Clubmark
Sport England Clubmark Award
The Sport England Clubmark award is a nationally adopted set of standards for enabling National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of sport and their affiliated clubs to set and meet standards that will lead to better quality sports club provision for children and young people. The scheme applies across a wide range of sports, with some NGB's chosing to shape and rename them to suit their sports. Some examples of this include; Football's 'Charter Standard', Netball's 'CAPS' Award, Hockey's 'Clubs1st' and Swimmings 'Swim21'. Clubmark is promoted nationally to enable parents, carers and young people to quickly recognise a club that is committed to providing a quality experience.
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CriteriaClubmark will provide clubs the opportunity to develop in order to meet nationally recognised standards.The 4 areas covered are:
- Duty of care and child protection
- The playing programme
- Sports equity and ethics
- Club management
Benefits
Clubs who sign up to the scheme will receive the following benefits:
- Security for its long term future
- Increased chances for receiving funding
- Expanded volunteer base
- Increased membership
- Improved coaching standards
- Increased success and achievement
- Formalised links with local schools and partners
- Discounted training courses
- Public recognition
For more information on Clubmark visit www.clubmark.org.uk
For more information on Club Development contact Melissa Bennett at team BEDS&LUTON on 01582 813761.
Development Tool Kit
The templates below are designed to assist clubs in producing the necessary documents required to achieve Clubmark or National Governing Body Accreditation. Templates should be adapted to suit the needs of individual clubs.
Click on the template that you require and you can download a word document onto your own PC.
