Part of the FAWT ambitions is to create a system with 90 per cent of players from boys and girls development teams progress to the intermediate national set-ups.

The trust’s strategy is geared toward achieving international success by qualifying for the European Championships, creating a world class coaching nation, transforming communities through football and, a stronger and sustainable domestic game.

Key to such aims is ensuring the game has a well trained and high performing voluntary and professional workforce.

While much good work has gone into developing coaches across Wales the lack of suitable facilities continues to be a growing problem in Central Wales.

The FAW Trust has committed to developing in partnership 100 3G pitches across Wales by 2024.

However Powys is currently served by just one such facility while calls for 3G pitches in Welshpool and Llandrindod Wells continue to fall on deaf ears despite growing pitch shortages.