Facility support and guidance
We are Badminton England
On 12 July 2021, the Government announced to move to Step 4 of their roadmap. We are delighted to welcome back players, clubs, leagues, counties, coaches, and volunteers across the country, with all forms of badminton now allowed to commence.
We appreciate that many challenges remain despite legal restrictions being lifted, and one of the key challenges still facing the badminton community is the availability of badminton courts and facilities across the country.
We are doing all we can to support a safe return to courts, and as part of this we are working closely with facility providers to understand availability and access to courts as quickly as possible. Examples of this support is outlined below along with opportunities for you to let us know about your facility challenges or search for venues through our Discover Badminton Activity Finder.
What are we doing to help
To support the reopening of facilities we are:
- Working with Government, including the Department for Education, to lobby for the additional support for the safe and efficient opening of facilities.
- Working with Sport England, ukactive and Community Leisure UK to consult commercial leisure operator partners to better understand when facilities will reopen and how we can support the opening of facilities.
- Leveraging our partnerships with school facility providers to try and open doors to new and alternative venues on either an interim or permanent basis.
- Working to update our activity finder to be able to quickly and easily notify the badminton community of facilities that are open to help find alternative venues where required.
- Providing tailored support for those struggling to access venues near them, or those whose facilities are being used as vaccination sites.
What we know
We now know:
- With 7,615 venues now back open, we know 2,937 are open for badminton bookings
- There are 9,529 bookable badminton courts nationally
- 68% of clubs are linked to a venue that is open for badminton bookings
- If you have not yet told us that your club is back playing badminton, please do so on our visual Badminton’s Return map
- 27,200 members are now linked to a venue that is open for badminton bookings
Venue Feedback Form
To help gain valuable insight into whether your local facility is open for badminton please complete our online form.
Activity Finder
We will continue to update our Activity Finder with details of venues that are open as we gather this insight through our online form.
School Lettings
To support the badminton community to return to play, we have formed national partnerships with the following School Lettings Agencies. These partnerships deliver value to affiliated clubs who can gain discounts on new court bookings.
Club Facilities Pack (School Lettings)
As national restrictions begin to ease, we want to do all we can to support the badminton community to return to play as soon as possible. We recognise it has been a frustrating time for everyone, and facility access continues to remain a big challenge for our sport.Â
To support clubs, coaches and players get back on court, Badminton England have designed a Club Facilities Pack. You can download these documents, amend where appropriate and use them to support conversations you are having with school facilities that are reluctant to open their venue to badminton bookings.Â
We hope these documents will support you in your efforts to convince schools that it is safe for them to open their sports facilities to badminton clubs and encourage schools to work with the badminton community to get people back playing.Â
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