Tuesday 24 October 2017

Agenda 3 - Club Sustainability Award


Within the Agenda 3 proposal, the SRU will be replacing the Participation Agreement payments with the Club Sustainability Award and Minimum Operating Standard payments.

The Club Sustainability Award aims to encourage Clubs to grow in a sustainable way and over 3 year planning cycles.



Criteria for Club Sustainability will be based on:
  • Minimum coaching standards
  • No. of male teams
  • No. of women & Girls teams
  • Youth development
  • Match Officials
  • Strategic Direction

There are three levels of Award, based on the above criteria, each level offering a differing level of Award payment:
Gold - £10k
Silver - £5k 
Bronze - £3.5k

For Clubs not eligible for a Sustainability Award payment, they may qualify for a transitional Minimum Operating Standards payment:
Year 1 - £1.5k
Year 2 - £1.25k
Year 3 - £1k

Minimum Operating Standards topics will include:
  • Player Welfare
  • Child Protection
  • Governance
  • Data provision
  • Insurance & Legal
  • Competition regulations
  • Scottish Rugby Branding Guidelines