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 and are new for 2024/25. 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 process is essential for maintaining the integrity and safety of the sport and protecting all participants. 

The affiliation window is open from Tuesday 10th September to Tuesday 31st December 2024.  

This season each club must submit required documentation and declare set criteria. Tutorials and support on how to do this on sport:80 will be sent in due course. 

Scottish Hockey Affiliation Requirements: 

Submissions: 

  • Constitution 
  • Safeguarding Policy 
  • Details of Safeguarding and Wellbeing Officer
  • Child Wellbeing and Protection Officer Certificate 
  • Updated contact info for committee members (preferably club generic emails to be used) 
  • GB Safe Hockey and Child Wellbeing and Protection in Sport Certificates for all coaches 
  • Core committee members must complete the Club Hub training and submit certificate (more info coming in due course) 

Declarations: 

  • Risk Assessment (for every venue used) 
  • GDPR 
  • Club bank account 
  • Club Legal Status
  • Adherence to Scottish Hockey policies 

 If you do not have evidence to cover all the criteria, your club will not be affiliated to Scottish Hockey and put on probationary status until all requirements are met. Consequently, any club’s competition entry could be revoked. 

A new addition is the Club Hub completion certificate, all core committee members (President, Secretary, Safeguarding officer and Treasurer) must complete the Hub course and submit.

Affiliation submission will be through our new membership system Sport:80, each club should submit the relevant files and confirm declarations assigned to their club’s profile. Tutorials on Sport:80 are available on the Scottish Hockey website. 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/  

If you have any questions or require support, please contact your regional manager: 

North: [email protected]  

East: [email protected]  

West: [email protected] 

How to Apply

If your club would like to Affiliate, please contact your local Regional Manager.