Horspath Youth FC
Founded in 1988, Horspath Football Club offers a safe environment for children aged 5-16 to enjoy a kickabout, make new friends and learn a few footballing skills along the way. Everyone enjoys competing, but our ethos is to nurture young talent through fitness and fun in a team environment.
Fitness is one of the key benefits of getting young people involved in playing youth football. Children can start playing football with a junior club from as young as five years old, carrying on all the way into adulthood.
Awarded The FA Standard Charter as a Development Club in 2010, all of our coaches are qualified to a minimum of, level one certificate coaching in football and are all Criminal Record Checked (CRC).
CLUB CONSTITUTION
Horspath Youth Football Club’s constitution is in place to clarify how club procedures work. The constitution, together with our clubs Policies and Procedures, are in place to protect our members and ensure that the club runs smoothly. Please download our full constitution for more details.
Keeping children safe
Providing a safe and positive environment for everyone involved is a vital aspect of any club’s operations. Horspath Youth Football Club takes its responsibilities very seriously in this regard and in particular where children are present at any club-led activities. All participants and visitors to club have the right to feel safe and to be safe. All our members of the club workforce have a duty to keep children safe and to help protect them from abuse or harm.
Good safeguarding practice takes many forms. It is a thread, only occasionally visible, that weaves through all activities that involve children. Please take the time to read our safeguarding policy in more detail.
management & Coaching
Our aim is to create a positive learning environment that provides our players with the freedom to express and develop their natural ability and enjoyment for the game at a level they are comfortable with.
As well as the positive impact on children’s health, there are lots of reasons why joining Horspath Youth Football Club is a great thing to do for a child. Below are just a few of the benefits that our coaches aim to nurture through playing football:
- Making friends
- Build confidence
- Improve communication
- Improve social skills
- Increased energy
Awarded The FA Standard Charter as a Development Club in 2010, all of our coaches are qualified to a minimum of level one certificate coaching in football and are all Criminal Record Checked (CRC).
Club rules
Horspath Football Club follows The FA’s Respect programme to address unacceptable behaviour in football – on and off the pitch.
Having adopted the guidance provided by The FA’s Respect programme, Horspath Football Club requests that all, coaches, referees, players and parents obey our club rules to ensure a safe, positive environment in which our children play the game.
Please take a few minutes to read our club rules and policies.
Club policies
Our club policies provide the guidelines through which the players, parents and officials of Horspath Youth Football Club will operate. Horspath Youth Football Club aim to teach, motivate & encourage all our players to work as team members and promote sportsmanship in a family friendly environment.
Football belongs to, and should be enjoyed by everyone equally. Our commitment is to confront and eliminate discrimination whether by reason of gender, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, colour, religion or disability.