Club Affiliation
Why Affiliate?
Affiliation helps develop formal and clear relationships between UKU and clubs as organisations, which has mutual benefits.
A network of affiliated clubs will help provide clarity around opportunities for players, including juniors and those new to the sport.
Affiliation means that UKU can extend liability insurance to club committees at a low cost to the club.
Affiliation helps clubs adopt structures and governance that will better enable them to run successfully, safely and to apply for funding and grants.
Notes and requirements:
Affiliated clubs must have a constitution, risk assessments in place for training, and report certain incidents or injuries (the UKU risk assessment template and guidance can be found below).
Teams formed for one-off events are not eligible for club affiliation.
Club Affiliation is not applicable to University clubs or Schools teams (please see our School Affiliation).
ALL CLUB MEMBERS must be at least basic members of UK Ultimate - this is an insurance requirement.
New players are allowed three "taster sessions" during which they are considered to be insured before they have to make a commitment to UKU membership.
Clubs must work towards adopting UKU Safeguarding Adults Policy and Procedures.
Clubs with U18s must have Child Safeguarding policy - start here.
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Affiliation costs £50.00, and needs to be purchased by your club administrator on Just Go.
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Affiliation runs with a fixed renewal date based on the calendar year from 1st Jan - 31st Dec (this is different to our membership year). Affiliation purchased in December will run through to the end of the following year.
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Over time we will gradually increase the number of clubs required to have affiliation.
We hope to be able to do more work with and for affiliated clubs.
To books some venues or for certain work, clubs may be asked for credentials such as being recognised by the governing body or proof of insurance.
Please note that the benefits provided by club affiliation may not extend to your coach who requires their own registration and credentials.
Resources for clubs
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Buddle, formerly Club Matters, Sport England
A wide range of tools, guidance and resources that cover all aspects of running a sports club or group – everything’s free, bitesize and simple to use.
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UKU Safeguarding pack for clubs
The UKU Safeguarding Committee have produced a safeguarding pack for clubs, specifically aimed to help clubs include u18 players.
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Welfare pack for clubs
The UKU Safeguarding Committee created a microsite to help clubs with Welfare responsibilities and priorities. If you would like to help the Safeguarding Committee with future work, please contact safeguarding-committee@ukultimate.com