LETTER TO OUR PARENTS

Welcome to a new season at Galgate Football Club. It is lovely to welcome back many of our players and families. We would like to extend that welcome to everyone who is joining us for their first season with the club.

Over the last few seasons, we have been very proud to see our youth teams grow, and this season will see us with six teams of children playing for Galgate from under-7s through to under-15s. 

A huge thank you goes to our dedicated managers and coaches, who, as volunteers, give up their time for training and matches throughout the year, as well as all of the volunteers on and off the pitch who work hard to keep the club going and keep our children enjoying playing football.

With our club growing in size again this season, it would be great to increase the number of volunteers to help in all areas of the club. This could include setting up and packing away equipment before and after matches and training, running our club shop on matchdays or maintaining the pitches.

 If you can offer some time to help in any way, please do contact your team manager. Any time that you can offer, no matter how little, will be greatly appreciated and will help the club to keep running.

Below, you will find the names and contact details of the youth managers and coaches for each team, as well as the youth welfare officers, should you need to get in touch about anything. 

Along with this letter, please find and read the FA Respect Code of Conduct for players, parents and spectators, which we follow at Galgate. It is important that you read and share this with your child or children and that the codes of conduct are followed at all times. 

The players' Code of Conduct will be shared with the children at the start of the new season. These can also be found displayed in the clubhouse.

Information About Matches and Training

The main communication for each team playing in matches is either through the Heja app or via the team’s WhatsApp group, where you will find details of all practices and games and any other important information that needs to be shared. 

It is also important to let the team coaches know whether you can attend sessions via Heja or the WhatsApp group so that they can prepare for sessions. 

It is important to let either the manager or coach know if you are not collecting your child at the end of the session so that we know who they are going home with and can keep your child or children safe. If your child has permission to walk home after training or matches, please let one of us know.

As well as following our code of conduct, it is important that your child or children attend training and matches with the required kit, football boots, shin pads, coat and layers in bad weather, sun cream in warm weather and a drink to stay well hydrated.

To ensure that we are keeping all of the children in our care safe, we ask that younger and older siblings do not join in with training sessions and that families and siblings remain behind the barriers. 

We would really appreciate your support with this as we are not insured for children other than those registered with the club in the event of an accident. Our priority is to keep all of the children at our club safe.

Team Managers and Coaches

All our coaches are DBS checked and have completed the FA Safeguarding Children in Football course.

We have a requirement to fill a few more roles within the club, and anyone willing to help on the committee will be offered a discount or a free place for their child as a token of the club’s appreciation.

Coaches and Contact etails:

Under 7s

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Under 8s 

Stephen King - 07722 609832

Under 9s 

Scott Darlington-Knight - 07802 528203

Bruno Buccelli - 

Under 11s – Galgate Lions

Richard Cragg - 07761 667392

Danielle Cragg - 07411 807586

Under 12s

Michael Earnshaw - 07932 091671

Conor Dodd - 07598 441158

Under 15s

Sorin Iacob - 07527 864822

Gareth Maudsley - 07754 839781

Club Welfare Officers:

Phillip Mitchell - 078150 89691

 Danielle Cragg - 07411 807586

Club Secretaries:

Phillip Mitchell - Club Secretary ­- 078150 89691

 Helen Bunting - Junior Club Secretary - 07434 439558

If you ever have any concerns about the welfare of your own child or another child, please do not hesitate to contact one of our Club Welfare Officers listed above.

Your child’s safety is our priority, so it is important that you let us know if there is something that concerns you, no matter how small you think it is.

We take all concerns, queries and questions seriously.

We are looking to extend our team of Welfare Officers at the club. If you are interested in this role, please contact one of your team coaches. Thank you to those who have already expressed an interest.

Subscriptions:

In order to run the club effectively, we ask for a subscription fee, which covers the cost of training (including winter training) and equipment, matchday kits and referee fees, pitch maintenance, including seed and line-marking paint, fuel for vehicles such as the tractor, and the organisation of club events.

The subscription fee for this season for our youth teams is £200 for children training and playing matches. 

It is £100 for children who are only training.

Subscriptions can be paid either in full before the season-opening game in September or in two payments, with the first payment due in September and the second no later than February 2027.

There is a button at the end of this letter that will allow you to pay your subscriptions by card.

Payment information:

Galgate Football Club

Sort Code – 20-47-61

Account Number – 70397598

Please use your child’s name and team as a reference.

In addition to online registration, which will take place over the summer, we also have a membership form. 

If your child played with us last season, please let your manager know if there are any changes to the information on your form, especially any changes to medical details for the new season. 

If your child is new to the club this season, please find the attached membership form, complete it and return it to your team manager.

Finally, if there is anything that you feel we can do to improve our youth provision, we always welcome new ideas and to make improvements, so please get in touch with one of the club's coaches or committee members.

Thank you for your ongoing support, and we look forward to a successful season for all of our teams.

Galgate Football Club