Clubs & Facilities

Clubs Directory for Barrow-in-Furness

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Clubmark

Clubmark was introduced in 2002 by Sport England to:

  • ensure that accrediting partners apply core common criteria to ensure that consistent good practice and minimum operating standards are delivered through all club development and accreditation schemes.
  • empower parent(s)/carer(s) when choosing a club for their children.
  • ensure that Clubmark accredited clubs are recognised through a common approach to branding.
  • provide a focus around which all organisations involved in sport can come together to support good practice in sports clubs working with children and young people.

Clubmark is now managed by Knight, Kavanagh and Page (KKP) Consultants and details of Clubmark can be found here. Clubmark accreditation is awarded to clubs that comply with minimum operating standards in four areas:

The Playing Programme
Duty of Care and Child Protection
Sports Equity and Ethics
Club Management

Clubs working towards accreditation can receive support and advice from their NGB and other partners such as the County Sports Partnership and the Sport Development team. Circumstances will vary between clubs and sports but the process of accreditation is the same. There is only one set of paperwork to complete and in general most clubs are well on the way to achieving accreditation without realising it.

For a 2009 review of Clubmark in Cumbria, click here.

Barrow Borough Vision - Number of Accredited Clubs by 2012: 21 clubs

Update November 2011

Congratulations to Marsh Hornets who are the latest of the our local clubs to achieve Clubmark. 

To date (Nov 11), 24 clubs have achieved Clubmark status:

Askam ARLFC
Askam United FC
Barrow Amateur Swimming Club
Barrow Basketball Club
Barrow Cricket Club
Barrow and District Table Tennis Club
Barrow Golf Club
Barrow Island Rugby League Club
Barrow and District Orienteering Club
Crookland Casuals FC
Dalton Cricket Club
Dalton Ladies and Girls FC
Dalton United FC
Duddon Canoe Club
Furness Cricket Club
Furness Golf Club
Furness Gymnastics Club
Furness Rovers FC
Furness Rugby Union Club
Hindpool Tigers ARLFC
Lindal Cricket Club
Marsh Hornets ARLFC
Pozitive Junior Badminton Club
Walney Island FC


To date (Nov 11), 18 clubs are working towards Clubmark status:

Barrow Amateur Boxing Club
Barrow AFC
Barrow Celtic FC
Barrow and Furness Striders Athletics Club
Barrow FRLFC
Barrow Island Juniors FC
Barrow Raiders RLFC
Dalton ARLFC
Dalton Juniors FC
Duddon Cricket Club
Duddon Junior Football Club
Dunnerholme Golf Club
Furness Cavaliers FC
Hawcoat Park FC
Hawcoat Park Rugby Union Club
Roose Pioneers ARLFC
Vickerstown CC Football Club
Walney Central ARLFC

For more information on clubmark click here

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