All clubs are required to affiliate to Scottish Hockey to allow entry to Scottish Hockey and District competitions. The elements that make up affiliation have been updated. They are the foundations of running a safe and well organised hockey club.
Please see below for the affiliation criteria and a downloadable version with the working links:

All hockey clubs must affiliate with Scottish Hockey to ensure compliance with safeguarding, safe delivery, and good governance standards. 

The affiliation window is open and closes 30th June.

Each club is required to submit documentation and declare set criteria. Tutorials and support on how to do this are on our YouTube Sport80 page.

Scottish Hockey Affiliation Requirements:

Submissions:

  • Constitution
  • Safeguarding Policy (contact details of Safeguarding and Wellbeing Officer to be clearly visible)
  • Child Wellbeing and Protection Officer Certificate

Declarations: (facilitated through the Sport80 re-declaration process)

By completing the Scottish Hockey Club Membership, Clubs confirm:

  • Updated contact info for committee members (preferably club generic emails to be used)
  • Club bank account
  • It has carried out specific risk assessments for all its regularly used venues;
  • Legal Status
  • Safeguarding and Welfare Officer Job description
  • It adheres to all policies outlined in the governance section of the Scottish Hockey website; and
  • It is GDPR compliant in line with the Data Protection Act 2018.

If you do not have evidence to cover all the criteria, please get in touch for support. Non compliance may result in a club’s competition entry being revoked.

Affiliation submission will be through our membership system Sport:80, each club should submit the relevant files and confirm declarations assigned to their club’s profile. Info on how to affiliate via Sport:80 can be found here https://scottish-hockey.org.uk/new-membership-and-engagement-platform-launched-as-sport80-goes-live/ 

Individual role compliance

Clubs also need to ensure they meet the minimum operating standards for individual roles.

Overview:

Coaches require

Officials & technical Official’s require:

  • Minimum Level 1 umpire theory and completion of assessment
  • Judge training

Core committee members require:

  • A PVG, Club Hub training and submit certificate (Club Hub – Scottish Hockey) This is for ALL President, Secretary, Safeguarding officer and Treasurer roles

For more information please check out the Individual Compliance page here

If you have any questions or require support, please contact our Hockey Development Team:

[email protected]