The FA Charter Standard is aimed at all clubs outside the Football League and Premier League.
FA Charter Standard Clubs criteria is linked to the FA National Game
- Strategy
- Growth and Retention
- Raising Standards
- Better Players
- Running the Game
- Volunteer Development
- Facilities
FA Charter Standard Club Criteria
- Affiliated to CFA
- At least one team in an affiliated league
- School-Club Link established
- Code of Conduct
- Good disciplinary record
- CWO-WOW trained
- CRB for all volunteers
- Emergency Aid trained with every team
- Signed up to FA Respect Campaign by July 2009.
- The Club ensures that there is first aid equipment at all coaching sessions and matches
- The Club holds a briefing for players, parents/careers and officials at start of each season - acceptable standards of behavior and the need for positive playing environments.
- FA Level 1 coach with every team below U16
- One coach to have attended FA Age Appropriate - Introductory Module from July 2009 for new Clubs and July 2010 for existing Clubs
- The player/coach ratio for coaching sessions reflects FA guidelines:
- Two adults always present
- No more than 1-16.
- Club rules
- Annual Club Accounts
- PL Insurance
- Equity Policy.
- Volunteer Co-coordinator
- The club uses Football Workforce so that coaches and volunteers have job descriptions with clear roles and responsibilities
- Club must attend at least one update/in-service per year.
- Goalpost Safety.
FA Charter Standard Development (All of the above within club must be achieved plus)
- At least five affiliated teams
- At least one FA Level 2 Coach
- At least one Coach to have achieved FA Module 1 Youth - July 10
- Club must attend at least two updates/in-service per year.
FA Charter Standard Adult Clubs
- Affiliated to CFA
- At least one team in an affiliated league
- Code of Conduct
- Good disciplinary record
- Emergency Aid trained with every team
- The club ensures that there is first aid equipment at all coaching sessions and matches
- Signed up to FA Respect Campaign - July 2009.
- Club rules
- Annual Club Accounts
- PL Insurance
- Equity Policy
- Club must attend at least one update/in-service per year
- Goalpost Safety.
FA Charter Standard Community Club (All of the above within Club, Development and Adult must be achieved plus)
- At least ten teams (for rural areas exceptions can be made), Clubs that field teams in every available category but still have less than ten teams would be considered.
- Male and Female
- Mini Soccer to Adult
- Advanced development plan
- The Club holds at least one workshop per season on addressing behavior and improving standards (ethos/philosophy).
- One coach to have achieved FA Youth Module 2 Youth by July 2011
- Volunteer Co-Coordinator
- Schools Co-coordinator
- One person to have attended FA Mentoring Course - new clubs by July 2010, existing clubs by July 2011.
To become a FA Charter Standard Development or Community Club then the club are required to produce a development plan. FA Charter Standard Development Clubs must produce a 3 year development plan, while FA Charter Standard Community Clubs must produce a 5 year development plan.
Each Development plan must follow the folloing categories;
- Growth and Retention
- Raising Standards
- Better Players
- Running the Game
- Volunteer Development
Development Plan Criteria
- How we are going to develop new teams
- Exit routes (Community Only)
- Parents nights
- Rope off pitches
- Captains only talk to referees
- Support FA Respect Programme
- Supporting other clubs to achieve CSC (Community Only)
- Coaches on FA Awards
- Playing ethos
- Links to Skills Centres/Academies/Centre of Excellance (Males & Females) (Community Only)
- Support to leagues
- Ensure all coaches are aware of league rules
- Marketing and communication plan (Community Only)
- Job roles
- Track qualifications
- Step into sport (Community Only)
- Referee development (Community Only)
- Mentoring (Community Only)
- Succession plans (Community Only)
Please visit www.thefa.com for more details
For an application form please download from the related documents.