FA Chartered

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This year the Club enters its 26th Season. The Club is also extremely proud of being the first Junior Club in the Castle Point area to achieve the status of a Football Association Chartered Standard Development Club. This scheme was introduced by the Football Association in 1999 as a kite mark for Clubs to aim for.

The Club attained this kite mark in April 2001 and since then have worked hard to forge links with local schools in the area.
The Clubs has links with Junior schools in the borough Westwood where Carol the Clubs Secretary voluntarily provides football coaching after school for both boys and girls. Last year the Club has also forged links with King John School , the Club look forward to progressing those links in the future.

This award demonstrates to parents and the public that Benfleet Villa are a well organised and safe club. Standards and Rewards. To achieve the award Benfleet Villa had to meet criteria set by the Football Association in conjunction with other bodies and agencies including:

 

• Self certified screening of Managers,Coaches and officials.
• All club personnel CRB screened.
• All Managers have completed as a minimum either a F.A Level One Coaching Course.
• All Managers are required to attend a F.A Basic First Aid Course.
• All Managers are required to attend a F.A Child Protection Course.

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