‘Play On’ by England Football

‘Play On’ by England Football

‘Play On’ is an England Football initiative designed to help clubs and approved providers work in partnership with schools to support the transition (movement) of girls from school football into community football.

Once you have identified a school to partner with, the club/approved provider delivers football sessions in the school for several weeks, with the final football sessions delivered at the club/approved provider site. The aim is to support the movement of girls into community football.

It is a suggested 8-week intervention, with the first 6 weeks of girls football sessions being delivered by the club on the school site. The final 2 weeks are at the club itself. However, this model can be adapted to meet the local preferences.

As part of Play On, you will receive an equipment pack, session plans, template letters, and a consent form. These will be sent to the delivery address that you provide on this form.

If you're interested in being part of 'Play On' and supporting the transition of girls from school football to community football, please complete this form.

Before completing the form, you must have spoken with the school that you have identified to be part of this initiative with you.

Football Club / Provider Obligations

Venue: we acknowledge that delivery will take place at both the School site and the club/provider site. You must accept responsibility for the safeguarding, including the below:

To maintain England Football Accredited status (if a club) or FA programme provider status (if a provider).
You must ensure you can staff the football delivery in line with relevant programme criteria, including ratios of adults to children.
To meet FA safeguarding requirements as set out for accredited clubs and England Football providers as part of the programme criteria, whilst understanding the partner school may have additional safeguarding requirements you would be required to meet.
To be familiar with the schools' safeguarding risk assessments which may require completion of school DBS check and/or school safeguarding training.
To have the capacity to deliver school football sessions at breakfast, lunch, or after-school.
To be responsible for the safeguarding of participants for sessions taking place at the club site, and obtaining the necessary information about each participating child.
To have capacity to welcome new players into the club’s appropriate teams and / or programmes, and create a suitable and welcoming space for parents to stay and watch the sessions.
To deliver the England Football provided ‘Play On’ weekly session plans.
To use the session plans provided for the sole purpose of the project and not beyond this pilot unless agreed with The FA in writing.
To acknowledge and agree that the school and club are separate data controllers in respect of any personal data which each processes, and to comply with all data protection laws when processing personal data.

County FA*

Please select your local County FA from the drop down menu

Select

Organisation name*

As it appears on Platform for Football (Clubs) or Book Football (approved providers)

Organisation (club) unique number

As it appears on Platform For Football (PFF)

Your full name*

Email Address*

Your role at the club*

I accept our safeguarding responsibilities for Play On and commit to delivering on all relevant points set out above.*

I confirm that the activity will be always carried out in the best interests of children.*

When do you plan to start your in school sessions?*

Provide the month if you haven't agreed the start date yet

Your ‘Play On’ equipment pack delivery address*

Please include full address, including post code

The FA will work with a 3rd party organisation for the purpose of shipping the equipment packs. The FA will share your address with this organisation for these purposes. For more information on how the FA handles your personal data and your data protection rights, please see The FA’s privacy policy (https://www.thefa.com/public/privacy)

Delivery address postcode

Will Play On be used to support your Squad Girls'?*

Are you applying to deliver the Play On initiative to link with a secondary school and support your Squad Girls' Football sessions?

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Safeguarding

For the avoidance of doubt:

Any activity taking place on the school site will be the responsibility of the school, and it is the school’s responsibility to ensure the delivery of that activity aligns with its own policies and local authority policies.
Any activity taking place on the club site will be the responsibility of the club and must align with The FA Safeguarding Children Policy and Procedures.
The parent/carers of the participants are responsible for their child travelling to and from the club sessions.

The school you wish to partner with for Play On*

School type*

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Contact name and their role at the school*

Please provider their full name and role

School contact email address*

An automated email will be sent to this individual upon submission of this form. They will be asked to complete the registration process to join the Play On initiative. Please do not put TBC or leave this space blank as the form cannot be updated at a later date. If you do not have the school email address yet, please wait and complete the form once you have the school email address details.

School Obligations

To assign a school staff lead for the Play On initiative.
To provide suitable facility space for on-site delivery.
To be responsible for safeguarding, and health and safety of sessions on the school site.
Ensure that the football club’s/approved provider delivery and coaches meet the school’s safeguarding policies and that there is a minimum of 2 appropriate adults present during school session delivery (one or both of which can be from the club).
To share the relevant information on the Play On programme and club consent form with parents and carers to ensure the football club obtains the necessary information about each participating child.
To promote the course to pupils and ensure there are a sufficient number of girls in attendance at the school sessions.
To ensure any additional needs and medical information are shared with the deliverer.
School must make it clear how any behavioural or medical incidents are managed.
To actively engage in the evaluation process.
To acknowledge and agree that the school and club are separate data controllers in respect of any personal data that each processes, and to comply with all data protection laws when processing personal data in connection with this initiative.

If you are happy with the details provided on this form and the obligations and responsibilities of both parties involved, please click submit.

The school contact will receive an automated email where they'll be asked to complete the registration process. Once completed and approved by your County FA, we will dispatch the equipment pack to the address that you have provided on this form.

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