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WELCOME CONTENTS At the Scottish FA we recognise that clubs across the BUSINESS START UP, FUNDING country have aspirations of becoming key assets in their PLANNING AND MONITORING local community. We recognise that the clubs would like to DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION be able to deliver major impacts, both on and off the pitch. 04 22 As such, we have created this support directory to ensure that all communication with key partner organisations is as GOVERNANCE FOOTBALL FAMILY straightforward as possible. It will also allow clubs to have the key information readily available whenever they may need it.

Throughout this support directory you will find key partners 08 26 and organisations who will help you become strong and sustainable social enterprises. We have created this document CHILD KEY PARTNERS so it is as clear as possible what each organisation does, and how WELLBEING CONTACT DETAILS they will be able to assist your club. Each organisation will help AND PROTECTION you operate as a thriving community asset and help you deliver community engagement and life change programmes for your 12 28 surrounding environment. DEVELOPMENT AND 18 VOLUNTEERING

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CHAPTER 01/ BUSINESS BUSINESS START UP, START UP, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

CEIS provides a range of independent and professional business DTAS is the national body for development trusts in Scotland. PLANNING support services and business finance solutions for social and DTA Scotland assists interested communities explore the benefits community enterprises. Building the capacity of communities and relevance of the development trust approach, providing through employability and engagement services, CEIS also provide useful resources, training and support to communities wishing to event management and social research services. establish a development trust. Established development trusts can AND www.ceis.org.uk access a wide range of membership benefits and useful resources. DEVELOPMENT http://www.dtascot.org.uk/

CEMVO aims to build the capacity of Scotland’s minority ethnic Forth Sector Development services include: procurement support voluntary and community sector. They do this by building capacity to the Public, Private Sector and Third Sector; support in the and mobilising skills in organisations and their people, fostering development of employability programmes; advice, training and both individual and collective leadership, working strategically to support in Impact Measurement; and business coaching and raise the profile of and create opportunities for the sector. mentoring in a wide range of business skills. www.cemvoscotland.org.uk www.forthsectordevelopment.org.uk

Community Enterprise is a social enterprise that provides personalised support to individuals and groups in areas such as HIE is the economic and community development agency for the accounting, fundraising, marketing and impact measurement. They north and west of Scotland. Supporting businesses and social charge for large pieces of work, such as business plans, and enterprises to shape and realise their growth aspirations. all profit generated is used to subsidise free support. www.hie.co.uk www.communityenterprise.co.uk

HISEZ offers Business Support to new and existing Social Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS) supports the Enterprises throughout the Highlands and Islands. HISEZ deliver development of co-operative and employee-owned enterprises support as part of the Just Enterprise Programme as well as across Scotland. Support includes exploring the options, networking opportunities and training. structuring the company, financing the business and developing www.hisez.co.uk member participation. www.scottish-enterprise.com/services/develop-your-organisation/ co-operativedevelopment-scotland/overview

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BUSINESS START UP, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Just Enterprise is a consortium bringing together Scotland’s key Scottish Community Alliance is a network organisation which social enterprise support agencies to provide business support helps the community sector in Scotland develop its own identity and development services to Enterprising Third Sector and voice. SCA has two main functions – to promote the work of Organisations across Scotland. Its principal role is to deliver local people in their communities and to influence national the Scottish Government’s contract for Business Support to the policy development. Third Sector. The Just Enterprise consortium consists of CEIS, www.scottishcommunityalliance.org.uk/about HISEZ, Firstport, the Social Enterprise Academy, Forth Sector Development, Community Enterprise Ltd, CEMVO Scotland, Lanarkshire Enterprise Services, Ready for Business and Inspiralba. www.justenterprise.org

SKS Scotland CIC is a social enterprise which specialises in consultancy support to other social enterprises and Third Sector organisations. It is a paid for service which uses its generated Senscot Social Enterprise Networks offers peer support, resource income to provide employment and services for people with sharing and development of markets, a focal point for issues long term conditions. specific to local social enterprises, a collective voice and the www.sksscotland.co.uk opportunity to raise awareness and profile of social enterprise. Thematic networks include Sport, Employability, Cultural & Creative and Health & Community Food. https://senscot.net/networks

