Women

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• Womens and Girls Focus Group Meeting
• Adam Lowthorpe
• County Development Manager
• Gemma Thomas
• Womens and Girls Development Officer
• Monday 17th November 2008
• 7.00pm-9.00pm

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Why a Womens and Girls Focus Group?

• Work in partnership to effectively deliver the
  National Game Strategy
• Establish greater lines of communication
• Promote creativity and discuss new ideas to
  develop leagues and teams
• Enable leagues and teams to identify what support
  they would like form the ERCFA
• To gain an understanding of how FA initiatives
  can support club and league development
• Address problems and concerns highlighted by
  clubs/leagues

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National Game Strategy

• Goal 1 - Growth and Retention
• No of mini soccer teams
• No of youth male 11 a side teams
• No of youth female 11 a side teams
• No of adult male 11 a side teams
• No of adult female 11 a side teams
• No of male disability teams
• No of female disability teams
• Goal 2 Raising Standards
• of teams in FA CS clubs
• No of Community clubs
• No of leagues Delivering Respect
• Number of FA CS Leagues

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National Game Strategy

• Goal 3 Better Players
• No of players aged 5 11 in the skills
  programme
• Goal 4 Running the Game
• success in developing grassroots football
• Enabler 1 Workforce
• No of registered and active male referees
• No of registered and active female referees
• Enabler 2 Facilities
• Total project costs submitted to the FF

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Objectives

• To increase
• Number of teams particularly U10s
• Number of CS Clubs
• Number of clubs delivering RESPECT
• Standard of players through skills coaches
• Number of female referees and coaches
• Number of volunteers

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U10s Activity

• Group Task 1
• In small groups consider ideas for the
• development of U8s and U10s football
• Points to consider
• How many girls are currently playing mini soccer?
• How can those not currently be involved be
  targeted?
• What can leagues, clubs and the CFA do to support
  this?

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Player Retention

• Group Task 2
• In small groups consider ways to reduce the
• drop out of players at key pressure points
• Points to consider
• Transition from 7-a-side to 11-a-side
• Relationship between clubs
• Barriers to participation
• Volunteers

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League Transition

• Group Task 3
• Consider ways in which to make the transition
  from U16s to open age football easier

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Charter Standard

• What is Charter Standard?
• Why is it beneficial?
• What does it involve?

Adult Clubs Written Constitution Codes of
Conduct Annual Accounts/AGM Emergency aid
Qualification
Junior Clubs FA level 1 qualification Named Club
Welfare Officer CRB checks for volunteers
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RESPECT Programme

• What is it?
• Why is it important?
• 7000 referees lost every year
• RESPECT Leagues
• How easy is it to implement?

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FA Tesco Skills Coaches

• What are they?
• What will they be doing?
• Implications for leagues and clubs

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Coaches and Referees

• Female Coaches
• Courses aimed at females only
• Problems

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Football Foundation

• Goalpost Safety
• SGS Capital
• SGS Revenue
• Junior Kit Scheme
• Capital Improvements

• 50 towards replacement goals
• Under 20,000
• Up to 10,000 (90 FF 10)
• 400 Voucher
• Over 20,000 Facility Developments

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• Open discussion
• Any questions
• Date of next meeting