Table Tennis Ireland are delighted to announce our new Club affiliation scheme for the 24-25 season. Club affiliation will be processed through our membership platform JustGo and will cost €25 per club.
Benefits of affiliating with Table Tennis Ireland:
- Priority access to discounted courses like, disability training, safeguarding courses and TT specific coaching development courses. (CPD)
- Priority access will be given to affiliated clubs who wish to send volunteers on coaching courses.
- Use of the Just Go Platform to manage the membership of the club.
- Club contact details advertised on the TTI website club section.
- Complimentary vetting (Garda and Access NI) of volunteers/coaches to ensure compliance with Sport Ireland and Sport NI codes of ethics.
- Continued support and updating of the TTI Club Handbook which will support good governance and the development of the club.
- Opportunity to apply for TTI grant and equipment lottery schemes.
- Clubs can apply for Sports Capital and Equipment Grants once affiliated to Table Tennis Ireland (applies to clubs in ROI only).
- TTI to update all Northern Ireland Clubs on funding initiatives and links with NI Sports Forum.
- We will advise the Club Administrator when their Local Sports Partnership or Council are making grants available for sport clubs or community organisations.
- Insurance policy in Place for all Clubs (only if all members of the club are affiliated)– TTI has provided an Insurance Webinar recently, this webinar along with relevant documentation can be found here Insurance Webinar – Table Tennis Ireland
The following other benefits/incentives are available to clubs who affiliate include:
- As the National Governing Body for table tennis on the island of Ireland your fees help go towards the costs to operate, develop and grow the sport.
- Each club will have access to support from TTI staff to help the club implement good governance, safeguarding practices and volunteer recruitment and much more.
- An increase in the number of clubs affiliated to Table Tennis Ireland is beneficial to TTI when we submit grant applications to our stakeholders. We can show that current investments are making a positive impact on the growth of our sport.
- Increased individual and club data on the membership and membership numbers will be beneficial to TTI and the club when applying for grants
A big thank you to all those who took the time to attend our webinars regarding the new affiliation process last week. If you missed the webinars, recordings can be given upon request. Please email [email protected] to access the recording.
Clubs can begin the affiliation process by filling out this form
Please find attached documentation to help you through this process:
- Affiliation Notice
- Club Affiliation June 24
- Club Affiliation checklist
- Club Journey
- Club Code of Conduct
- Sport Ireland safeguarding information
If anybody has any questions regarding club affiliation, please contact [email protected]