by GRF Admin | Jun 11, 2018 | News
A 67-year-old from East Kilbride has been jailed for five years for the abuse of nine young boys spanning from 1980 to 1995. William Cross held a position of trust in a number of youth organisations across East Kilbride, including football teams and the Boys Brigade....
by GRF Admin | Jun 10, 2018 | News
Smoke free environments are a key ambition of Hull’s work to de-normalise smoking for children; children copy behaviour that they see. Smoke free Playgrounds were implemented in Hull in 2017 followed by Smoke free School Gates. Smoke free side-lines is a project...
by GRF Admin | Jun 8, 2018 | News
Dear Member Clubs You will no doubt have received a correspondence from Northumberland FA about the suspension of the Pin Point Recruitment Football League Members of the NFA Board have chosen to suspend the sanctioning of the league for the 2017/18 season, which in...
by GRF Admin | Jun 8, 2018 | News
BBC 5 Live Investigates are kicking off the new football season with a programme exploring whether enough is being done to protect football clubs at grass-roots and lower league level. We are interested in hearing from clubs up and down the country to understand their...
by GRF Admin | Jun 4, 2018 | News, Parents
Sport can teach our children many valuable life lessons and can have a major part to play in shaping our children’s behaviours and attitude. Whether coaches like it or not, however, parents predominantly still play the most influential role. Parents spend the most...
by GRF Admin | Jun 4, 2018 | News, Parents
Firstly ‘Your child should not be defined by their sporting prowess.’ The statement above is absolutely critical advice for parents before we start digging any deeper into the potential issue of your child being one of the weakest in their sporting group. Our...
