In The Box

We want girls to play football!

This month on In The Box, Tom puts Charlotte on the other end of the questions to explain a project close to her heart.

Plus the team are joined by Gamechangers who are making a difference in their leagues, clubs and communities, getting more girls playing football.  

It's all about the new #LetGirlsPlay campaign, what it's about, who it's for and how to get involved and make a difference.

All of this and more, In The Box.

Visit: https://www.englandfootball.com/letgirlsplay

Make sure to sign up to our latest webinars to help discover your future Gamechangers: https://englandfootballgrassrootshub.co.uk/events

If you’ve got any questions or you’d like us to feature your club on a future episode, get in touch!  

[email protected]

Welcome back to another episode of In The Box. 

This month we unpack the Football Leadership Diversity Code for the non-professional game. Tom and Charlotte go behind the scenes at St. George’s Park to talk about how the code has been designed, what it means for the grassroots game and what it aims to achieve over the next 5 to 10 years.

Edleen John, Diversity and Inclusion Director and James Kendall, Director of Football Development join the episode to give us the low down on the new Football Leadership Diversity Code and how it will help the game within non-league and grassroots football to be more diverse and inclusive both on and off the pitch.

To read or find out more about the Football Leadership Diversity Code visit www.TheFA.com/FLDC

The FLDC is part of the criteria for England Football Accredited clubs, find out more on the criteria and more on the accreditation by visiting www.EnglandFootball.com/Accredited

To adopt the policy as an England Football Accredited club, or as an affiliated club, you can do so within the Club Portal by visiting https://clubs.thefa.com/.

All this and more, In The Box.

Email [email protected] if you have any questions or want to suggest a topic for our next podcast.

Welcome to England Football Accredited miniseries brought to you by In The Box. Listen to Episode 1 of this series where Tom Lee talks about the transition from FA Charter Standard to England Football Accreditation and what it means for your accredited league or club.

To find out more visit:

www.EnglandFootball.com/Accredited

For all the support you need to be built to last email:

[email protected]

[email protected]

Welcome to a very special In The Box where we're on the road behind the scenes at this years England Football & McDonalds Grassroots Heroes awards. 

Tom and Charlotte meet some of the amazing heroes who went above and beyond in 2021, hearing their stories and how they've made a difference to their communities.

Casey Stoney tell's us why this is her favourite event every year and Tom and Charlotte even get on the pitch to watch our winners be celebrated.  

All this and more, In The Box.

If you want to learn more about the amazing heroes of 2021 then check out: https://www.englandfootball.com/run/Grassroots-Football-Awards

If you want to suggest a club we need to visit for a future episode email us at: [email protected].

For all the support you need to be built to last: https://www.englandfootball.com/run/leagues-and-clubs

More Kick, Less Click, The Technology Supporting your game.

In this episode of In The Box we chat to the people who deliver and use the latest technology to help them run and administer the game. They take us through what’s on the horizon, all designed so you can spend more time playing and enjoying the game.

Book on to the free In The Box Extra Time webinar on Tuesday 17 August at 7pm as we focus on the updated Matchday app and find out how it saves clubs time organising their game.

Learn about Matchday payments by PayPal, helping clubs manage their fees. https://englandfootballgrassrootshub.co.uk/events

For more information on the technology available to help your league or club, along with a number of articles and forums to support you, please visit https://grassrootstechnology.thefa.com/support/home

To find out more about Matchday and Matchday payments by PayPal please visit https://www.thefa.com/get-involved/matchday or for incentives visit https://www.thefa.com/get-involved/matchday/payments/incentives

Any questions or ideas for our next episode? Get in touch at [email protected]

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Welcome to Season 2 of In The Box.

We’re starting off on the road, out in the grassroots football community for the very first time.

In this episode we’re meeting Sporting Khalsa, a cornerstone for their local community just celebrating their 30 year anniversary. 

Tom and Charlotte get to meet Jasbir Batt, who’s at the heart of making sure the club is inclusive, and available for all. 

And they speak to Kelly Williams, a club volunteer who’s striving to make sure the club has an impact on the lives of its players but also its coaches and volunteers.

All of this and more, In The Box.

If you’ve got any questions or you’d like us to feature your club on a future episode, get in touch! 

[email protected]

Visit: https://www.englandfootball.com/run/leagues-and-clubs

The final episode in our current season of In The Box.

In this episode Charlotte get's the chance to put Tom and The FA National Services team through their paces as they discuss the new England Football and its impact.

Tom then gets the chance to chat to Kim from England Football Learning about how the changes will affect and energise qualifications and learning for everyone in football.

Found out more about BT Playmaker by England Football:  https://thebootroom.thefa.com/learning/qualifications/the-fa-playmaker

Email [email protected] if you have any questions or want to suggest a topic for our next podcast.

Book on an In The Box Extra Time webinar https://englandfootballgrassrootshub.co.uk/events

Survive, revive and thrive, taking a closer look at your grassroots football strategy and what it means for the game up until 2024.

With insight from James Kendall, The FA Director of football development and Grassroots Football UK owner Paul Kirton.

Read more on The FA’s ‘Time For Change’ strategy here https://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/what-we-do/strategy 

Read more on The FA’s ‘Survive, Revive, Thrive’ grassroots strategy here https://www.thefa.com/news/2021/mar/26/fa-new-grassroots-strategy-launched-20210327#:~:text=We%20have%20today%20launched%20our,Thrive

Found out more about The FA safeguarding children course https://thebootroom.thefa.com/learning/qualifications/fa-safeguarding-children-workshop

Email [email protected] if you have any queries.

Book on an In The Box Extra Time webinar https://thefagrassrootsfootballhub.co.uk/events

In this month’s Extra Time we’ve collected information from experts and grassroots clubs and leagues like you, to help you on this journey as we Return to Football.

To get the most out of this webinar share the relevant sections with people in your club or league and be confident and prepared to return to football.

We break down the COVID government guidance, what it means for you and where to find more information.

We discuss and give advice on how to ease your players back into the football environment.

Find out the latest support and funding to apply for. 

And hear from other clubs and leagues – getting inspiration and advice to get your grassroots football club and league back as you return to football.

Any questions email: [email protected]

Be sure to visit TheFA.com/clubsandleagues for more resources and support

Guidance: https://www.thefa.com/news/2021/mar/24/fa-guidance-for-return-to-grassroots-football-20210324

Football Foundation Funding https://footballfoundation.org.uk/game-on & https://footballfoundation.org.uk/pitchpower/how-it-works 

In this episode we talk all about the grassroots football family.

The volunteers who make our game special week in, week out.

We discuss how to reward and recognise these awesome individuals and groups of people.

We reflect on international women’s day and our first virtual The FA and McDonald’s Grassroots Awards 2020.

Our 2020 Bobby Moore Award winner gets a surprise from the gaffer, Gareth Southgate!

We speak to Sarah Nickless, who has tips to get more young people involved in your club and league.

If that wasn't enough we also have former England international and McDonalds fun football ambassador Martin Keown, talking about the importance of volunteers in grassroots football.

Get in touch – [email protected]

Find out more –www.TheFA.com/ClubsandLeagues

Sign up for our webinars - https://thefagrassrootsfootballhub.co.uk/events

Additional links and resources mentioned in this episode

www.TheFA.com/GRFA Go and nominate your Grassroots Hero for 2021 

Youth Leadership and Volunteering section on TheFA.com www.thefa.com/get-involved/player/youth/youth-leadership-and-volunteering