Coaches Undergo Police Checks

As Part Of UK Athletics Drive

All Coaches at Vale Royal Athletic Club are at this moment in time in the process of completing police checks (CRB) as part of a national drive by UK Athletics, the governing body of athletics. 

Each area in the UK has been given a specific time of the year to apply for police checks and now is the time for North West Coaches to do so.  Otherwise, if every athletics coach in the UK applied at the same time, the CRB would be overrun with enquiries.

In the past it cost £22 per person and could be completed on a voluntary basis and coaches randomly did, as they felt that they spent enough voluntary time and money travelling to competitions to watch athletes they coached.

Now UK Athletics have decided to pay for all coaches to be police checked as part of best practice along with the creation of a athlete friendly environment for those under the age of eighteen in conjunction with Club Mark, which many clubs are aiming for at the moment.

The club is now pleased that all the coaches who donate their time voluntary many hours per week are being police checked without charge by UK Athletics which also illustrates the club is a provider in a safe learning environment for athletes to train to their full potential.