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The Future of Football In North Riding.

The North Riding County Football Association strategy sets out the vision, key priorities and targets for investment into grassroots football from 1st July 2008 until 30th June 2012. This represents the CFA's contribution to the delivery of The FA National Game Strategy.

The research findings and consultation events present the CFA with the following challenges:

  • To address the problems of touchline behaviour particularly at youth football matches fully supporting the RESPECT initiative
  • To address the problem of abuse towards referees at all levels, again supporting the RESPECT initiative.
  • To develop and improve facilities for Community Clubs and 11v11 game
  • To increase the number of referees to have a qualified referee at every match
  • To give more support for local Leagues
  • To provide a safe environment for all young people
  • To recognise the role of the volunteer and encourage more volunteers
  • To increase the number of CS Clubs

The consultation has distilled all the challenges into four strategic goals and three key enablers we need to address over the next four years:

Goals

Growth and Retention – sustaining and increasing the number of players
Raising Standards and addressing abusive behaviour – creating a safe and positive environment
Developing Better Players – focusing on the 5-11 age group
Running the game effectively – leading and governing the game

Key Enablers

A skilled workforce – recruiting and developing a highly skilled, diverse, paid and voluntary workforce
Improved facilities – improving the access and quality of training and playing facilities
Marketing and PR – clear communications to everyone involved in the game

To view the North Riding CFA 4 year plan in full, you can download the document using the link on the right.

For more information regarding the plan contact Mark Coulson, County Development Manager at Mark.Coulson@northridingfa.com or on 016420717775