Social Enterprise Scotland (SES) represents the sector’s interests to politicians, policy makers, opinion formers and in the media. SES works in partnership with Senscot and Social Firms Scotland. School for Social Entrepreneurs Scotland became an www.socialenterprisescotland.org.uk independent School in 2012 and continues to build on the strong reputation and programmes delivered by SSE Fife since 2002. The school operates across the whole of Scotland and aims to help communities previously unsupported by public and third sector programmes. Social Firms Scotland is the national support body for the www.the-sse.org/schools/scotland development and promotion of Social Firms in Scotland. Its purpose is to grow the sector in Scotland in order to increase employment opportunities for severely disadvantaged people. www.socialfirms.org.uk

Scottish Enterprise supports the development of globally competitive companies by offering an integrated business support model where companies with ambitions to grow can access the right type of support at the right stage of their growth. Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) supports best www.scottish-enterprise.com practice in community development and is recognised by the Scottish Government as the national lead body for community development. www.scdc.org.uk

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CHAPTER 02/ GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE AND LEGAL AND LEGAL Senscot Legal provides affordable support in legal matters to Legal structures for your club the social enterprise community and wider third sector in Scotland. The Scottish FA and other key stakeholders have Areas of law include governance, company formation, employment created a document that we hope will give you some law, contracts, dispute resolution and intellectual property additional information on legal structures available to issues- this list is by no means exhaustive. your organisation www.se-legal.net http://scotfa.co/legalstructure

Social Investment Scotland (SIS) is a registered Charity and The Cranfield Trust provides free business skills to build successful Social Enterprise which provides business loans to Third Sector charities. The Cranfield Trust is a national charity offering free organisations. SIS aims to support the creation and growth of business skills, advice and guidance to voluntary, community and charities, community organisations and social enterprises that social enterprise organisations. have the capability to make sustainable social impacts. https://www.cranfieldtrust.org www.socialinvestmentscotland.com

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is the Scottish Community Re:Investment Trust provides opportunities network organisation for Scotland’s Third Sector Interfaces (TSIs). for third sector organisations to invest in and support the They advocate for, co-ordinate and support the work of Scotland’s development of the wider third sector, develop sector specific local third sector support organisations. financial services and products, promotes financial capability and https://scvo.org.uk increasing the financial expertise of the third sector. www.scrt.scot

OSCR is the independent Regulator and Registrar for Scotland’s charities, including community groups, religious charities, schools, universities, grant-giving charities, and major care providers. www.oscr.org.uk

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ASSET TRANSFER

The Community Ownership Support Service (COSS) is a Scottish Scottish Government government funded project, set up to help community-based Part 5 of the Community Empowerment Act introduces a right groups in Scotland to take on land or building assets for their for community bodies to make requests to all local authorities, community. They also support local authorities wishing to transfer Scottish Ministers and a wide-ranging list of public bodies, for any a building or land asset. land or buildings they feel they could make better use of. They www.dtascommunityownership.org.uk can request ownership, lease or other rights, as they wish. The Act requires those public authorities to transparently assess requests against a specified list of criteria, and to agree the request unless there are reasonable grounds for refusal. The Act sets out the key rights and duties and provides a framework for the asset Scottish FA Guide to Community Asset Transfer is aimed at transfer process. Regulations and Orders set out more detailed football clubs across Scotland who are either considering or in the arrangements for implementing the scheme. process of negotiating a change in the way they manage and secure facilities in their local community. Further information on asset transfer http://scotfa.co/CATguide www.gov.scot/Topics/People/engage/AssetTransfer

Community Asset Transfer guidance for community groups www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00513211.pdf

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is an ambitious organisation with a unique remit that integrates economic and community development. They work in a diverse region which extends from Shetland to Argyll, and from the Outer Hebrides to Moray. www.hie.co.uk

