2025/26 Affiliations are now closed
New affiliations will open for the 2026/27 season in February
The benefits of Affiliation
A comprehensive list of benefits
- Personal accident insurance for players
- The right to enter squads for the National Cup and any other WFA run Leagues or approved events. (Only affiliated clubs can enter WFA Tournaments and Leagues from 2024)
- The right to vote on how the WFA is run and governed
- The right to nominate clubs and officials for the WFA Grassroots Awards
- Right to vote on changes to Laws of the Game (LOTG)
- The right to submit players for the National Teams (Only players from affiliated clubs can play for the England National Teams from 2024)
- Your club details are listed on our club finder section of the website (Google’s number one ranked Walking Football website)
- Partner discounts
- Free Health & Safety advice
- The option to have a WFA referee course*** held at your club
- Players will be insured for all WFA events and tournaments
- Players will be insured for friendly matches
- Players will be insured for all training sessions
- All players aged up to and including 85 are covered**
- Insured players that play for more than one affiliated club will be covered playing for both clubs
- Cover extends to WFA Approved games in Europe
- The only insurance that will cover players playing in WFA events*
- The insurance policy is with Aviva through Sports Insure
*Clubs that currently have insurance through the FA Bluefin scheme; that insurance will not cover players for WFA events, unless the event is approved by your club’s county FA. This was confirmed to us by Bluefin, but feel free to check the cover yourself.
** There is no lower age limit, so players under 40 in the women’s game and under 50 in the mens game would be covered.
*** Referees courses are an extra cost per attendee.
Personal Accident Insurance Cover
| Personal Accident | |
| Accidental bodily injury resulting in: | Category A |
| Death | £25,000.00 |
| Loss of Sight in one or both eyes | £25,000.00 |
| Loss of Hearing in one ear | £6,250.00 |
| Loss of Hearing in both ears | £25,000.00 |
| Loss of one or more Limbs | £25,000.00 |
| Loss of Speech | £25,000.00 |
| Permanent Total Disablement* (PTD) | £25,000.00 |
| Permanent Partial Disablement | £25,000.00 |
| Temporary Total Disablement | £50 per week |
| Excess Period | 14 days |
| BenefitPeriod | 52 weeks |
| Category A | |
| *The basis of cover for permanent total disablement is any and every occupation | |
| Personal Accident Extensions for Categories A & B | |
| Accidental bodily injury resulting in: | |
| Broken Bones | We will pay You on behalf of the Insured Person the amount specified below for each fracture, or a maximum of £1,000 for all fractures.
Arm (Humerus, Radius & Ulna) or Wrist (Carpals) – £250 Leg (Femur, Tibia, Fibula), Ankle (Tarsals) or Kneecap (Patella) – £500 Skull (excluding jaw and nose), Collar bone (Clavicle), Shoulder Blade (Scapula) – £500 |
| Coma Benefit | £50 per day for each day up to a maximum of 730 days |
| Dental & Optical expenses | Up to £500 |
| Funeral Expenses | Up to £10,000 |
| Hospitalisation | £50 per day up to £750 |
| Medical Expenses | Up to £25,000 |
| Physiotherapy | Up to £500 |
| Rehabilitation Expenses | Up to £10,000 |
| Relocation Expenses | Up to £15,000 |
| Maximum Benefit any one Insured Person | |
| Death and Capital Sums: | £25,000 |
| Temporary Total Disablement | £50 per week |
| Maximum Accumulation Limits | |
| Any One Accident: | £1,000,000 |
Best Practice toolkit
The best practice tool kit is full of useful information to help you set up and run a successful Walking Football club. Available to download as a PDF, it’s also available in hard copy, for those that would prefer it. To request a hard copy, please contact Paul Carr by email paulcarr@thewfa.co.uk once you have completed the affiliation process.
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