Football Club Committee Leaders - North 2025/26

The BUCS Club Committee Leaders event is designed to support student club committee members in building the skills, knowledge, and confidence they need to lead their clubs effectively.

Across the day, attendees will take part in interactive workshops, practical sessions, and networking opportunities that may focus on:

• Leadership – developing the confidence to guide and motivate your committee and club members.

• Club Management – learning how to run your club successfully, from planning and organisation to communication and problem solving.

• Teamwork and Collaboration – strengthening the way you work with your committee, club members, and your university to achieve shared goals.

This event will may help you with one or more of the below:

• Gain practical tools and strategies you can use straight away in your role.

• Build connections with other committee leaders from across the country.

• Enhance the long-term success and sustainability of your club.

• Better understand the support available from BUCS and your university.

Whether you are new to a committee role or looking to develop your leadership further, this event will give you the insight and confidence to make a real impact this year and beyond.

This free event includes lunch and refreshments to suit all dietary requirements. We’ll cover your travel costs, and you’ll enjoy a full day inside a professional stadium, so come and be part of it! More information will follow once you sign up. Registrations open on 22 September 2025 and close on 27 October 2025.

Please reach out to Maddie Massey/ Alai Ayyakannu if you have any questions. 

To ensure accessibility, BUCS’ Inclusivity Fund is available to support travel costs for attending students.

• Once you have registered, please book your train tickets as soon as possible to secure the best fares.

• After travel, submit your tickets/receipts to your university’s Football Accreditation Lead, who will collate them and raise an invoice to BUCS covering all attending students.

• BUCS will reimburse the university directly, and the university will then arrange reimbursement to individual students.

• If a university has a large number of students attending, there may be flexibility to explore group travel options (for example, a minibus or coach). Please discuss this with your Football Accreditation Lead before making arrangements.

• Please note that travel costs will only be covered for students who attend the event.

If you do not know who your Football Accreditation Lead is, please email Alai Ayyakannu, who will be able to support you on it.

Travel and Parking:

Please drive into the Etihad Campus via Gate 11, just off Ashton New Road (A662) and park in A or B (yellow car park).

Satnav Postcode: M11 3FF

Car parking – this is complimentary for you as an attendee of our event. Please then enter the stadium via the Colin Bell (West) Stand Reception. At busy times Orange and Blue Car Parks are used as overspill should Yellow Car Park become full.

Tram - The Metrolink tram system is also a great way of accessing the stadium.

Please board the Ashton-Under-Lyne or Etihad Campus routes. The journey takes approximately 8 minutes from Piccadilly Station and then reception is just a short walk from the tram stop.

For more details on this, please visit the Metrolink website: www.metrolink.co.uk  

If for any reason you are no longer able to attend after registering, please let us know as soon as possible. This ensures we can manage catering, resources, and travel reimbursements effectively, and may allow another student to take your place.

Where possible, please consider arranging a replacement from your committee to attend in your place. This ensures your university is still represented and allows the substitute to take the learnings from the day back to your committee, benefiting the whole club.