Club Excellence welcomes associate members in the form of national and provincial sport organizations that invest in the program. Their role in the program will be to:

• Provide important sport-specific criteria to strengthen the standards and make them more relevant to their members; and
• Provide discounts to their member clubs to lower the cost of Club Excellence services.

The benefits to organizations of becoming an associate member include:

• A sustainable model based on sound business strategy, which supports member clubs.
• Independent third party operation, which removes any sport conflict from the equation.
• Return on investment: a recent study found that certification provides value to clubs and enables better promotion of clubs in communities.
• A multi-sport program, which adds value and leverages economies of scale to provide greater value than a single sport lens.
• Improved connection of clubs back to national and provincial sport organization initiatives.
• Working together creates capital, increasing the value of the program and distributing the cost of certification and other services to make them affordable for even the smallest clubs.
• Most importantly, a system to build capacity in member clubs.

Read more about how your national or provincial sport organization can become an associate member.