Tennis Clubmark
Clubmark is a quality accreditation scheme for clubs with junior sections. It is built around a set of core criteria which ensure that accredited clubs operate to a set of consistent, accepted and adopted minimum operating standards. Troon Lawn Tennis Club is now working towards attaining Tennis Clubmark, the Lawn Tennis Association's (LTA) own version of Clubmark.
Attaining Tennis Clubmark has many tangible benefits, including:
- Club development: the foundation for any club is its structure for young tennis players. By encouraging and attracting young tennis members, we will build a strong future.
- Increased membership: addressing issues like opportunities for all and child protection gives parents and carers confidence when choosing a club for their children.
- Staff development: as part of Tennis Clubmark, clubs receive help in developing the skills of their coaches and volunteers.
- Raised profile: once Tennis Clubmark accredited, clubs will be listed on a national database and on the LTAs website to help them attract new members and grow.
- Access to funding: because it has become such a well known accreditation programme, many funders are stipulating that the clubs they work with need to achieve Clubmark status.
Tennis Clubmark is split into 4 sections:
- Club action planning: a framework for focusing the development of the club and tracking its progress.
- Tennis programmes: the core of any well run tennis club.
- Policies and procedures: best practise for child protection, equality and diversity, codes of practice and health and safety.
- Club management: help for our team of coaches and volunteers in understanding their role and responsibilities in order to deliver a great service to the members.
It is hoped that the committee can put in place the necessary programmes, policies and procedures over the coming months with a goal of achieving Tennis Clubmark accreditation by the end of 2011.
