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• Do you believe that your club should develop its standards and be publicly recognised?
• If so, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Sport England welcome your commitment and wish to work with you to support the development of your club.
• Clubmark is an integral part of the ECB and Active Sports cricket development work with sports clubs.
• Clubmark - safe, effective, child-friendly
• Sport England has worked with National Governing Bodies (NGB)s to develop core criteria for clubs - to set standards to which they should all aspire.
• NGBs adopt these criteria within their own development and accreditation programmes. All clubs work through their NGB to gain Clubmark recognition
• Clubmark - sets criteria in the following categories:
• Duty of care and child protection
• Coaching and competition
• Sports equity and ethics
• Club management.
• The development of Clubmark by Sport England has two main objectives:
• To ensure that NGB accreditation programmes contain the core criteria of a safe, effective and child-friendly club
• To enable parents/carers and sports professionals to recognise an accredited club through a common branding.
• Gaining accreditation will be challenging for many clubs.
• Some will already operate to the standards set by NGBs, but many others will need to undergo a considerable amount of development work.
• Clubs that commit to working towards Clubmark accreditation will benefit from the support programmes being developed by Sport England and NGBs.
• Clubmark and Active Sports
• Active Sports is a partnership programme between Sport England, local authorities, national governing bodies and other agencies. Forty-five Sports Partnerships have been created across the country to deliver the programme. Active Sports aims to provide better quality coaching and competition for those young people who wish to commit to playing sport regularly in the community.
• The development of sports clubs providing opportunities for children and young people is an integral part of Active Sports. The 45 Sports Partnerships will work closely with national governing bodies to provide support to clubs working to improve their quality and gain accreditation.
• How your club benefits from Clubmark accreditation
• Use of the Clubmark logo to promote your club's achievement in reaching accreditation
• The support of professional officers (e.g. Sports Development Officers and Cricket Development Officers) in helping you achieve your goals
• The development of new opportunities for young people to join your club
• Support from your local Sports Partnership to achieve your goals
• Greater access to local workshops and courses to help improve the skills and knowledge of your volunteers.
• TOMORROW - Part 2 The accreditation criteria
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