On the 9th November 2004, Forrest Badminton Club registered on the, then, Badminton Association
of England Club Accreditation Programme with the aim of being awarded the title 'Silver Club, Sport England
Clubmark'. Obtaining this title would show that Forrest B.C has been recognised as a badminton club that has
addressed the issues of safety, fairness, coaching and management, with the need to provide high standards
of each. On the 26th April 2006 Forrest Badminton Club was awarded this title and status, making it the
first badminton club in Lancashire to gain the Badminton England Silver Club (the highest award available
which has only been gained by 24 senior clubs in England) and the Sport England Clubmark accreditations.
The awards were presented on Friday 12th May 2006 to Chairman David Travis and Treasurer / Chief Coach Ray Schofield at the Bolton Arena by Vicky Foster-Lloyd, Badminton England, Regional Development Manager (North) and Phil Howe, Badminton England, Lancashire Development Manager at one of our summer coaching evenings.
The following is a quote from Badminton England:
"These standards required commitment, dedication, and hard work from both the club and the volunteers. It demonstrates you've got strong coaching and effective management in place and that you take equality and child protection issues seriously."
During the process David and Ray attended courses on:
- Good Practice and Child Protection in November 2004 at Lowton
- Sports Equity and Ethics in November 2005 at Bury
- A Club for All (club management) in December 2005 at Edge Hill
All coaches and helpers had full Criminal Records Bureau checks
In the last year the following completed Badminton England Coaching courses:
- In May 2005 Ann Schofield, Dave Whitehouse and David Travis completed the Level 1, Assistant Coach course
- In September 2005 Ray Schofield completed the new Level 2, Coach course
- In April 2006 Ron Walsh completed the Level 1 course and then immediately completed the Level 2 course and qualified as a Level 2 Coach
- In June 2006 Chris Travis completed the Level 1 course.
- In September 2006 Chris and David Travis completed the new Level 2, Coach course.
- In addition we also have Mahendra Patel and Dureen Dixon with the equivalent of Level 1 Assistant Coach qualifications
More can be found out about Silver Clubs on the Badminton England website here.
Below are copies of the certificates Forrest B.C have been awarded in recognition of this 'Silver Club' status
including a letter of thanks from a local school the club has links with.
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