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RUNNING YOUR CLUB EFFECTIVELY RUNNING YOUR CLUB EFFECTIVELY

Facility Design Guidance Club Governance Community Amateur Sports Club

The following technical guides are available to support HOW? Governance has become an increasingly important issue (CASC) and Charity Helpline
clubs with the design, procurement and maintenance of Visit: www.englandrugby.com/facilities that rugby union clubs in England have to address. This The RFU can provide a referral to an expert for advice
their facilities: is due to examples of poor management, financial failure, in terms of CASC and charity taxation issues. If clubs are
WHEN? compliance requirements (legal and insurance) and to
• Natural turf pitches As required. maximise the opportunity of public funding, resulting in looking for help and advice in this area then in the first
• Artificial grass pitches a need for better sports administrative structures. instance please make contact with Dave Stubley for a
telephone referral.
• Clubhouses and changing rooms WHO? Guidance and information on good club governance
Email: tedmitchell@rfu.com for your club is readily available and includes a health
• Floodlights Call: 07738 029212 check, guides, and templates.

• Designing accessible sports facilities HOW?
Visit: www.englandrugby.com/community-
• Car parking amateur-sports-clubs
• Preventing and managing flooding HOW?
Visit: www.englandrugby.com/governance WHEN?
• Environmental sustainability to access the health check, guides and templates. As requested.

The following one-page Essential Guides WHEN? WHO?
are also available: Support materials available online. Email: davestubley@rfu.com

• Artificial Grass Pitches WHO? Call: 07736 722387
• Insulation Email: alexthompson@rfu.com
Call: 07894 489756
• Energy Smart Meters
• Biomass Boilers

• Photovoltaic Panels
• Ground Source Heat Pumps
• Water Harvesting

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