The Scottish FA Quality Mark is a "National Plan for Youth Football Development" initiative which supports grassroots club development. With 250 clubs and schools already participating, over 4000 coaches have benefited from coach education and first aid training to date. Via Quality Mark, the Scottish FA and partners will work with clubs and schools to broaden youth and community participation and to enhance player, coach and volunteer development.

If your youth club or secondary school would like to enroll on the Scottish FA Quality Mark, download and complete this coach registration form Coach Register v2 . The information collected on the form will assist the Scottish FA to better understand the size of your club and the levels of current coach education provision. Once completed, contact your local Football Development Officer or Regional Manager to discuss next steps. Contact informaton can be found on the www.footballcentral.org regonal pages.

For more information on the intiative and the various levels of award, click on the links below or download this Adobe Acrobat overview of the Quality Mark awards and benefits. Quality Mark Overview (547K)

Standard Club Award Criteria Standard Club Mark, Criteria, For clubs with one or more teams	Development Club Award Criteria Development Club Mark Criteria	Community Club Award Criteria Community Club Mark Criteria

Quality Mark Clubs List and Profile of Clubs who have gained awards	Case Studies Examples of work Conducted by clubs.	Resources Templates example forms and information

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