Who We Are | RA-FA Youth Council

July 2012 – Formation of RA-FA Youth Council with special guests David Bernstein (ex-FA Chairman) and David Elleray (FA Referees’ Committee Chairman & RA President)

September 2012 – Launch of Inspired Fund to support young people fund and access Basic Referee Courses
July 2013 – Inaugural RA-FA Youth Council Friday events took place at RA Conference 2013. 90 young people took part in afternoon training and development sessions and a social and entertainment evening
September 2014 – Implementation of 8 Regional Representatives to provide one-to-one support to all County FA Youth Councils across the country
October 2014 – Launch of the RA-FA Youth Council Referee Development Fund that gives funding opportunities to Youth Councils and County FAs for referee development initiatives
May 2015 – 50 of the country’s Youth Council workforce attend the first National County FA Youth Council Conference, with a day full of exciting development sessions and networking opportunities
May 2015 – First ever training and development event at the RA Eve of Final Rally 2015, facilitated and hosted by the RA-FA Youth Council
August 2015 – 2 RA-FA Youth Council members (Will Finnie and Tom Bowkett) co-opted on to The RA Board
July 2016 – Alex Bradley (Sussex) recieves first Joel Richards Young Volunteer of the Year award
September 2016 – Change in RA-FA Youth Council structure as for the first time ever, The RA-FA Youth Council has two Vice Chairs with the appointments of George Lowe and Deryll David

November 2017 – The newly branded RA-FA Youth Council Development Programme, to assist, support and develop Youth Councils, County FA’s, Local RA’s (Referee Associations) and Refereeing Groups nationally.