Berks & Bucks FA

If you are a club welfare officer or a referee, you will do your DBS check through the County FA. All other football participants should approach their Club...

The FA takes the welfare of children seriously and checks are required to ensure that those who work or volunteer with children are suitable to do so. The F...

Those volunteering with a Club (Coaches) should contact your Club Welfare Officer to verify your documents. If you are the CWO or not a member of a Club but...

All those individuals who are in regular contact with children for example, Coaches, Assistants, Physios, CWO’s Please note that children are deemed to be t...

DBS checks for volunteers cost £10

There is no guarantee about how long an enhanced DBS check will take. The majority of the work involved is completed by the police and there is a service le...

Your CWO will be able to check this for you

At the point your DBS expires you become non-compliant and cannot work with children in Football until you have an FA accepted (in-date) enhanced DBS.

Please contact the County FA who will look into this for you

You will need the name, FAN/DOB of an individual to check WGS. This information is found under the person’s ‘Safeguarding’ tab to see if their DBS is in-dat...