If your club takes the welfare of its junior members seriously
and wants to provide a junior section
that is recognised as being well organised, the ECB
ClubMark accreditation scheme is for you.
ClubMark has been developed with Sport England to set down
a set of simple criteria and a support
process for you to work through that will enable
you to gain accreditation.
ClubMark will benefit your club in a number of ways such
as:
Support
from your CDM and County Cricket Board
Support
from your Local Authority Sports Development Officer
Support
from your County Sports Partnership
Help
with long-term planning
Help
promote your club to the local community
Help
with advice and applying for grant aid
Help
to develop your coaches and volunteers
Priority
for grant aid sources
More importantly the ClubMark logo can be carried on any
club literature and promotional materials
which confirms your commitment to a safe child friendly
junior section which will appeal to:
Local
Parents
Local
School Teachers
Local
Community Groups
Funding
Agencies
Local
Authority Sports Development Teams
Commercial
Sponsors
Getting your club registered for the ClubMark scheme could
not be easier. Just contact your Cricket
Development Manager - Matt Theedom who will be able
to send you a very simple and straight
forward Registration Form to complete.
Once
registered ECB will send you, via your CDM, the following
to help you work towards ClubMark:
- A
Cricket Assessment File that outlines the key criteria
that needs to be met and the evidence you need to produce
to show you have met the criteria:
Duty
of care and child welfare
Coaching
and competition
Sports
equity and ethics
Club
Management
- A
CD-ROM that gives you much of the information you will
need to use to gain ClubMark accreditation such as copies
of:
A Model Club Constitution
Model codes of conduct
Model equity policy
Model volunteer job descriptions
Model accident report forms
Model attendance registers
There is no time limit for the completion of ClubMark accreditation.
Each club will be different, for
some clubs it may take a few months, for others it
may take longer. Accreditation is driven by you!
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