Club Accreditation
Gaining accreditation demonstrates that a club has addressed issues such as equality and child protection and gives confidence to parents who are choosing a club for their children.
Sport England's Clubmark is a cross-sport quality accreditation scheme for clubs with junior sections.
They have produced a 'Pathway to accreditation' so you can answer some questions in order to find out which organisation to contact to register an interest.
For further information please visit Clubmark.
County Durham Sport, as part of a North East CSP panel, can accredit your club if you have a non-accrediting National Governing Body. For more information, please contact Catherine Watson on 0191 372 9120 or email catherine.watson@durham.gov.uk
'The document below will provide you with more information on club accreditation, what it involves, which sports can become accredited and the support available for clubs.
See the document
You can now view the 2011 Clubmark figures for County Durham.
Click here to view
We can now provide a list of sports which are licensed to accredit clubs with Clubmark or a sport-specific equivalent.
Running Sports has recently produced guidance on how their courses can help attain Clubmark accreditation. They have put together a list of their courses grouped by which of the four areas of Clubmark they support.
Running Sports Clubmark Support List