Social Media Policy
Richmond United FC recognizes that social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram, SnapChat, TikTok, and more have become important and influential communication channels for our community and our club.
To assist in posting content and managing these sites, Richmond United FC follows the guidelines in the BC Soccer Social Media Policy.
The Policy and guidelines apply to Richmond United FC Board of Directors, staff, coaches, managers, assistants and membership (parents and players).
Responsible Coaching Movement (RCM)
The goal of the RCM is to promote a safe sport environment and support Sport Organizations to proactively and voluntarily take measures to ensure the safety of their sport. By taking the pledge, organizations are making a commitment to ensuring that they have policies and procedures in place that protect athletes and coaches in their organization and sport.
Richmond United FC has taken the pledge!
“Our sport organization pledges to align our practices with Phase 1 of the Responsible Coaching Movement and is committed to ensuring that our athletes and coaches are protected.”
THREE STEPS TO RESPONSIBLE COACHING
1. Implement the Rule of Two Policy
2. Background Screening for all Coaches
3. Ethics Training for all Coaches
Discipline
Richmond United FC follows BC Soccer Discipline Policies and Procedures.
CLICK HERE for BC Soccer Conduct & Ethics Policy
CLICK HERE or BC Soccer Discipline, Complaints & Appeals Policy
Complaints
Queries about registration, schedules, refunds, programs, academies, assessments, etc. please contact the Club Administrators at info@rufc.ca.
Operational/Governance Complaints
For complaints about club operations or governance, please contact complaints@rufc.ca. Correspondence to this email address is routed in confidence to the Judicial Committee, which is comprised of individuals independent from the Board of Directors and any staff member.
The receipt of your complaint will be acknowledged and the committee will provide an estimated response time and the name of a primary contact person.
This complaint procedure does not apply to incidents that occur during the course of a soccer game and which result in yellow cards, red cards, ejections, warnings, etc. Such incidents will be reviewed by the relevant League’s Discipline Committee. Richmond United FC does not get involved in discipline taking place during official league matches.
