Outline of NGB's Club accreditation scheme

Clubs may be affiliated to British Rowing on application please contact the regional Coaching and Development Officer paul.lorenzato@britishrowing.org for more information.

Additionally, accreditation scheme’s available to clubs are;

Clubmark: an accreditation scheme run by Sport England which sets the standard for all quality sports clubs in England. Clubmark stands for higher standards of safety, fairness, coaching and management. That way the nation's sports club infrastructure will be safer, stronger and more successful.

This means that a club that has been awarded Clubmark has high standards of child protection and safety, quality coaching, equal opportunities and good management. In essence a club which qualifies for Clubmark is a well run club.

Clubmark clubs within Kent are Dover Rowing Club and Maidstone Invicta Rowing Club. There a number working towards the accreditation.

University Accreditation (new): A scheme to provide assistance to Universities in setting up an appropriate structure for management and coaching to promote rowing for all students and a lasting legacy.

Recreational Accreditation (new): A scheme to ensure that all clubs have appropriate structures for new participants to learn to row safely and enjoyable.

Indoor Rowing for Schools (new): The British Rowing Indoor Rowing Programme has been developed in conjunction with coaches, teachers, Partnership Development Managers, pupils and other agencies. The accreditation is part of the PESSYP supported National Junior Rowing Programme. We also support the activities of non-school youth groups.

Approved Centre Scheme: British Rowing offers an Approved Centre Scheme for indoor rowing venues that provide a high quality programme to their users, which follows the British Rowing’s structured indoor rowing programme. For the past five years this successful programme has been operating in a variety of venues throughout England, and provides sustainable involvement in physical activity for people of any age, to achieve improved health and general wellbeing.

Approved centre status is available to any organisation, school, college, and public or commercial gymnasiums which wish to enjoy the benefits of the scheme, which they can do by achieving the required criterion, to gain accreditation.

Approved centres are encouraged to work with sports clubs, School Sport Partnerships, County Sports Partnerships, Sport England, Local Strategic Partnerships, Primary Care Trusts, GP practices, and any other local organisations.

For more information contact paul.lorenzato@britishrowing.org the Coaching and Development Officer.