Football Futures
Programme
Young Leaders
Starter Form
2012-13
Who is the programme for?
The programme is available to any young person aged 14+ who has an interest in getting involved in
football leadership. This can be in a range of environments; be it a school, college, attached to a
Charter Standard club or league or other likeminded partner. Leaders can choose from a range of
activities, from assisting with the coaching or running of a team, acting as the press officer for a
junior league, developing a film to promote a new activity for young people to play, refereeing or
being a Respect Ambassador to name but a few.
What are the benefits?
Through Football Futures, a young person will gain valuable experience and develop skills that can
be applied to all walks of life. Leaders in the programme will be offered support to gain football
related qualifications such as the Level 1 in Coaching Football or refereeing qualifications. Young
Leaders can track their volunteer hours and get rewarded through their County FA, ISFA and British
Colleges Sport Football Development programme at the following milestones; 10, 25, 50, 75, 100,
125, 150, 175 and 200 hours.
Any Young Leader who reaches more than 200 hours can be nominated for additional rewards.
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Young Leaders receive OFA T-Shirt for 10 hours volunteering
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Young Leaders receive OFA Rain Jacket for 50 hours volunteering
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All Young Leaders will be contacted with development and volunteering opportunities
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Places are reserved for Young Leaders on McDonalds Level 1 course
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Young Leaders are invited to attend the OFA Football Futures Camp
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Young Leaders will receive information on Charter Standard Club opportunities
Students can choose to volunteer against any of the following themes:
Coaching and Working with teams
Opportunities could include; coaching or working with a team in a college, school, Charter Standard
Club or The FA Club Links programme. This can be as small as assisting an experienced coach, to
running one-off coaching sessions, to working with a team on a regular basis in training and on
match days.
Refereeing
Refereeing games within a club, school or college on a voluntary basis. Young Leaders can get
involved in refereeing small sided games, intra school football or chose to focus on 11v11 football
and become part of the National Referee Development programme
Running and Supporting Events
Assisting in the co-ordination and organisation of an event(s). This can be any kind of event from
intra school football to regional and national tournaments
Promoting the Game
Many Young Leaders will probably have already been involved in promoting the game through
volunteering activities and may not even have realised it! For example, creating a Facebook group
for your club, team or league is part of promoting the game. Running a website? Writing match
reports? Photography? The Promoting the Game strand of the Football Futures programme is
designed to include these activities.
Respect Ambassador
Ensuring that all players have signed up to the Respect Codes of Conduct, putting up Respect
barriers and ensuring that teams all understand the competition rules and regulations. Working to
ensure that the club, league, school, college or university’s Respect practices are adhered to is
rewarded through the programme.
Running and Developing the Game
Assisting in the running of a Charter Standard club or league or an intra school league. This can
involve supporting the fixtures secretary, taking minutes at committee meetings or writing
development plans to increase participation.
OFA Football Futures
Young Leader Sign-Up Form
Full Name
Address (Inc postcode)
Contact Number
Date of Birth
Ethnicity
(please circle)
Do you have a
disability?
White
Mixed
Asian/
Asian British
Yes (please state)
Black/
Black British
No
Chinese or
Other
Current School/College
Current Club
Qualifications gained?
(please tick)
JFO / JFL
Coaching Level 1
Coaching Level 2
Refereeing (Futsal)
Refereeing (small sided)
Coaching Disabled Footballers
Coaching Blind Footballers
Emergency Aid
Leadership Through Football
Coaching Module 1
Basic Referees Course
Refereeing (mini-soccer)
Beginners Guide to Futsal
Coaching Deaf Footballers
FA Safeguarding Children
Other (please state)
What leadership or
volunteering
experience do you
have?
Please email completed form to [email protected] or post to Sarah Wood,
Oxfordshire FA, Unit 3 Witan Park, Avenue 2, Station Lane, Witney, OX28 4FH