5 Year Development Plan Key Statement:
We seek to establish a sustainable and community focused Rugby Club where rugby can be played and enjoyed by its Members; to ensure all players have equal opportunities to develop their skills and talented players are supported helping them achieve their full potential in rugby. We aim to play rugby at the highest level and within our own resources; therefore maintaining strong financial support and improving the quality of the player pool will be a key focus. 1. We shall create a "One Club" culture ensuring all Members are supporting Hadleigh RUFC from U'7's through to the senior side and Vets. We will achieve this by:
- Implementing a new Club governance structure led by an Executive Management Committee ("EMC") and supported by sub committees chaired by key individuals. The EMC shall delegate authority of day-to-day management to sub committees empowering them to make decisions (including budgeted expenditure) affecting their specific area of responsibility.Involving Senior players in Youth & Mini coaching sessions. Involving Youths in senior training sessions (non contact).
- Creation of Youth Academy, ensuring development plans and senior player mentorship of youth players.
2. Implement a Club Coaching Development Plan for all coaching staff in Youth, Minis and Senior sections, ensuring Club has "home grown" coaches at level 1, 2 and 3 (if necessary) by 2012. 3. To raise the profile of Hadleigh RUFC within the local community and surrounding district and improve awareness of Club's existence and development, Also, to attract sponsorship, donations and new players from all age groups. We will achieve this through:
- Club's representation and participation in local community activities and events.
- Promoting the Club in rugby magazines and local press.
- Taking part in RFU's initiatives such as GoPlayRugby. www.goplayrugby.com
- File Youth & Minis and Senior match reports with local press.
- Ensuring www.hadleighrufc.com website is kept up to date and re-freshed with current news.
- Ensure Community Rugby website is maintained and contains all Club's Officers, players, news etc,.
- Players from each age group representing the Club at County, or above, level.
- Re-establishing relationship with Northampton RFC.
- Promoting Hadleigh RUFC as a "centre for Hadleigh youth" where local youngsters from 7 years to 17 years can take part in sport, meet new friends, learn new personal skills and enjoy the game of rugby.
4. To support the sustainable future of the Club through sound economic management of income and expenditure. We will achieve this by:
- Producing an annual Club Budget that identifies expected annual income but limits outgoings to within agreed expenditure levels.
- Securing Club sponsorship, donations etc,
- Increasing Vice President, Life, Family, Youth & Mini and Social Membership by 20% per annum over the next 5 years.
- Maintaining player membership cost and playing fees to reasonable levels.
- Producing action plans to support regular social fund raising events.
5. To aspire to play rugby at the highest level and to attract new players into the Club. To achieve this we seek to:
- Maintain Eastern Counties' league status and be in a position to aim for London League status before the start of the 2011/ 2012 season, or sooner.
- Win Chadacre Suffolk Cup before 2012.
- Win the Suffolk 7's Cup before 2012
- Establish a 2 nd XV team to compete in Suffolk League before 2012.
- Develop a player recruitment and retention policy, ensuring annual recruitment of new players and retention of key players.
6. Seek to improve facilities at the Club ensuring sufficient modern facilities for playing Members7. To be able to provide modern changing room facilities sufficient to accommodate both 1 st and 2 nd XV teams playing at home by 2012. These facilities to also be used by Youth & Minis on Sundays. 
