Plans for Norfolk’s First Youth Disability League Revealed

We are thrilled to announce that Norfolk FA is undertaking work to develop a new Pan-disability Football League, which will look to begin in the 2024-25 season.

For the current season, we are currently looking to establish pan-disability sessions within grassroots clubs across the County, for children aged 6-11 years. With several clubs already signed up, we want to work with more clubs to establish as many grassroots pan-disability sessions as possible.

Once we have established enough grassroots provision, we are looking to create a County-wide competitive provision for the following season.

Think your club might be interested in getting involved in the first pan-disability football league in Norfolk? Get in touch!

What we need from you?

• The desire and drive to develop a disability football provision at your club

What we can support your club with:

• Player recruitment support
• Seed funding for support with session set up costs
• Coach education for your coaches – bespoke 1-2-1 support from our Disability Mentor or generic disability coaching CPD through Norfolk FA club menu
• Access to the new league branding aiding the marketing of your sessions
• Access to the disability working group where you have a network of support from other clubs and disability organisations from Norfolk
• Access to our FA disability ambassadors to support the development of your sessions
• Bespoke 1-2-1 support from Norfolk County FA Football Development staff

If this is something your club would be interested in, and you would like more information, please click here or contact Tayla.Woodhouse@NorfolkFA.com.

Norfolk County FA Football Development Officer, Tayla Woodhouse, said: "I am excited to be part of developing the accessibility of competitive grassroots football in Norfolk. We hope this project will be a step forward in providing equal opportunities to all youth players in Norfolk. It is a provision that we know should be offered and we hope our grassroots clubs help us strive to achieve this goal."