Starting a Club

The Club Development Toolkit is a resource that can be used to support you in developing a great club. It is essential that all clubs have insurance that protect its coaches, volunteers, and players, however having in place simple documents and procedures such as constitutions and club policies can take your club to the next level and enable you to apply for accreditation and for much needed funding.

In developing a new club give consideration to the following, we have provided model templates and key links to make having them in place easier:

• Club Constitution
  
• Appropritate Governance
  
• Insurance
  
• Club Policies
  

In addition we recommend that you take the following areas into account to enable your club to start in the right direction:

• Membership Policy
  
• Managing your Finances
  
• Safer Recruitment
  
• Community Amateur Sports Club
  Please click the links on the right hand side to find out more on the above.

Our Club Health Check document should be very useful starting point to see where you are what further steps you may need to take.