If you wish to enter a team in either the SBC or Local Leagues, you must affiliate your club with Basketball Scotland. Affiliation must be renewed every year; renewal opens on 18^th July; your members cannot renew their membership until your club has been reaffiliated. Membership renewal opens on 1^st August.

Affiliate your club here

Clubs guide to affiliation view here

Minimum Operating Requirements (MOR)

The MOR is to ensure the basics of a safe and effectively managed club are in place. It is expected that clubs will have all or most of these requirements in place already.

View our club MORs here

Required Policies

Requirement	Clubs with Under 18s	Senior Only clubs	University Clubs
Current Signed Club Constitution	✓	✓	✓
Adult Protection Policy	✓	✓
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy	✓	✓	✓
Signed Safeguarding Policy	✓	✓	✓
Child Protection Policy	✓

Policy Templates

• Current, signed club constitution. Template
• Adult Protection Policy. Template
• Equality Diversity and Inclusion Policy. Template   
• Child Protection Policy. Template (for clubs with under 18s)
• Signed safeguarding statement which is reviewed annually.
  • Competitive Senior Club Safeguarding Statement Template
  • Recreational Senior Club Safeguarding Statement Template
  • Kids Recreational/Development Club Safeguarding Statement Template
  • Local League Club Safeguarding Statement Template
  • SBC Club Safeguarding Statement Template
  • University Club Safeguarding Statement Template
  • Wheelchair Club Safeguarding Statement Template

Safeguarding

Basketball Scotland is committed to ensuring everyone who takes part in our sport should be able to participate in an inclusive and safe environment which promotes the welfare of all members by protecting them from harm, poor practice, exploitation, bullying and abuse. Basketball Scotland is committed to creating and maintaining safe and positive sports environments where people feel they can share concerns about their own, or other children, young people or adults, wellbeing and protection, without fear.

 For further information and support on our safeguarding policies and how to implement please see our safeguarding page Safeguarding - Wellbeing and Protection or email safeguarding@basketball.scot

Universities

All university clubs must be registered with and adhere to the rules of the league they are competing in as well as Basketball Scotland. For BUCS guidelines please see here. It’s also important that all University Clubs provide contact information

University guide to affiliation view here