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The FA’s concussion guidelines

GRF Admin 27/06/2018

Welcome to The FA Concussion Guidelines. Here you will find helpful information and advice about how to recognise and manage a concussion from the time of injury through to a player’s safe return to football. The guidance, which is designed to support those managing…

MESSAGE FROM FA CHAIRMAN GREG CLARKE

GRF Admin 08/02/2017

When I started at The FA only five months ago, I said how delighted I was to become Chairman and that I was relishing the challenge. I also said that it was an honour to join The FA at such a pivotal…

Northumbria Police investigate historic sex abuse claims at Sunderland Foundation of Light

GRF Admin 25/01/2017

Northumbria Police has released its most recent figures in relation to non-recent recent sexual abuse in the sporting community. The force’s Operation Tide was set up to support and investigate increased reporting of abuse following reports across the country and in the…

FOOTBALL CLUBS URGED TO PITCH IN TO SAVE PLAYING FIELDS

GRF Admin 23/01/2017

Yardley Residents Action Group, which represents residents in the Birmingham district of Yardley and the wider community, is hoping to save two football pitches from being built on by appealing to professional clubs to buy the land. The Barrows Lane playing fields…

The BBC reach out to the Grassroots Community.

GRF Admin 16/01/2017

We’re making a new BBC2 documentary series called My Big Week (W/T). The programme follows individuals as they undertake a personal challenge or face a personal fear and documents their story over the course of a week. We’re looking for people all over the…

Police Appeal: £4000 Damage caused to football pitches, Stoke-on-Trent.

GRF Admin 13/01/2017

Do you know this man? Police have issued a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in connection with criminal damage at football pitches in Blurton. Between Christmas Eve (Sat 24 Dec) and Thursday 29 December the man was…

Sports minister warns government may legislate to reform the FA

GRF Admin 12/01/2017

Grassroots have stated for many years now that the FA is not representative enough when it comes to Grassroots Football, the warning signs have been there for many years. Since the formation of the Premier League, grassroots football has felt more and…

The FA Peoples Cup is BACK….Enter HERE for FREE

GRF Admin 07/01/2017

It’s just a kickabout. Said no one, ever. The FA People’s Cup returns for a third year – bigger and better than ever before. Run in partnership with BBC Get Inspired, The FA People’s Cup is the biggest amateur 5 a-side competition…

Nightclub boss ‘upset’ over junior football team kit sponsorship row

GRF Admin 05/01/2017

Im sure this will give rise to multiple opinions, with the professional game sponsors virtually exclusively gambling organisations, fast food, alcohol, money lending and junior teams struggling for any sponsors. When a club boss who uses her club for multiple reasons ranging…

Advice from the NSPCC – Grooming What it is, signs and how to protect children

GRF Admin 04/01/2017

Grooming is when someone builds an emotional connection with a child to gain their trust for the purposes of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or trafficking. Children and young people can be groomed online or face-to-face, by a stranger or by someone they know – for example…

England leaders explain four steps to safeguarding

GRF Admin 03/12/2016

As part of The FA’s role in aiming to do everything it can to support a safe and enjoyable framework for football, a new film has been made outlining the four key steps to safeguarding. The film, featuring Wayne Rooney, Steph Houghton,…

BREAKING – Hundreds come forward and Report abuse to Police.

GRF Admin 01/12/2016

Grassroots understands that the number of people that have came forward and reported abuse within football, current and historic, to police forces around England now stands at 350. What at first appeared to be isolated cases may well turn out to be…