Nottinghamshire FA

🚭⚽ Nottingham City football clubs – sign up to Smokefree Sidelines!

Led by Nottingham City Council Public Health and endorsed by Nottinghamshire FA, Nottingham Forest Foundation and Notts County Foundation, Smokefree Sidelines is helping create healthier, smokefree and vape-free football environments for children and young people.

Eligible clubs and teams can apply for a free resource pack, including:
✅ Footballs
✅ Bibs
✅ Ball bags
✅ Campaign signage and materials

🔗 Register now: https://www.teamgrassroots.co.uk/ncc-smokefree/

⚽ This week’s 7-Minute Safeguarding Briefings

Our weekly briefings provide simple, practical safeguarding messages that can be shared and discussed across your club in just seven minutes.

This week’s briefings are:

👧 **Children’s Briefing – Gaming Safely**
Helping children understand how to stay safe when gaming online, recognise concerning behaviour and know who to speak to if something doesn’t feel right.

👥 **Adult Briefing – Child Sexual Exploitation: Prevention and Protection**
Helping adults recognise potential signs of child sexual exploitation and understand how to record and report concerns appropriately.

Please share these resources with your players, parents, coaches and volunteers to help keep safeguarding at the heart of football across Nottinghamshire.

We’d also love to hear whether you found the briefings useful and which safeguarding topics you’d like us to cover in future.

Help shape the future of football in Nottinghamshire ⚽

Nottinghamshire FA is recruiting three voluntary Non-Executive Directors to join our Board:

• Non-Executive Director – HR (People & Culture)
• Non-Executive Director – Commercial & Partnerships
• Non-Executive Director – Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)

These are strategic and active leadership roles for individuals who want to contribute their experience, insight and ideas to the future of grassroots football across Nottinghamshire.

Previous Non-Executive experience is welcome but not essential, and football or sport experience is not a requirement.

The commitment is approximately two days per month, including quarterly Board meetings, Committee responsibilities, preparation, stakeholder engagement and occasional events.

All roles are voluntary, with reasonable expenses reimbursed in line with Nottinghamshire FA policy.

📅 Closing date: 27th August 2026
📧 Apply by sending your CV and a short statement outlining your experience and motivation for the relevant role to [email protected]

Read the full recruitment pack: https://www.calameo.com/esports-media/read/001230235dd6999318dca?authid=uj1W3NMidwff

☀️Based on the hot weather currently being experienced across the county, it is vitally important that extra care is taken to ensure that all our players and volunteers stay safe.

📲 Check out the following infographic which includes our top tips and guidance:

Fancy a visit from an England football legend at your club? ⚽🌟

Apply to host an InPost Locker before 30 September 2026, sign a contract, and your club will automatically be entered into the InPost prize draw. One lucky club will win a visit from an England football legend!

Hosting an InPost Locker can also provide your club with guaranteed annual income, while giving players, families and the local community access to a secure 24/7 parcel point. There are no installation costs, and all ongoing maintenance is fully managed by InPost.

Apply now: inpost.co.uk/business/the-fa

💷 Looking for a simple way to raise extra funds for your club this season?

Through our partnership with easyfundraising, Nottinghamshire clubs and teams can raise free donations when their members, parents, volunteers and supporters shop online with more than 8,000 retailers.

There’s no extra cost to the shopper, and the donations can help support your club throughout the season.

Our exclusive starter pack explains how to get set up, involve your club community and make the most of the opportunity.

👉 Download your free starter pack here:
https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/assets/blt9e65ca1c69880414/NottinghamshireFA_starterpack.pdf

Be part of what comes next ⚽

Nottinghamshire FA is recruiting two ambassadors to help clubs create more inclusive opportunities across the county:

• Equal Game Ambassador – Women and Girls Football
• Disability Football Ambassador

Both roles will work directly with grassroots football clubs, helping them turn training and ideas into practical opportunities for more people to play, coach, volunteer and belong.

💷 £25 per hour
⏰ 50-hour casual contract
📍 Travel across Nottinghamshire
🌙 The majority of hours will take place during evenings and weekends
📅 Closing date: 5pm on Tuesday 1 September 2026

Applicants do not need to have previously worked for a County FA. We welcome experience gained through grassroots football, coaching, playing, volunteering, club or league committee roles, community organisations, sports development, professional experience or lived experience.

Applicants may apply for either role. Those wishing to apply for both must submit a separate application form for each opportunity.

📖 View the full advert and apply here:
https://www.calameo.com/esports-media/read/0012302356665ecf144a8?authid=EAroTey4FcvF

For an informal discussion, contact Sara Stubbs at [email protected].

🚨 Grab your exclusive club funding pack! 🚨

Through our new partnership with easyfundraising, Nottinghamshire clubs and teams can now access an exclusive starter pack to help raise free funds ahead of the new season.

easyfundraising allows your club to receive free cashback donations when your members, parents, volunteers and supporters shop online with more than 8,000 retailers.

The starter pack includes:

- How to register your club or team for free
- How easyfundraising works
- How to get your club community involved
- Tips to help you raise as much as possible
- Details of the support available
- Advice and ideas from other clubs

It’s a simple guide you can share with your committee and use to get started.

👉 Download your free starter pack here:

https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/assets/blt9e65ca1c69880414/NottinghamshireFA_starterpack.pdf

📰 Safeguarding 7-Minute Briefings:

These weekly briefings have been developed to provide simple, practical safeguarding messages that can be shared across leagues and clubs.

They are designed to take around seven minutes to read and discuss, helping to keep safeguarding at the heart of football in a manageable and engaging way.

This week's briefings:

Adult 7-Minute Briefing
💬Topic: County Lines - Recognising the Signs and Reporting

Aimed at coaches, volunteers, committee members and anyone working with children in football.

Children's 7-Minute Briefing
💬Topic: Staying Safe Online

Designed to be shared directly with young people and can be used by coaches, Club Welfare Officers or volunteers during training sessions or team meetings. The aim is to encourage positive conversations about staying safe, speaking up and looking after one another.