As a national governing body, we recommned all our clubs to have a minimum standard of governance in place. Clubs should have:

1. An up-to-date club constitution
   A template is available here.

2. A club committee
   This must include a Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, and Club Welfare Officer. Ideally, these individuals should not be related to each other. We also recommend that the Club Welfare Officer is not the lead coach of the club.

3. Coaches with valid registration
   All coaches must have an active coaching memberhip with Volleyball England. If your club includes junior members, coaches must also hold a valid DBS and renew their Safeguarding Children and Adults in Volleyball qualification every three years.

4. Safeguarding policy/policies appropriate to your club's age groups:

Adults only: Safeguarding Adults Policy (O18s). Clubs can either adopt the Volleyball England Safeguarding Adult Policy or create their own using the template here.

Juniors only: Safeguarding and Protecting Children Policy (U18s). Clubs can either adopt the Volleyball England Safeguarding and Protecting Children Policy or create their own using the template here.

Both Adults and Juniors: Clubs must have both of the above policies in place.

To renew your club affilaition for 2025-26 season on VolleyZone, please refer to the guide here. 

Once you have completed the club affialition process on VolleyZone, this will go for approval by Volleyball England. Please ensure you have updated all the necessary club details on VolleyZone (as outlined in the guide above) to avoid any delay in approval.  

Membership benefits become active only once your affiliation is approved. This is to ensure that all Volleyball England affiliated clubs have minimum governance standard in place. 

If there are any issues, we will contact your club admin and secretary thorough the emails listed in your club's VolleyZone account. 

Once your club affialition is approved, you will get a confirmation email on your club admin email.

You can also check the approval status of your affilaition under 'Events Purchased' in your club admin account or simply refer to this guide to learn how.

Once your club affiliation is approved, you will recive an email carrying key information about your membership benefits, access to Club Hub, and insurance.

You can download your Club Affiliation Certificate directly from VolleyZone using the guide [here].

Please note that access to Club Hub as well as insurance document for 2025-26 will be shared on 1st August 2025. 

Club Affiliation - Impact, Fees & Benefits

Affiliating as a New Club

Club Affiliation Help Centre

Club Hub