sport development quality mark

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swim21 Club Accreditation is the ASAs quality mark. It recognises nationally

and regionally the clubs that are committed to providing safe, effective and

quality services for the benefit of their members

It is the ASA's Club Development model - a planning tool, based on the

principles of Long Term Athlete Development, enabling clubs to help athletes,

teachers, coaches and administrators to achieve their full potential. It focuses

particularly on the needs of athletes - striving to provide them with the best

possible support and environment.

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RESOURCESUpon completion of your Audit, your club will have access to a wide

array of resource materials - in the form of Information Sheets, Templates, Resource

Packs and Workshops. These will assist your club through the swim21 programmeand ensure that your club implements good practice throughout its daily activity.

Your County Swimming Co-ordinator will direct you to the resources that best

match the needs of your club.

FUNDINGswim21 accreditation offers enhanced access to various sources of

funding. Clubs who are working towards or have achieved swim21 accreditation

may be looked upon more favourably when applying for sources of funding. For

example, swim21 Accredited Clubs are prioritised to form links with local schools

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'swim21 has given us the confidence to carry on doing the right things for our

members and ensured we have access to the training we need to do the right job.'

Iain Moore, Secretary, Selby Tiger Sharks'swim21 has given us the incentive to continuously reassess our club and make it

more attractive to parents and swimmers.'Joyce Chadwick, Halifax SwimmingClub

'swim21 helped us to formalize our administration and identified areas where we

needed to improve our policy. Members have commented on the good organisation

within the club, so it was very worthwhile.'Lesley Houlston, Droitwich DolphinsSwimming Club

swim21 is no different and the ASA is keen to support clubs in the sharedobjective of widening the participation base and hence the performance of the

sport as a whole.

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The aim of the club mark is to provide more and better opportunities for chiidren and

young people to participate in sport in their local communities.

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More likely to receive finding due to funding bodies stating applicant must have

clubmark accredited.

As part of Clubmark, clubs are entitled to receive help to develop the skills of

coaches. This, in turn leads to better quality provision and improved player

performance. Parents can be confident that appropriately qualified coaches are

deployed.

More and more local authorities and other leisure operators give priority-booking

slots to Clubmark accredited clubs. Some also offer discounted rates for facility hire

The foundation for any club is its youth structure. The Clubmark accreditation process

is designed to assist clubs to attract and cater for young members, and build a strong

future.

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Only available to clubs in England due to it being part of sport england

Small clubs might struggle with costs if they need to improve to meet any regulations

Every member of staff needs to be involved from the top of the club to the bottom to

be able to achieve the mark

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"Clubmark has brought a recognised structure and award to the club ensuring we

have the best coaches and sessions to develop players skills." Phil Preston,

Morecambe and District Hockey Club."Clubmark has enabled us to gain funding from a variety of sources to support the

clubs development, enabled us to negotiate a move for the whole club to fantastic

new facilities at Wright Robinson College and allowed us to have discounted facility

use for the junior sessions. It is also a great tool for promotion and attracting

sponsorship etc which we have done successfully." Lona Williams, Secretary of

Dominoes Netball Club.

"Since achieving our Clubmark accreditation in July 2003 Turnford Netball have

increased their younger age group threefold." Turnford Netball Club

"All Clubmark accredited cricket clubs have worked extremely hard to write and

implement the required policies and procedures within Clubmark. The majority of

this work has been done by club volunteers, and ECB commends them for their

hard work in this respect." Tessa Whieldon, ECB's National Club Development

Officer

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