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CHAPTER 03/ CHILD CHILD WELLBEING AND WELLBEING AND PROTECTION PROTECTION Child Wellbeing and Protection Strategy 2019 – 2024: Getting It Young Scot is the national youth information and citizenship Right For Every Child in Scottish Football The Child Wellbeing charity. They provide young people, aged 11 - 26, with a mixture of and Protection Strategy outlined the Scottish FA’s commitment information, ideas and incentives to help them become confident, to ensuring that the national game is a safe and inclusive informed and active citizens. environment for all involved. It centres of five strategic priorities: www.young.scot embedding a consistent child wellbeing and protection system throughout the game; promoting children’s rights in all we do; support and develop learning and knowledge of child protection and wellbeing; improve standards at all level; and strengthen leadership, governance and accountability. UNCRC CHILDRENS RIGHTS The United Nations Convention on https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/media/5463/scottish-fa-child- the Rights of the Child, or UNCRC, is the basis of all of Unicef’s wellbeing-strategy.pdf work. It is the most complete statement of children’s rights ever produced and is the most widely ratified international human rights treaty in history. https://www.unicef.org.uk/what-we-do/un-convention-child- rights/ GIRFEC Getting it right for every child - GIRFEC is the national approach in Scotland to improving outcomes and supporting the wellbeing of our children and young people by offering the right help at the right time from the right people. It supports them and their parent(s) to work in partnership with the services that can NSPCC are a children’s charity fighting to end child abuse in the help them. UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. They help children who have been abused to rebuild their lives, protect those at risk, and find WELLBEING WHEEL Wellbeing is broader than child protection the best ways of preventing abuse from ever happening. and how we tend to think about welfare. To help make sure www.nspcc.org.uk everyone – children, young people, parents, and the services that support them – has a common understanding of what wellbeing means, we describe it in terms of eight indicators. The eight wellbeing indicators are commonly referred to by their initial letters - SHANARRI. RESPECT ME Their vision is of a respecting, just, equal and inclusive Scotland in which all children and young people can live free from MY WORLD TRIANGLE Using the My World Triangle (and where bullying and harassment and are encouraged to reach their full appropriate, specialist assessments) to gather further information potential. Their work is driven by a focus on children’s rights. about the needs of the child or young person. When working with www.respectme.org.uk children or young people, the My World Triangle is used at every stage to think about the whole world of the child or young person. www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Young-People/gettingitright

SAFEGUARDING IN SPORT SERVICE Safeguarding in Sport is a partnership between Children 1st and sportscotland, the national agency for sport. We work with governing bodies of sport, local authority sports/leisure departments, leisure trusts and sports The Children and Young People’s Commissioner’s role is to help clubs. The aim of Safeguarding in Sport is to help ensure children children and young people understand their rights and make stay safe and have fun while taking part in sport. We provide sure those rights are respected. The Commissioner and his team advice, consultancy, resources and training for any sports help children and young people know their rights, work to protect organisation working with children. children’s rights and help influence change. Their goal is for www.children1st.org.uk children and young people in Scotland to be as safe and happy as possible. https://www.cypcs.org.uk/ 13 / YOUR CLUB. YOUR HOME. YOUR COMMUNITY

CHAPTER 04/ EQUALITY LGBTI SEX AND DIVERSITY Leap Sports Scotland works for greater inclusion for LGBTI people Women in Football is a network of professional women working in in sport and against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in a and around the football industry who support and champion their sports context. peers by sharing professional expertise, challenging discrimination www.leapsports.org and celebrating women’s achievement. Furthermore, receiving, recording and reporting sexist incidents is a service provided by Women in Football. Incidents are recorded and can be taken forward for investigation to the relevant bodies with the permission of the person reporting the incident. In some cases, Equality Network works for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender pro bono legal advice can be offered and intersex (LGBTI) equality and human rights in Scotland. www.womeninfootball.co.uk They strive to be inclusive and open in their work, to challenge discrimination and to consult, involve and inform the individuals and the communities for which they work. www.equality-network.org Scottish Women in Sport By drawing on their unique insight they will champion the right of every woman and girl in the UK to take part in, and benefit from, sport: from the field of play to the boardroom, from early years and throughout her life. Stonewall Believe we’re all stronger united, so they partner with www.scottishwomeninsport.co.uk organisations that help them create real change for the better. Create an environment where LGBT communities can continue to find ways to flourish, and individuals can reach their full potential. www.stonewallscotland.org.uk RELIGION

RACE Interfaith Scotland provide a forum for different religions to dialogue with one another on matters of religious, national and civic importance. www.interfaithscotland.org

