Club Accreditation

If you're involved at a club or team who have ambitions to be bigger, better and stronger, then our club accreditation programme is for you.

Increasing participation in football, driving high standards and improving the development of our players, coaches and volunteers is a priority of the Scottish FA. Yet we know we can't achieve any of this without the passion and commitment of volunteers on the ground – the lifeblood of grassroots football.

What is Quality Mark?

Designed to recognise the hard work and dedication of our member clubs and teams, the Quality Mark Award scheme aims to reward those who have a desire to be the very best they can be.

We're here to support each and every one of you in your efforts and the Quality Mark Awards – run by the Scottish FA in partnership with sportscotland – is one of the ways in which we do just that.

To gain one of our awards – Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum - your club must achieve each of our related list of criteria. Aimed at improving or supporting management, development structures, administration, planning and welfare, these criteria help each club as they strive to improve.

We don't just set the criteria and leave you to get on with it, though. We will assign a regional Club Development Manager to your club  who will be your main support throughout the process, as well as providing a large number of templates and core policies, sharing case studies and suggesting best practice techniques that we've learned from other successful clubs.

We can help you promote your club through our Scottish FA multimedia channels to help celebrate the work and achievements of your club.