Vision: Offering everybody in grassroots football a high quality, safe, enjoyable experience, that is nationally recognised
The Programme helps to:
• Target investment
• Deliver an improved service and support structure to leagues
• Improve communication with leagues
• Ensure succession planning within leagues
• Rationalise existing league structures
• Help implement the principles of Long Term Player Development
• Grow football for underrepresented groups
• Improve efficiency and sustainability of leagues
• Deliver on the Respect Programme
The Charter Standard League Programme assesses the ability of leagues to provide a high quality, safe and enjoyable football experience against a standard set of criteria. It also encourage leagues to continuously develop, through on-going support from County FA staff and the review and on-going development of a league development plan, as part of an annual health check process.
The Charter Standard League Programme is open to all FA Sanctioned Leagues.
Charter Standard League criteria