About The Club

Clyde Apollo Football Club was launched on Sunday 5th March 2023. This had been an idea which had been brewing for months previously, but it was decided that this was a relevant time to launch and allow for the groundwork to begin before the new footballing season began.

The intentions from the very beginning were to offer something different to the amateur football scene and ambitions were high from the offset. The feelers were sent out to a variety of different people with our aims, intentions and values, and the feedback we received was that the environment in which we were encouraging would attract not only players, but loyalty.

A management committee was appointed and the hard work began, the idea was always to offer an inclusive footballing environment for everybody in many different forms, and the relationships were built and the dialog was opened to all relevant parties to make this happen. The top priority of the management committee was to ensure that consistency and transparency are always at the forefront of the club's performance and that the set up behind the scenes were set up in a professional manner.

The values set by the club are ones in which we want our culture to reflect, and are promoted at every opportunity whether it be a training session or a game by our leadership team. We will ensure that we have a reputation as a respectable club by our opponents and a club that our players, coaches and officials can be proud of. Work began early to build relationships and partnerships with supporting organisations to ensure that our players and staff can work in an environment in which they feel supported and safe at all times and encourage an environment in which everyone can thrive, regardless of ability or any discriminatory factor.

Community engagement was also an important part of the football club and has been rooted into the club from the very start. The work began in the days after the clubs launch with a local partnership with Kennishead Community Committee who agreed to allow us access to their facilities within their community hub. This gave our management committee office facilities for their treasury and secretarial duties and is a venue in which the club can use for any meetings and functions. The more we grow, we want our local network to grow also and ensure that we are giving back to our communities and we are committed to doing our part.

The ambitions at the club are sky high, and we aim to grow at every given opportunity and do our part in promoting the beautiful game in the most positive and efficient way.

Club Values & Core Principles

Clyde Apollo FC was formed as an amateur football club on a voluntary, not-for-profit basis which will be run by a management committee.

The main aim of the club is to offer an inclusive environment for players and staff in which they can feel safe and thrive. Support is at the forefront of the club and working in partnerships with supporting organisations is essential to ensure that the most efficient mechanisms are in place.

The other main aim of the club is to ensure that community engagement is second on the list of our priorities as a football club. We want the community to be proud of our club and we will work to ensure that every decision made is in the benefit and interest of our community. As we progress, we want to ensure that we play our part in building stronger communities and each player and staff will have a commitment to giving something back to our community.

Values

Inclusion
Support
Development
Community
Commitment

The club has ambitions to lead the way in which amateur football clubs are managed, and this will be done by following our core principles.

Core Principles

The club will be managed by the club's management committee
Support of our players and staff at all times
Ensure an inclusive environment for all abilities
Strive to be accessible to everyone and discriminating against none
The club will encourage young, local participation – playing and supporting
Strive to be involved in our communities to their benefit
Strict code of conduct to be followed by all associated with the club

SFA Quality Mark Club

What is Quality Mark?

Designed to recognise the hard work and dedication of SFA member clubs and teams, the Quality Mark Award scheme aims to reward those who have a desire to be the very best they can be.

The SFA have supported us in our efforts and the Quality Mark Awards – run by the Scottish FA in partnership with sportscotland – is one of the ways in which they do just that.

To gain one of the awards – Bronze (Standard), Silver (Development), Gold (Community) or Platinum (Legacy) - The club must achieve each of the related list of criteria. Aimed at improving or supporting management, development structures, administration, planning and welfare, these criteria help our club as we strive to improve.

The Scottish FA don't just set the criteria and leave you to get on with it. We have been assigned a regional Club Development Manager to our club who is our main support throughout the process, as well as providing a large number of templates and core policies, sharing case studies and suggesting best practice techniques that they've learned from other successful clubs.

Currently Clyde Apollo have achieved the Bronze (Standard) award, with the aim of progressing through the levels as the clubs grows.

Proud Member of SCVO

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is the national membership organisation for the voluntary sector. Their mission is to support, promote and develop a confident, sustainable voluntary sector in Scotland.

They're passionate about what the voluntary sector can achieve. Along with their community of members, they believe that charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups make Scotland a better place.

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