The following forms the club constitution of Signet United Youth, hereafter known as “the club” re-issued on 01/04/2006

NAME:

The club shall be known as Signet United Youth and shall be made up of teams providing mini football and regulation football for teams between the ages under 7’s and under 18’s.

Signet United youth has no connection, legal or otherwise with Signet United F.C and is run as a completely separate club. There are no obligations fro Signet United youth or Signet United to each other. 

All teams shall be affiliated to the Essex County Football Association and play in either the Thundermite league or Southend and District football league.

The club shall be run as a non-profit organisation.

OBJECTIVES:

The clubs objective shall be to provide Association Football & Association Mini-Soccer for all ages of its members regardless of race, creed, colour or economic circumstances.

The club shall not discriminate against females for the purpose of providing mini-soccer. For association football, legal and F.A rules shall apply. (I.e. not allowed mixed sex football for under 11,s upwards.)

The club hall provide other social & recreational pursuits as may be deemed necessary by the committee.

BEHAVIOUR:

All members of the club management shall ensure that football is played within the laws of the game and in a fair and enjoyable way.

All members of the team management will ensure that the health, safety and welfare of every child are at no time compromised.

All members of the team management will observe the directives as laid down by the F.A relating to coaching ratios. No member of management is allowed to hold a training session without another authorised and qualified member of management attending

Any member of the team management believed to be guilty of any of the above must immediately be reported to the club chairman, and an emergency committee meeting will be convened. The management committee reserves the right to immediately suspend or expel any member of team management found guilty, depending on the seriousness of the offence.

PLAYERS RECORDS:

All players who train with any team within the club and any parent, family member or supporter of that player shall be deemed to be a member of the club and therefore subjected to the appropriate code of conduct.

A record of each player will be held by the appropriate team member and the chairman of the club. This record will consist of full name, date of birth, age, address, phone number, contact number, emergency contact number, medical conditions, medicine taken on a regular basis, allergies and authority for an authorised club representative to seek medical attention for their child.

These records must be carried by the appropriate team management and by the chairman at every training session, match, fund raising event or social event, so to ensure the safety of the players at all times.

GAME PLAYING:

Team managers can register any number of players as he/she sees fit to do so.

The team managers decision is final in all selection decisions unless it breaches any discriminatory or safety rule as set out in this constitution. A manager is not obligated to give each player in the squad an equal number of games during a season, and will only change a player or substitute a player if he/she deems it necessary, not because he/she feels obligated to due to pressure from parents of supporters.

SUBSCRIPTION & FINANCE:   

Weekly subs will be paid at each training session to the club treasurer or authorised representative. Authorised representatives can only be named by the chairman, vice chairman, secretary or treasurer and no other person.

At date of writing the club shall charge a yearly subscription fee of £20.00 per first player and £10.00 per second player from the same immediate family group. A £5.00 yearly charge will be paid to the club by non-registered players who train only.

At date of writing the weekly subs have been set at £2.00 per player. The management committee reserves the right to change this charge after 2 weeks notice in writing to players parents or legal guardian.

The club shall be run as a non-profit organisation, with all excess monies being re-invested into the club and its activities for the benefit of its members.

All withdrawals from the account shall be transacted with the two signatures of the club treasurer and the club secretary.

A record of club finances will be presented at each management committee meeting.

Any member of the club who is found guilty of any theft or fraudulent behaviour shall be immediately expelled from the club and the club will fully support any criminal proceedings that may take place towards that person.

ALTERATION OF RULES:

No alteration to these or club and team rules shall be made without being agreed by a majority at a general management committee meeting.

OTHER BUSINESS:

The decision of the general management committee shall be final and binding on all matters governed by the foregoing rules.