The GFA receives the Code of Governance plaque from The FA.

Gloucestershire FA achieves The FA's Code of Governance

The GFA is delighted to achieve compliance with The FA’s Code of Governance for County FAs.

Gloucestershire FA has achieved The FA’s Code of Governance for County Football Associations.

Gloucestershire FA evidenced full compliance with the regional Code of Governance which sets a higher precedent than the current gold standard for sport and aims to provide support and guidance to those running the grassroots game up and down the country.

In January 2020, The FA became the first national governing body in English sport to introduce a regional Code of Governance, with a number of other sports now following the model which has been endorsed by Sport England. The Code itself represents a ‘Gold Standard’ of governance, made up of 65 requirements based on Sport England and UK Sport’s Code for Sports Governance.

The requirements within the code means each County FA can assess their current practices against the highest standard of corporate governance in football, supporting their development and ensuring they have the structures, functional operations, and decision-making processes in place to offer the best possible service to the game at a local level. The code also includes provisions for gender diversity, ethnic diversity and youth representation across the County FA network.

All 50 CFAs have self-assessed against the Code and are committed to improving their governance, with Gloucestershire FA becoming the latest to be awarded with the County FA Code of Compliance logo, which can be used on County FA external and internal communications channels.

The GFA receives the Code of Governance plaque from The FA.
Pictured: David Neale, Chief Executive at Gloucestershire FA, receives the Code of Governance plaque from Sue Hough MBE, Chair of The FA National Game Board.

David Neale said: “We are delighted to achieve compliance with The FA’s Code of Governance for County FAs. It demonstrates our commitment to a gold standard of sports governance and will help ensure the Association continue to progress and also enhance football opportunities for all the communities we serve.”

Tim Foster, Head of Operations at The FA, said: “As the national sport that millions of people play and support across the country, it’s vitally important that The FA and the County FAs serve and lead the game as effectively as possible. Through this Code of Governance for County FAs, we have set out how they can enhance their governance at county level and ultimately deliver an even better service to their communities. I’d like to congratulate Gloucestershire FA in becoming fully compliant and look forward to seeing many other County FAs achieve this same standard as their ongoing work progresses.”

 

For further information on the Code of Governance for County FAs, please see here.