If you have any queries or concerns around welfare issues, please contact us.
Safeguarding Children
Safeguarding children is high on the Middlesex FA's agenda. The goal is to have someone at every club in the county aware of child protection and best practice, whether it’s at a Premiership Academy or a Sunday morning park side
Safeguarding children is about doing things the right way and doing things properly. It's about allowing children to enjoy the game without abuse of any kind. That means ensuring that they are not subjected to bullying, physical, emotional or sexual abuse or neglect.
Middlesex FA believes football can have a powerful positive influence on children. But that means everyone involved in football must take on the responsibility of looking after those children that want to play the game.
That is why it is recommended that all coaches and managers are CRB checked and have attended a Level 1 coaching course, which includes attendance at a Safeguarding Children Workshop
If you have an issue within your football club that needs to be addressed, then please contact your club welfare officer in the first instance.
Should you require further advice or assistance then contact the County Welfare Officer (CWO) at neill.fowler@middlesexfa.com or call Neill on 0208 515 6903
What your Welfare Officer needs for this season!
In order to affiliate, each youth club and each adult club with a youth side must have a compliant Welfare Officer. A Welfare Officer will, therefore, need to have met the following criteria before a club with youth teams can affiliate for the 2012/13 season:
• Hold a Safeguarding Children Course certificate
• Hold an FA CRB certificate
• Attended a Welfare Officer Workshop
For larger clubs and Charter Standard clubs, it is recommended that an Assistant Welfare Officer is appointed to ensure that there is a contingency plan in place, should the nominated club welfare officer need to step down for any reason. If you would like to be involved with child welfare then please contact the CWO
If you have any queries regarding this process or would like to discuss it further please contact MCFA County Welfare Officer, Neill Fowler on 020 8515 6903 or email neill.fowler@middlesexfa.com
If you would like to report poor practice or abuse, this should be submitted to the CWO at the above e-mail address. If you would like to discuss issues of poor practice or abuse, the CWO is available during normal office hours on the above number. If a child is considered to be at risk then please contact the NSPCC 24 hour helpline on 0808-800-5000
CRB Checks
CRB checks can be carried out at the Middlesex FA County Office in Harrow or by prior arrangement with one of the local verifiers that are based around Middlesex.
In order to have your form verified, you will need to supply the following items:
- Passport
- Driving licence
- Birth certificate
- Evidence of N.I. no such as a NI card, payslip, P60 etc.
- Evidence of address such as a utility bill or bank statement or Council Tax letter
If you are unable to supply all of these, contact the CWO who may be able to suggest alternative options.
You will also need to supply all the addresses that you have lived at in the previous five years
The CRB forms are available from the office or with the local verifiers but are not downloadable as each is individually numbered
The cost of a CRB check is £15.30 if you are working as a volunteer or £60.00 if you are earning money as a coach or agent
In order to arrange for a CRB check, contact the County Welfare Officer, Neill Fowler, on 0208-515-6903 or neill.fowler@middlesexfa.com
For further information regarding CRB Checks, visit The FA website.
Benevolent Fund
The Middlesex FA has run a Benevolent Fund for many years which each year pays a number of grants to players, referees and league and club officials who are in financial hardship due to injury or illness.
Applications are welcomed from anyone who has been involved in football in Middlesex, even if they are no longer actively involved in the game. Applications are dealt with in a very confidential manner and only the three Fund Trustees (President, Finance Director and Chief Executive) see the completed application form after it has been referred over by the Fund Administrator.
To find out more about the Benevolent Fund, please email Fund Administrator, Ray Herb.
If you have any queries or concerns around welfare issues, please contact us.
