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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

Group work

Minutes

Minutes of the meeting held on 15 March 2021

Minutes of the meeting held on 6 December 2022

Minutes of the meeting on 28 October 2021

Annual return / report

2021 Registration form

Annual Return 2021 to 2022

Annual Return 2022 to 2023