What is the Club Action Planning Scheme?
All Clubs must be
affiliated to register for CAPS
The Club Action Planning
Scheme or CAPS is aligned to the Sport England
Clubmark accreditation scheme which is the only
national cross sports 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.
Clubs achieving this accreditation are recognised nationally as having a well
run club which is ACTIVE and ACCESSIBLE. This means getting
the best out of young people and giving everyone a sporting
chance.
CAPS has three levels
of accreditation Bronze, Silver
and Gold:
- Bronze CAPS is the first level, incorporating the Clubmark
criteria and covers the areas of safeguarding and protecting children,
quality coaching and officiating, equal opportunities and good management.
Bronze must be achieved before Silver or Gold.
- Silver and Gold CAPS is about demonstrating further quality
across the areas of coaching, officiating, and developing volunteers. Clubs
achieving Silver or Gold are demonstrating that they have met the minimum
operating standards required for Clubmark but have also demonstrated a
further commitment to ensuring a club environment which provides a higher
quality of coaching, leadership and volunteer opportunities for young
people
criteria and covers the areas of safeguarding and protecting children,
quality coaching and officiating, equal opportunities and good management.
Bronze must be achieved before Silver or Gold.
across the areas of coaching, officiating, and developing volunteers. Clubs
achieving Silver or Gold are demonstrating that they have met the minimum
operating standards required for Clubmark but have also demonstrated a
further commitment to ensuring a club environment which provides a higher
quality of coaching, leadership and volunteer opportunities for young
people