The EHB assists clubs that aspire to be well-run and community friendly
The EHB will review it’s approach towards young people by providing programmes and resources that meet their needs
officiating and leadership. This package is a key retention tool with 166 formal CSLs currently in operation. Although there is a successful and
over the next 12 months. This will ensure that teachers, coaches and young people in secondary schools have the support they require to continue a positive hock- ey playing experience following on from their introduction to hockey via Quick- sticks in primary schools.
The club-school link
After school, the EHB’s Club School Link (CSL) programme aims to provide young people with the opportunity to continue their participation out of school hours and in a club setting. The programme links ClubsFirst accredited clubs with their local School Sport Partnership (SSP) and the two parties work together to develop and deliver more hockey activity within schools and to ensure a pathway from school to club that’s safe, effective and child friendly. The EHB offers a support package to
its CSLs to help improve coach/teacher education for both club and school staff and to improve opportunities and edu- cation for pupils and staff in umpiring,
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well-structured schools programme in place, this year, the EHB will review how it approaches its work with young people and students, by ensuring that it understands the attitudes of young people towards hockey and provides programmes and resources that meet their needs. A review of the entire school offer will take place and the find- ings from this review will then be used as the basis for developing and shaping the scheme moving forwards.
Clubs
The EHB intends to encourage, support and nurture all hockey clubs in England; to recruit, retain and reward their volun- teers, staff and players and to take pride in their facilities and surroundings in the lead up to 2012 and beyond. This will create a home-grown sustainable group of people, who are able to flourish in their club environment. The EHB aims to assist clubs which aspire to be well run, welcoming and successful and to be proud to promote themselves to the local community. With a regional network of more
than 20 people supporting clubs on the ground and the recent appointment of the first clubs manager in three years, the governing body understands that each club varies in size and has different aims and priorities. Some may encounter more restrictions or barriers than others
whether these are in terms of facilities, volunteers, or funding. Hockey in England has seen a 12 per
cent increase in ClubsFirst accredited clubs in March 2010 alone, and now nearly 100 per cent of its clubs have a ju- nior section either accredited or working towards accreditation. The take-up has been exceptional, with clubs being more proactive than ever before and really seeing the benefits of the scheme. The clubs with ClubsFirst accredita-
tion are quality clubs which support the grassroots and performance pathway of the sport and are driven to ensure that they are safe, effective and child friendly. Junior participation is rising and the sport is also beginning to see an increase in support from young people. More people are attending coaching courses, more umpires and young leaders have qualifications and clubs are starting to see the benefits of working with the local community to not only offer opportunities to volunteers, but to be able to engage with previously
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