ALLSCOTT cricket club are very pleased to announce that on 23rd November 2009 they successfully achieved Sport England Clubmark Accreditation.
Clubmark is Sport England initiative that provides a 'kitemark' for sports clubs. Its purpose is to identify and acknowledge those clubs that have shown that they are properly and efficiently managed, that they provide a safe environment for young players to learn and enjoy their sport, and that they have a high standard of equity and ethics to all members.
ALLSCOTT Cricket Club are very pleased to be selected as an ECB Focus Club which will enable the Club to build a healthy and successful future.
A Focus Club is one that has been identified for a clear strategic reason, and one that is committed to long-term junior development. Each Focus Club will be expected to do various things by ECB in return for ECB resources.
- Achieve Clubmark accreditation
- Work with their District Development Group, to ensure integrated community links
- Produce a long-term development plan – to increase capacity and improve quality
- Link with local school and community networks
- Commit to monitoring and evaluation, demonstrating the impact made locally
Working in partnership with key external sports development agencies the ECB, via the County Development Manager network, will be able to offer Focus Clubs dedicated time, expertise and advice to assist in:
- achieving Community Amateur Sports Club status – saving money on rates bills
- achieving Clubmark accreditation
- recruiting key and specific volunteers to help junior programmes
- training/support for coaches, umpires, scorers, groundsmen and other volunteers
- gaining additional support by creating links with local partners
- providing coaches and/or coaching to create partnerships with local schools
- technical advice to help better plan and deliver coaching and match programmes
- technical advice to help better plan and deliver facility improvements
- lobbying key partners to help support activity and/or facility developments
- offering support and advice on raising funds from local and national sources
- providing, where possible, direct funding and or priority for indirect funding
Clubs Equity Policy
ALLSCOTT CC is committed to ensuring that equity is incorporated across all aspects of its development. In doing so it acknowledges and adopts the following Sport England definition of sports equity:
Sports equity is about fairness in sport, equality of access, recognising inequalities and taking steps to address them. It is about changing the culture and structure of sport to ensure it becomes equally accessible to everyone in society.
The club respects the rights, dignity and worth of every person and will treat everyone equally within the context of their sport, regardless of age, ability, gender, race, ethnicity, religious belief, sexuality or social/economic status.
The club is committed to everyone having the right to enjoy their sport in an environment free from threat of intimidation, harassment and abuse.
All club members have a responsibility to oppose discriminatory behaviour and promote equality of opportunity.
The club will deal with any incidence of discriminatory behaviour seriously, according to club disciplinary procedures.