BEMIS Scotland is the national umbrella body supporting the development of the Ethnic Minorities Voluntary Sector in Scotland. BEMIS promotes the interest of minority ethnic voluntary Colours of our Scarves works with key stakeholders within Scottish organisations, develop capacity and support inclusion and sport to provide athletes, coaches, organisers and volunteers with a integration of ethnic minorities’ communities. support mechanism, an educational tool and an opportunity for self www.bemis.org.uk reflection and development with a focus on community impact and improving the learning and developmental environment for everyone involved. Colours of our Scarves works with educational institutions and students to deliver equality awareness and sport festivals within communities, promoting messages of tolerance and acceptance of all. Show Racism the Red Card is an anti-racism educational charity. http://www.scottishsupporters.net/the-colours-of-our-scarves/ They aim to combat racism through enabling role models, who are predominately but not exclusively footballers, to present an anti-racist message to young people and others. www.srtrc.org

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DISABILITY

Scottish Disability Sport is the Scottish governing and co-coordinating body of all sports for people of all ages and abilities with a physical, sensory or learning disability. SDS has the vision of developing opportunities and improving performance in disability sport for children, athletes and players with a physical, sensory or learning disability in Scotland and contributing to UK and international initiatives. www.scottishdisabilitysport.com

Breathing Space are here in times of difficulty to provide a safe and supportive space by listening, offering advice and providing information. It is our belief and hope that by empowering people, they will have the resources to recover. www.breathingspace.scot

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Participatory Budgeting (PB) is recognised internationally as a way for local people to have a direct say in how, and where, public funds can be used to address local requirements. Different PB models exist, although it normally involves members of the community deciding through a voting process how to spend part of the budget of a public agency such as a local authority. www.pbscotland.scot

Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) supports best practice in community development and is recognised by the Scottish Government as the national lead body for community development. The organisation works across sectors and with a wide range of professions to support community engagement and community capacity building in any context and at strategic and practice level www.scdc.org.uk/community-engagement

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CHAPTER 05/ DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SPORT SPECIFIC AND VOLUNTEERING

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisation SCVO is the sportscotland is the national agency for sport in Scotland. VOLUNTEERING membership organisation for Scotland’s charities, voluntary sportscotland works closely with partners to improve the links organisation and social enterprises. Providing advice between schools, clubs and performance sport as we continue to and a range of templates on good governance, legislation, build a world class sporting system financial and business management. www.sportscotland.org.uk www.scvo.org.uk

Scottish Government – National Context Scottish government Sported are Sport for Development charities in the UK, active Scotland outcome framework that provides the overall supporting over 3,000 amazing community clubs and groups that context for a lot of this work: use the power of sport to transform the lives of disadvantaged https://www.gov.scot/publications/active-scotland-delivery-plan/ young people. pages/5/ https://sported.org.uk ONE NATIONAL PLAN Scottish FA One National Plan A bold new strategy for Scottish Volunteer Friendly accredited scheme supporting organisations non-professional football aims to grow the game across the country to provide the best environment for their volunteers. Providing in both scale and diversity, develop talent and provide social support to groups, agencies and organisations to provide the best benefits – all with the ultimate goal of delivering Football for All. possible experience for the volunteer https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/features/one-national-plan-to- www.volunteerfriendly.org.uk deliver-football-for-all

Volunteer Scotland providing support and advice to organisations working with volunteers. Recognising the need for volunteers in Scotland and demonstrating how this brings about a difference and making volunteering easy for everyone, so that more people volunteer. www.volunteerscotland.net

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SPORT DELIVERY AND INTERMEDIARY ORGANISATIONS

The Youth Sport Trust is an independent charity devoted to Street Soccer Scotland is a social enterprise which uses football changing young people’s lives through sport. Delivering high inspired training and personal development as a medium to quality physical education and sport opportunities. empower people who are affected by social exclusion, to make www.youthsporttrust.org positive changes in their lives. https://streetsoccerscotland.org

Street Games is a sports charity that changes lives and communities. Supporting a network of projects which give sports Winning Scotland Foundation work with partners across and volunteering opportunities to young people in disadvantaged education, communities and sport to provide opportunities for communities across the UK. young people to learn these crucial skills and competencies. www.streetgames.org www.winningscotlandfoundation.org

