1: Discounts.
Once your club becomes accredited they are eligible to discounted rates for attendance at all of the local Sports Partnership Courses covering such subjects as: -
- Sports First Aid
- Equity in Coaching
- Coaching Disabled
- Recruiting New Volunteers
- Club 4 All
- Attracting Sponsorship
- Marketing your sport
- Web Design
2: Incentive Package.
All new clubs who obtain Clubmark receive Sports Partnership incentive packs consisting of distinctive clothing for the club coaches and volunteers, water bottles and carriers, stopwatch, a certificate and vouchers to be spent on the club and coach development programme workshops.
3: Increased Membership
Because your club have shown that they have addressed equity and child protection it will give parents/guardians confidence when choosing a club for their children to attend.
4: Retaining members.
Clubmark stimulates real thought about how clubs cater for junior members and all members. The culture it promotes boosts the morale of players and ensures that volunteers are recognised for their contributions.
5: Continuous Improvement
Accreditation encourages a club to adopt better, more organised systems and structures, thus helping them to run more effectively and efficiently.
6: Funding
Many funding bodies state that applicants must be Clubmark accredited or working towards it. In many cases obtaining Clubmark will increase your clubs chances of receiving funding.
7: Facilities
More and more local authorities and other leisure operators give priority booking to Clubmark accredited clubs and some offer discounted rates for facility hire.
8: Developing Coaches.
As part of Clubmark, clubs are entitled to receive help to develop the skills of coaches. This, in turn, leads to better quality provision and improved player performance. Parents can be confident that appropriately qualified coaches are deployed.
9: Volunteers
Clumark promotes a volunteer culture where hard work and dedication is recognised. Once accredited, clubs find more people are keen to get involved, especially parents.
10: Links with Schools.
Increasingly, schools are looking for guarantees of quality and the presence of child-friendly systems and procedures. Clubmark clubs are normally the first invited to work with local schools and schools are being encouraged to signpost pupils to Clubmark clubs.
11: Raised Profile.
Clubmark is a highly valued accreditation. As well as raising the profile with local authorities, NGBs and other sporting and community bodies, all accredited clubs are listed on a national database and in other directories, to help them to publicise what they do, attract new members and grow.
12: Club Development.
The foundation for any club is its youth structure. The Clubmark accreditation process is designed to assist clubs to attract and cater for young members, and build a strong future.
