"I have great pleasure in announcing that the Doncaster Rovers Sports & Education Foundation has been awarded the Football League Silver Accreditation."
"Having obtained the Bronze award in July 2008, we started the process of achieving the Silver Award. The criteria for reaching the Silver Accreditation is extremely high, and we had to achieve the required standards which are:"
- Bronze Standard in place
- Charitable status in place
- A continuous personal development plan
- Themed officer - We have two themed officers in place at the moment these are 'Girls & Women's Development' and 'Social Inclusion'
- Audit report
- 3 year business plan
- Delivery of programmes under all 4 of the Football League themes - Sports Participation, Health, Education, Social Inclusion
- Representation on local decision making groups
- Partnership working
- Human resource policy
- Player appearances
- Wider media coverage
- Working relationship with the club's Centre of Excellence/Academy
- Diversity standard - We are currently working towards the national preliminary kite mark
- Staff qualifications - All staff have up to date FA qualifications
From a personal point of view I would like to thank all the Community staff, Trustees, Partners, and the Football Club for all their support in helping us gain this prestigious award.
Quotes from the Trustees:
"Congratulation re silver award, absolutely brilliant, well done." - Dave Morris Chair of the Trustees.
"Well done to you and all your staff for achieving the silver award. You have really worked hard and definitely deserve it" - Tina Slater.
"Well done Eric, pass on my congratulations to all the team - hard work well rewarded" - Nigel Brewster.
Our next objective will be to aim for the Gold Award once criteria is fully in place."
- Eric Randerson, Community Manager
