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Affiliation for Staffordshire FA Clubs Is Now Open

Affiliation for Staffordshire FA clubs is now open via Club Portal.

Affiliation for Staffordshire FA clubs is now open via Club Portal.

Depending on the type of teams that make up your club, your requirements may be slightly different. Details of what you require to affiliate for the 2024-25 season can be found below.

All Clubs

  • Public Liability Insurance – All clubs are required to have Public Liability Insurance covering the club for the upcoming year. This must be for a minimum cover of £10 million pounds.
  • Club Ground – It is a requirement for clubs to state their main home ground. You can do this ahead of affiliation through the ‘My Club’ tab.
  • Key Officials – Clubs are required to state their key officials.
  • Safeguarding Declaration – Every club will be required to accept a Safeguarding Declaration. Where clubs have teams that play across different levels of the game, multiple declarations will need to be accepted.

Clubs With Adult Team(s) Only

  • Personal Accident Insurance – All teams are required to have Personal Accident Insurance.
  • Team Ground – It is a requirement for teams to state their main home ground. You can do this ahead of affiliation through the ‘My Club’ tab.
  • Named Manager or Coach – Every named official apart from the Team Secretary will need to have completed the Player Welfare Course added as a requirement. If your team has U18s players, all named managers, coaches, first aiders will also be required to complete a DBS.
  • Welfare Officer (Adult) - Clubs with adult teams require a named ‘Welfare Officer (Adult Teams)’. For the 2024-25 season, it is mandatory to make sure this position has completed the course. In addition, the Welfare Officer (Adult) will also require a DBS in the event of an U18 being registered.

Clubs With Youth Team(s)

  • Personal Accident Insurance – All teams are required to have Personal Accident Insurance, including U5 and U6 teams.
  • Team Ground – It is a requirement for teams to state their main home ground. You can do this ahead of affiliation through the ‘My Club’ tab.
  • Named Manager or Coach – Every youth team must name all managers and coaches assigned to each team. This can be completed ahead of affiliation through the ‘Officials’ tab. All managers and coaches require an in-date, accepted DBS and to have completed the Safeguarding Children Course.

How to get prepared for affiliation
Before you get started on your affiliation, make sure you have completed the below recommendations.

Public Liability and Personal Accident Insurance
Clubs are be able to purchase both their Public Liability Insurance as well as their Personal Accident Insurance during the affiliation process. By purchasing your Personal Accident Insurance and Public Liability insurance through Staffordshire FA, you are able to automate your affiliation, meaning it can automatically be approved.

Safeguarding Declaration
The Safeguarding Declaration is a statement of intent, a club acknowledges it understands and accepts its safeguarding responsibilities and commits to adhering to these. It is a mandatory requirement for all clubs to sign up to the Safeguarding Declaration to affiliate. The Safeguarding Declaration relevant to the type of football a club wants to affiliate for will be automatically made available via the club portal.

County Cups
Entering County Cups is no longer part of the Affiliation process. Clubs are required to manually enter County Cups in Club Portal.

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