LACROSSEMARK: What is it? LacrosseMark is the English Lacrosse Association’s national programme for club development. It is designed to help new and existing Lacrosse Clubs.     It will benefit lacrosse by: > Strengthening the Club structure, the basis of the Game. > Provide a basis of “Good Practice” to be replicated through the whole of lacrosse. > Creating more and better-trained coaches, administrators and officials. > Increasing participation and playing opportunities. > Projecting a positive image of a club. > Providing a basis for strategic club development.  > Providing information for Local and Regional Strategies (becoming very important). Assisting in grants (Awards for All, Rate Relief, etc.) Giving direction for annual action planning. It has been also been developed to: > Enhance the strategic implementation of the English Lacrosse National, Regional and Local four-year plans. > Provide a vehicle to assist with English Lacrosse's Volunteer Strategy. > Provide a vision for a club structure: teams, volunteers and paid staff. How does it work? LacrosseMark is designed for all Lacrosse Clubs. Clubs will be identified to be at one of four levels; One Star, Two Star, Three Star and Four Star. The levels will identify the provision of lacrosse according to the criteria set out in the application pack. As clubs increase their activities and are successful in their annual action plans and four-year Strategic Development Plans they will move up the LacrosseMark scale. The programme is designed to assist and guide clubs through their development encouraging them to exceed their development plans with a reward system for successful annual action plans. LacrosseMark will build on the Local Strategy Groups that are already in place, replicating the system across the country for all lacrosse clubs.