1. May 2014 FA Charter Standard Clubs Benefits Richard Drake Watford Friendly League

4. For New FA Charter Standard Clubs An FA plaque & certificate Marketing Resource CD ROM FA Charter Standard Youth & Adult Clubs £100 worth of Nike Match Balls FA Charter Standard Development Clubs £150 worth of Nike Match Balls FA Charter Standard Community Clubs £200 worth of Nike Match Balls For completing the Annual Health Check An FA certificate FA Charter Standard Youth & Adult Clubs: 5Nike Match Balls FA Charter Standard Development Clubs:8Nike Match Balls FA Charter Standard Community Clubs:12Nike Match Balls

5. Intrinsic Benefits for the Club The following policies and practices support the raising of standards throughout the club that can be promoted to recruit new players, members, volunteers and sponsors: FA Respect Policies and Codes of Practice Minimum standards of coaches Child Welfare central to what the club does Appropriate levels of discipline Access to the County FA workforce Access to the FA regional workforce Access to the 3 Lions FA crest and letter templates

6. Football Foundation Funding FA Charter Standard clubs are the key focus of the Football Foundation’s community investment programme and has invested over £250M over the last 4 years to support facilities of FA Charter Standard Clubs. Rebranded The Premier League & FA Facilities Fund, it will invest £102M over the next 3 years in to grassroots projects £1.62M was invested in to FA Charter Standard clubs to grow new teams via the Grow the Game scheme in 2013. An additional £1.5M will be distributed in 2014 to develop 1000 new teams for 2014/15 season

7. Other Benefits for FA Charter Standard Clubs £380K per season supporting FA Charter Standard clubs to develop new teams Over £900K for Coach Education bursaries over the last 4 years Free online Safeguarding renewals for coaches Free tickets upon application for England U21, youth and women’s international

8. Key Commercial Sponsors Key FA commercial sponsors have heavily supported FA Charter Standard clubs over the last 4 years & will continue to do so over the new 2014/18 Commercial programmes. £600,000 from McDonalds for FA Charter Standard coaches £150,000 McDonalds investment in to the FA Community Awards £500,000 worth of Umbro kit and equipment £500,000 worth of Nike footballs each season

9. Nike Partner Clubs New programme for FA Charter Standard Community Clubs Clubs agree to wearing & purchasing Nike kit & equipment for 3 years 25% discount, spend £10K get £1.5K free £80 coach education bursary per team £120K distributed to 62 clubs by May 2014 Creating club specific branded online club shops Nike partner days at SGP; Sat 24 th May & 7 th June 2014

10. Club Mentoring Programme Pilot programme for 2013/14 season FA Club Mentors providing 50 hours mentoring for FA Charter Standard Community Clubs initially 59 Club Mentors delivering over 3000 hours to 1200 coaches in 108 clubs Looking to employ 290 mentors for 2014/15 season to support 500 FA Charter Standard clubs Whole club coaching philosophy & structure Group coaching demonstrations & learning 1:1 coaching and matchday observation & support Individual Coach mentoring programmes

11. Access to Club services Free Legal Helpline for FA Charter Standard Clubs Free Charity & Community Amateur Sports Club Helpline Access to free Club Leaders workers delivered by PriceWaterhouseCoopers: Finance for Football Clubs Business Planning for Football Clubs Football Club Structures

12. TheFA.com