Scottish Sports Futures is a charity Changing Lives through sport. Youth Scotland is a membership organisation and Scotland’s Targeted at communities that are vulnerable or at-risk, our local national charity for the support and delivery of community based and national programmes provide tailored pathways to positive youth work. Through the Youth Active strand, combines the destinations. delivery of physical activity and sport with youth work to make a www.scottishsportsfutures.org.uk positive contribution to young people. www.youthscotland.org.uk

Sport Social Enterprise Network is established to support, inform and encourage a thriving social enterprise sector in Scotland. A dedicated coordinator supports its 130 strong network of sport social enterprises who deliver social impact through sport while operating sustainably. https://senscot.net/networks

Sported is a UK sporting legacy charity - a membership organisation which provides support to community and grassroots organisations that deliver ‘Sport for Development’. They support organisations by providing business resources and financial assistance. www.sported.org.uk/

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CHAPTER 06/ FUNDING POTENTIAL SOURCES MONITORING OF FUNDING

Firstport supports new social enterprises during start up with The Robertson Trust is Scotland’s largest independent funder. It AND issues such as choosing a legal structure, developing and aims to improve the lives and realise the potential of individuals strengthening a business model, writing a business plan and cash and communities across Scotland. fund organisations which are flow projections. They also provide a programme of workshops using sport to deliver positive outcomes in our funding areas. tailored to the needs of start-up social enterprises. Support is free www.therobertsontrust.org.uk EVALUATION as part of the Just Enterprise programme. www.firstport.org.uk PROCUREMENT AND Funding Scotland Free online search engine featuring over 900 funding opportunities for Scottish projects TENDERING www.fundingscotland.com

Ready for Business delivers the Developing Markets for Third Sector Providers programme. The programme, offers a unique BIG Lottery in Scotland gives out millions of pounds from the opportunity to develop and embed a number of leading market National Lottery to community groups and projects that improve development solutions, including the Public Social Partnership health, education and the environment. (PSP) model, Community Benefit Clauses (CBC) and the use www.biglotteryfund.org.uk of Social Value throughout public sector commissioning and procurement in Scotland. www.readyforbusiness.org

Foundation Scotland is an independent charity established to strengthen local communities by providing a source of funding to community led projects the length and breadth of Scotland. Senscot - Partnership & Procurement Support provides a www.foundationscotland.org.uk dedicated programme of practical support to social enterprise in identifying and responding effectively to emerging tender and other business opportunities. The role supports social enterprises to develop partnerships and consortia. https://p4p.org.uk CashBack for Communities is a Scottish Government programme which takes funds recovered from the proceeds of crime and invests them into free activities and programmes for young people across Scotland. www.cashbackforcommunities.org

Comic Relief’s Sport for Change strategy will run across UK and International funding, focusing on programme areas that use sport as a tool to increase community cohesion www.comicrelief.com/grants/sport-forchange

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MONITORING AND LEARNING AND LEARNING AND EVALUATION DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT

Evaluation Support Scotland works with third sector organisations Education Scotland have produced a self evaluation framework for Just Enterprise is a comprehensive programme designed to help and funders so that they can measure and report on their impact. organisations delivering sports and cultural services Social Enterprises and budding Social entrepreneurs achieve www.evaluationsupportscotland.org.uk https://education.gov.scot their trading ambitions. Supported by the Scottish Government, Just Enterprise is committed to the growth and sustainability of Scotland’s third sector and our start up, business support, business recovery, procurement, leadership and learning services are available to help you succeed. Inspiring Impact is a UK-wide collaborative programme, working Pilotlight works with business leaders who are placed in teams to www.justenterprise.org with the charity sector to help organisations know what to coach and mentor a charity or social enterprise. Charities and measure and how to measure. social enterprises work through a facilitated process to think and www.inspiringimpact.org plan strategically and be more effective, efficient and sustainable. www.pilotlight.org.uk/ Through CashBack (ETC) is a national Scottish Sports Futures programme, developed in partnership with Youth Scotland, that aims to enhance sports coaches, youth workers and volunteers Social Audit Network (SAN) is a not-for profit organisation which understanding of personal development through sport. facilitates the exchange of information and experience Social Enterprise Academy delivers learning and development www.etcashback.org.uk between practitioners of social accounting and audit in the social programmes for anyone working for social purpose, they provide economy and voluntary sectors. programmes in Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Social Impact www.socialauditnetwork.org.uk Measurement. www.socialenterprise.academy/scot/

