1. To be clear about the league’s responsibilities when running activities for children and young people. This involves:
· Ensuring these responsibilities are well-understood by others
· Working with your CFA Welfare Officer
· Working with the Club Welfare Officers (CWOs)
· Promoting The FA’s Respect Programme and helping to develop best-practice processes
2. To help league and club personnel understand what their ‘duty of care’ towards children and young people actually means and entails day-to-day, working closely with the CWOs to achieve this.
Below are contacted details for YOUTH LEAGUE WELFARE OFFICER (Y.L.W.O) who are affiliated to Manchester FA. If you believe this information to be wrong or out of date, please contact Joanna Madyarchyk at Manchester FA.
Bolton Boys & Girls Federation
Martin Smith – bbf-secretary@tiscali.co.uk
Bury & Radcliffe
Susan Brooks - brooksmopsy@aol.com
City of Salford Soccer League
Graham Pattinson - grahamtpattinson@hotmail.com
Tracey Henry - s.henry93@ntlworld.com
East Manchester JFL
Richard Cooper – Referee Safeguarding Concerns – emjflrefsec@aol.com
Bob Skelton - bobskelfoot@yahoo.co.uk
Denise Powell - d998@sky.com
Greater Manchester Ability Counts
Matt Pickford – matt.pickford@manchesterfa.com
Greater Manchester Federation for Young People
Andy Hamill - activities@gmfcyp.org.uk
Manchester Football League
Philip Platt - phil@platt8603.fsnet.co.uk
Manchester Jewish Soccer League
Jonathan Davis - jonnydavis@fsmail.net
Manchester Mini Youth and Soccer League
Colin Howell - colinalex4@btinternet.com
North Bury JFL
Michael Wilde - mikegesec@talktalk.net
North West Colleges League
Dean Kimpton - dean.kimpton@hopwood.ac.uk
North Manchester Girls Football League
Ian Jones - nitelife_uk@btinternet.com
Oldham Sunday Football League
Stephen Diggle - ste@shawathletic.co.uk
South Manchester Girls Football League
Christine Hickman - chrishickman55@hotmail.co.uk
Stockport Metro Football League
Gwendoline Hampson - stuar.hdt@ocs.co.uk
Tameside Junior & District Football League
Alan Darby - alanadarby@aol.com
Tameside Sunday Football League
Rita Mobley - rita.mobley@live.co.uk
Timperley & District Junior Football League
Sheila Saddington - secretary@timperleyvillafc.co.uk
As a Club Welfare Officer have you been in contact with your Youth League Welfare Officer?
Why don’t you drop an email to your Y.L.W.O to introduce yourself?