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Minimum Operating Standards
The Bedfordshire and Luton County Sports Partnership have developed a local club accreditation scheme to recognise good clubs within the county that can achieve important criteria and show a commitment to child protection, equal opportunities and health and safety, whilst offering a quality experience to its membership. The new award branded 'Minimum Operating Standards' (or MOS for short) is based on the Sport England Clubmark award which recognises excellent clubs. The idea is that clubs should use MOS as a stepping stone to work towards the Clubmark award for excellence.
MOS in brief......
- A shortened version of Sport England's full Clubmark Accreditation
- A countywide development scheme to help clubs work towards their full Clubmark accreditation in bite size pieces
- Recognises clubs that follow good practice, fulfil important criteria and are 'safe' to recommend to young people
- team BEDS&LUTON will help clubs to work through the criteria and give a 50% discount to them for club and coach development courses
8 steps to achieve the MOS accreditation......
- Clubs are identified or will identify themselves as candidates that can achieve this award and contact joby@teambedsandluton.co.uk / 01582 813763.
- Clubs download the MOS criteria for and any templates they require from this website.
- Clubs working towards Minimum Operating Standards register on the 'Developing Clubs Benefits Package' and can access the necessary courses with a 50% discount.
- Clubs access support to fulfill criteria from team BEDS&LUTON, their Local Authority or School Sports Partnership.
- Once clubs have fulfilled all the criteria they contact the team BEDS&LUTON office on 01582 813760 to arrange a visit to agree completion and issue the award.
- On achieving the Minimum Operating Standards, clubs will receive a certificate as countywide recognition of being a high quality club.
- team BEDS&LUTON and Local Authorities will hold all accredited clubs on record and these clubs will be listed on the website. This in turn will improve a club's chance of increasing membership, attracting volunteers and forming school-club links.
- Clubs will receive additional support from team BEDS&LUTON, Local Authorities and/or NGB's if they wish to work towards their full Clubmark accreditation.
