COVID-19 FA Guidelines

Sun 17th May 2020

FA GUIDANCE ON COVID-19

On May 15th, The FA issued guidance to all grassroots football and informal football activity outside the professional game. Consistent with Government advice, published on Wednesday 13 May, the following outdoor football activity is currently permitted:

• Playing football individually (individual skills or fitness activities);
• Playing football with your family or other people living in your household;
• An individual can play football with one other person who is not from their household.
• Coaching an adult player one-to-one.

All social distancing guidelines must be followed.

Additionally, maintaining a grass or artificial football pitch is permitted, as long as social distancing and appropriate hygiene practices are adopted.

If an individual is symptomatic, living in a household with a possible COVID-19 infection or if you are classified as extremely vulnerable on health grounds, the guidance is that you should remain at home.

The following football activity is not permitted at this time, consistent with Government guidelines:

• Coaching a child (U18) from a different household one-to-one. In order to comply with our safeguarding policy, a child must have a parent/carer with them, which doesn’t comply with Government social distancing requirements;
• Two or more people from one household playing with one person or more from outside their household.

The FA will continue to work with the Government and Sport England in order to provide guidance to grassroots football as the Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy moves to the next phase, however from a club perspective ALL football activity related to the Youth Programme will remain suspended until such times  lock-down restrictions are further relaxed and it is apparent it is safe to do so.

KEEPING YOU INFORMED

We will continue to inform you regarding developments. The club will follow Government advice in relation to dealing with the COVID-19 situation and will continue to take the lead from both the Somerset FA and English FA.

As ever, any questions or enquiries, feel free to send me an email: neil.white@tauntontown.com or drop me a text: 07977 915 965 and I will call you back.