Relaunch of excellence scheme

Live Active Leisure (LAL) has relaunched the Perth and Kinross Accredited Club Excellence Scheme (Paces).

The programme has three levels of accreditation – bronze, silver and gold – each with their own criteria and associated benefits.

Any club wishing to access LAL venues will be required to have achieved bronze accreditation by August 13.

This minimum standard requirement will also be rolled out to clubs working with active schools and clubs associated with community sports hubs.

Live Active Leisure sports manager Phil Coleman said: “Having strong, sustainable sports clubs is key to providing quality opportunities for children and adults to enjoy sport at whichever level they choose to.

“The rationale behind Paces remains to provide a straight forward quality assurance system to help sports clubs operate efficiently and effectively – offering guidance on policies and procedures, and providing support for development.

“The criteria for bronze level accreditation provides clubs with clear guidelines on the minimum standards they should have in place to ensure it is well organised, caters for its members and has a strong base from which it can grow.

“We will work with all clubs to achieve the relevant level of Paces.”

For more information visit www.paces.org.uk