The FA Charter Standard Scheme is best practice guide that sets standards of coaching, administration and child protection for clubs working with young people. As a benchmark for quality, it will improve the playing experience for all.

Wellingborough Town Football Club continues to develop and a recent meeting attended by the club secretary and officials from Northants Football Association indicates that they believe we are now in a position to apply for a Charter Standard Development Award.

This recognition is given to clubs that build youth and adult teams and develop a plan to cater for Woman's and disabled football. We currently have five youth teams, shortly to be increased to eight and when the first and reserved teams have been assembled in time for next season we shall have the requisite ten teams to qualify for the award. The club is currently working on a development plan that includes disabled and woman's football and hopefully by June we should have this in place.

The benefits of having this award is that you receive favourable consideration when applying for grants and receive ongoing support from professional FA Staff