In order to provide the best sporting opportunities for its members, a club should be constantly seeking to improve, whether this be through facility development, coaching development, increasing volunteers, or attracting new members into the club.

Club Accreditation

Clubmark?

|Clubmark is a nationally recognised club development scheme that has been developed and is being actively promoted by Sport England and each sport's National Governing Body.

Clubmark recognises clubs with junior sections that meet high quality standards and have succeeded in meeting a number of criteria that are identified as being essential for a high quality club.

Active Surrey Club Accreditation|

ASCA is a step by step process to help clubs on their path to Clubmark. Its broken down into Bronze, Silver and Gold.

We can help you achieve Club Accreditation and advise you on the best accreditation to develop your club.

Club Talk - Club Development Newsletter

'Club Talk' informs all local clubs on current issues, from Sport England directives to local coaching courses and available funding. The quarterly newsletter is available electronically, or in paper copy on request. You can |keep up to date by subscribing to the electronic version of Club Talk. |Club talk 4 is the latest edition and is available to download.

Previous additions

|Club Talk, Issue 3 |Club Talk, Issue 2 |Club talk, Issue 1.

Coaches

Are you a sports coach or volunteer that wants to be involved with a local club? Then please |contact us, we want to hear from you!

Funding

For further information on funding please follow the link to the| Active Surrey funding directory. For help and information on local funding please visit the |Elmbridge Sports Council page or contact the |Sports Development Team.

Since April 2009, Sport England have started rolling out the new funding streams connected to the new Sport England Funding Strategy. All information is available on the |Sport England Funding page. The Sports Development Team encourage you to contact us for guidance, support and help.

|Find your nearest Sports Club

To find your nearest sports club, please double click on the map. You will be required to type in a postcode to find your nearest club.

If your club is interested in working towards accreditation and being recognised as a high quality sports club or you need help with funding applications or guidance, then contact the |Sports Development Team