Affiliation runs from April 1st to March 31st annually.
Affiliation gives you Personal Accident Insurance for all your players. This covers training, friendlies, and competitive games.
Plus, a list of other benefits you can find below
You will have noticed that this is an increase in the affiliation cost from last year, but this is because the cost of the full Personal Accident cover for Walking Football players at the club has increased substantially. We had no option but to increase the cost of affiliation to cover the increased cost of cover.
This extra cost, still represents great value as it covers all the players at your club, rather than on a team by team basis as some other insurance does.
New Affiliation process for 2025/26
We are now using JoinIt for our affiliation
Clubs that are already affiliated
If you are already an affiliated club, the email address associated with the club should have received an email asking them to accept the JoinIt user we have created for them. If you can’t see this in your inbox, please check in your junk/spam folder. If you have the email and have accepted, you will already have created your JoinIt account and you will re-affiliate using that account.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The JoinIt account will be in the name of the person not the club, but it is Club Affiliation.
Clubs that are affiliating for the first time
If you are affiliating for the first time, you only need to use the button below. It will take you to JoinIt and follow the onscreen instructions. Once you have affiliated, make sure you check your email for confirmation; it has important information.
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
New players are insured automatically on joining the club
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
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.
*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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