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Charter Standard Criteria

Listed below are the different criteria for the four different Club Awards

Charter Standard Club
The FA Charter Standard Club Award is for clubs with youth teams under the age of 18.

The award is designed to reward best practice, aid delivery across the club volunteer spectrum and educate coaches and club officials to the minimum FA criteria:

To achieve Charter Standard Club Status the club needs to have the following in place:
  • Club Constitution/Rules 
  • Copy of Annual Accounts 
  • Code of Conduct for players, coaches, parents and officials 
  • Equity Policy: To show equal opportunities in the club 
  • FA Child Protection Policy: Appoint a designated Child Welfare Officer who should have attended FA Child Protection workshop & completed a FA CRB check
  • Public Liability & Personal Accident Insurance 
  • Qualified Coaches: One Coach per youth team should have achieved Level 1 & applied for or completed an enhanced FA CRB check
  • Minutes from committee meeting's, AGM's and EGM's
  • School-Club link established - clubs should have a link with at least one school. This could be an informal link to help recruit new players or a more formal link where club coaches may help deliver football sessions
  • First Aid Equipment - club to ensure first aid equipment is available at all coaching sessions & matches
  • One coach to have attended The FA Age Appropriate -Introductory Module by July 2009 (new clubs) or July 2010 (existing clubs)
  • Regular Briefings - club to hold a briefing for players, parents / carers & officials at the start of each season to address acceptable standards of behaviour & promote positive playing environments
  • Signed up to the RESPECT Programme
  • Designated Volunteer Co-ordinator
Charter Standard Development Club
Development Status displays a club's determination and commitment to developing their club further and caters for the growing demands on its members to the minimum FA criteria: To achieve this level, club's must have attained The FA Charter Standard Club criteria plus the criteria listed below:

  • At least five teams playing across four age groups
  • A 3-5 year football development plan
  • One club coach to hold The FA / 1st 4sport Level 2 Certificate In Coaching Football Qualification (Lead Coach)
  • One coach to have achieved The FA Youth Award - Module 1 Certificate by July 2010

Charter Standard Community Club
This is the pinnacle award for Charter Standard Clubs.

The main focus of the Community Club Award is to become the centre of football within the local community. Achieving this award will require the full support, guidance and advice on hand from the Football Development Team. To achieve this prestigious award the club needs to have obtained the following criteria as well as The FA Charter Standard Development Club criteria:

  • At least ten teams ranging from youth through to adult including a minimum of one female team
  • Mini Soccer Provision 
  • Boys and girls teams 
  • 5 year football development plan 
  • One person to have attended The FA Mentoring Course by July 2010 (new clubs) or July 2011 (existing clubs)
  • One coach to have achieved The FA Youth Award - Module 2 Certificate by July 2011
  • A designated school co-ordinator 
Charter Standard Adult Club
For Adult Clubs

This Award rewards and recognises the work and commitment of adult clubs across the county. Adult clubs need to maintain standards as much as any youth club and the Charter Standard Award demonstrate that the club has maintained and achieved the following:

  • One coach per team to hold an Emergency First Aid Certificate
  • Codes of conduct 
  • Constitution 
  • Minutes of committee meeting's & AGM 
  • Copy of annual accounts
  • Equality Policy

All new additions to the Charter Standard criteria (highlighted in BOLD) will come into effect from July 2009 unless otherwise stated.

Please note the Development Team is here to help you get the criteria in place, and we have examples of constitutions and codes of conduct that you can adopt.

If you need more detailed information, please contact Craig Terrington,  Football Development Officer, on 01603 704050 or click here to send an email – we can help you help raise the standard of Norfolk football.