What is Club and Coach Development?
Harrogate Borough Council’s Sports Development Team aims to assist local sports clubs to improve their capacity to deliver safe, equitable and quality sporting opportunities across the Harrogate District. We can offer advice to local clubs and groups on with guidance and support for club accreditation and clubmark; coach education; sport development planning, policies and procedures and support with school club links and funding sources.
Coaching NY SportThe development of local coaches is a priority area of work for the Sports Development Team. If you are a local sports coach or leader interested in employment or voluntary opportunities you can register your details on our Club and Coach Database at www.coachingnysport.co.uk/harrogate to be kept up to date with club development opportunities, coach education courses and workshops, jobs and training, funding opportunities and other news.
What do we do for Club Development?
Harrogate Borough Council are keen to develop clubs within the district, by helping them to achieve their potential and to provide a quality, safe and enjoyable environment for all their members. We can advise on issues such as child protection, club development, volunteers, marketing, Clubmark accreditation, constitutions, risk assessments and funding sources.
The following Project Planning Guide will help your club develop a good project plan if you have a development need.
Contact with National Governing Bodies
North Yorkshire Sport, our County Sports Partnership, work closely with National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) in many different sports, at a county and regional level. If you need support from your NGB please contact North Yorkshire Sport who will be able to put you in touch with the relevant National Governing Body officer.
Club Accreditation
Many NGBs have a club accreditation scheme, either Clubmark itself or a similar scheme such as the FA's Charter Standard, or the RFU's Seal of Approval. Clubs that have achieved accreditation will be recognised on a national scale as being a quality club.
Going through the accreditation process enables a club to gain easier access to funding support and coach education and helps the club identify its development needs for the future. The process involves looking into a club's current way of working and improving on this to include:
- Club constitution and management structure
- Duty of care and child welfare
- Equity and ethics
- Coaching and competition pathways
Club MarkFor further information on the clubmark process or to download some handy templates for your file, please visit the website www.clubmark.org.uk
Any club working towards accreditation will receive support from the Sports Development Team, the NGB regional development officer and North Yorkshire Sport.
The Sports Development Team has helped many clubs successfully achieve Club Mark in recent years including a riding school, several cricket clubs and a volleyball club, who have all been supported through the accreditation process successfully. If your club needs advice or guidance, please contact Helen Dennis on 01423 556701 or email Helen.dennis@harrogate.gov.uk
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