Future of Football in Scotland
This Cross-party group's purpose:
- To create a platform with key stakeholders, to discuss how football (and community football clubs) can help support the population being more active, linked to the overall National Active Framework.
- To highlight and promote the ‘Value of Football’ and how local communities using the Scottish FA/UEFA SROI work to help influence Government Policy.
- Affordability – To debate and make recommendations on the issues of affordability for local community clubs accessing facilities.
- Accessibility (Community) – To debate and make recommendations on the issues facing local community clubs in relation to the accessibility of local facilities (for example, Schools lets, Community Asset Transfer).
- Accessibility (National) – To debate the accessibility of all Scottish football stadiums, highlighting best practice and make any suitable recommendations.
- To create, a platform that highlights best practice in Scottish Football, which will enable the game to be driven forward at a national, grassroots and community level.
Next meeting
Monday, December 11, 2023
The next meeting of the CPG on the Future of Football in Scotland will take place (virtually) on December 11th from 18:00-19:30. Anyone wishing to attend, please contact Rob Byrne.Get in touch
If you want to get in touch, you can contact [email protected]
Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Email: [email protected]
Involved in the group
MSPs, individuals and organisations who participate in and support this group.
Current Members
Fulton MacGregor
Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Coatbridge and Chryston (Constituency)
Jeremy Balfour
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Lothian (Region)
James Dornan
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Glasgow Cathcart (Constituency)
Maurice Golden
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: North East Scotland (Region)
Colin Smyth
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Organisations
Scottish Football Association (secretary)Scottish Professional Football League
SPFL Trust
Scottish Women’s Football
Scottish Disabled Supporters’ Association
Scottish Football Supporters’ Association
Supporters’ Direct
Police Scotland
FIFPro
Professional Footballers’ Association
Sportscotland