Social Impact Scotland is a web resource dedicated to supporting you to better understand your social impact, for Third Sector Skills Development Scotland supporting skills and economic Organisations, Funders and Investors in the Third Sector, and strategies, making sure that services and partnership activity Public Sector organisations. are meeting the needs of customers and effectively contributing https://www.socialinvestmentscotland.com to economic growth ambitions for Scotland, SDS delivers the following key services: My World of Work, Modern Apprenticeships, Our Skillsforce- Support for employers. www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/

Social Value Lab works with social investors, grant-makers, public service commissioners, and frontline organisations to demystify the SROI framework and put it to practical use. www.socialvaluelab.org.uk

Sported are Sport for Development charities in the UK, supporting over 3,000 amazing community clubs and groups that use the power of sport to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people. https://sported.org.uk

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CHAPTER 07/ THE FOOTBALL AFFILIATED NATIONAL FAMILY ASSOCIATIONS

East of Scotland League Scottish Women’s Football Fosters an all inclusive and enjoyable environment for players, Fosters, promotes and develops the game to produce more coaches, administrators and spectators to participate in football. and better female footballers participating within a strong and The League strives for continual improvement and leads with sustainable club environment. integrity. www.scottishwomensfootball.com www.eastofscotlandfa.co.uk

Scottish Welfare FA Scottish Amateur FA To benefit present and future members of the community served Promotes, fosters and develops, something missing throughout by the Association promoting, encouraging and furthering the its membership without discrimination against any organisation game of welfare football as a recreational facility, sporting activity or person for reason of race, religion or politics, the game of and focus for community involvement. Association Football, and to take all such steps as may be deemed www.scottishfa.co.uk/swfa/ necessary or advisable for preventing infringements of the rules of the game or other improper methods or practices in the game and for protecting it from abuses. www.scottishamateurfa.co.uk Scottish Youth FA Provides football for children of all ages throughout Scotland to enable them to develop and flourish in the game of association football. Support every volunteer to enable them to develop within Scottish Junior FA SYFA. Lead the way in modernising approaches to the provision Aims to ensure that everyone, regardless of age, gender, ability of football ensuring the continued growth of grassroots football or background, has the opportunity to enjoy the game of Junior throughout Scotland. football and to maximise their potential whether as a player, www.scottishyouthfa.co.uk coach, administrator or volunteer.

0141 620 4560 [email protected] www.scottishjuniorfa.com South of Scotland League To Develop, Foster, Co-Ordinate and Sustain Association Football. At the Club and League level throughout South West Scotland. www.southofscotlandfootballleague.co.uk

Scottish Schools FA The object of the Association is to foster the mental, moral and physical development and improvement of pupils through the medium of association football and to help charitable funds and purposes. www.scottishfa.co.uk/ssfa Para-football ANA To create greater opportunities within Scottish Para-Football which allow participants to reach their full potential. We strive to promote development opportunities and increase participation across Para-Football throughout Scotland. www.scottishparafootball.co.uk

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KEY PARTNERS

Scottish Football Partnership the charitable arm of The Scottish Football Partnership, was established in recognition of the level of investment that the Partnership makes to non- Professional Grassroots Football/Charitable projects. The SFP Trust aims to promote public participation in football for people of all ages regardless of their ability or social circumstance by way of providing funding and support for grassroots clubs and other charitable organisations with football related projects which meet the aims and purposes of our charitable objective. www.thescottishfootballpartnership.com

SPFL TRUST is an independent registered charity associated with the Scottish Professional Football League. They work in partnership with Scotland’s 42 professional clubs and external agencies to promote, support, fund and administer activities which inspire SPFL clubs to help meet the identified social needs of the people of Scotland. www.spfltrust.org.uk

SUPPORTERS DIRECT SCOTLAND Supporters Direct Scotland are a member of the Scottish FA’s Congress as a supporters representative and operate and facility ‘The Scottish Supporters Network’ and ‘Scottish Football Supporters Survey’. The network is specifically developed to capture the views of Scottish football fans and to help influence key decision makers through the formal governance structure of the game. www.supporters-direct.scot

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