A number of changes have been made to the programme this year to ensure a more strategic programme takes place.
There are two key changes;
- Any club expressing an interest must be looking to create a new affiliated team or retain a team that would fold with out the club link going ahead.
- The club applying for the programme must have the capacity to deliver the club link i.e. We will NOT be paying for a private company or coach to deliver club link sessions on behalf of the club.
Clubs with Charter Standard status and those working towards Charter Standard status are welcome to complete an expression of interest form which can be found on the right of this page and return it to the address detailed on the form.
The closing date for phase one will be Saturday April 30th. The forms will then be processed, assessed and a cross section of projects will be selected to make up the Birmingham County FA club links plan. If necessary a second phase will be opened and you will be made aware of this in due course.
We hope to work closely with the FA Tesco skills team in Birmingham on the club links project and will involve them at the selection stage and delivery stage in conjunction with the clubs themselves (Co-delivery between the FA Tesco Skills Team and the club may occur on a number of projects but the projects will still be driven by the Clubs and NOT the FA Tesco Skills team)
All completed forms should include details of which teams will be developed and / or retained as a result of the Club Link and any completed form should be returned to Claire Mulvenna at the address stated on the expression of interest form.