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With over 25 years experience insuring not for profit organisations, we have an unrivalled reputation for expertise in the charitable and voluntary sector.
Insurance for children’s and youth club insurance from Markel Direct can be customised to suit your club’s individual needs.
Your insurance can be tailored online in minutes to cover a range of scenarios, including:
For more guidance on what insurance your club needs, read our guide to charity insurance here.
Youth clubs face a wide range of risks, even if they aren’t immediately obvious. Some of the risks your children’s and youth club could face include:
One of these situations alone could have a severe financial impact on your children’s or youth club, and few clubs have the financial resource to be able to defend a claim against such scenarios.
Our youth club insurance can provide cover against these risks and more. Insuring your club with Markel will give you the peace of mind that if something doesn’t quite go to plan, you will be covered.

We’ve made buying your club's insurance simple. We’ll take the time to understand the activities your youth club undertakes and explain the cover options available to you in plain English.
With our online quote system, all you’ll need to do is answer a few questions about the club and you can build your policy online in minutes, with the option to spread the cost of your insurance over 10 interest free monthly payments, or pay it in one sum.
Get an online quote in just 90 seconds to find out how little it costs to cover your club.
If you have an existing policy with us, please sign in to view your policy documents.
Below you will find examples of the documents provided.
To ensure comprehensive protection against claims, we group our public liability insurance and employers' liability insurance together.
Public liability insurance covers the cost of defending your club or group if someone is injured, or their property damaged, due to your negligence. Without cover in place, the legal fees alone could cost your group thousands of pounds. Cover for £5m.
Employers' liability insurance is a legal requirement if you employ staff or volunteers. It covers against allegations of injury or illness suffered by staff during their employment. If your club or group has employees on a full time, part time or volunteer basis, this cover is essential. Cover for £10m.
Trustee indemnity insurance covers the legal costs and expenses of defending against disqualification as a trustee, investigations or extradition proceedings, protecting the trustee’s personal wealth. If your club or group has trustees, you should give serious consideration to trustee indemnity insurance. Cover from £250k to £1m.
Professional indemnity insurance covers the cost of defending your club against allegations of professional negligence, such as giving poor or incorrect advice to a user of your services.
Entity Defence covers your charity against identity fraud, investigations (other than by HM Revenue & Customs), corporate manslaughter and breach of contract. Entity defence is provided in your policy at no additional cost when trustee indemnity insurance and professional indemnity insurance are included in your policy. Cover for £25,000.
Property damage insurance covers your buildings, general contents (including stock), computer equipment, tenant improvements and glass (for which you are responsible) against accidental damage (including theft) whilst on your charity's premises. You can also choose to insure your youth club's equipment (such as laptops and mobile phones) on a worldwide basis, and insure against additional trading expenses following an interruption (for example, a flood that means your club or group has to operate from another premises).
Legal representation and employment disputes protects your group against employment disputes, official investigations and other serious matters, including crisis management, identity fraud, official investigations (excluding HMRC), corporate manslaughter, pollution and data protection issues. Cover for £100,000.
Money and personal assault covers loss of money for fixed limits up to a maximum of £250,000 for non-negotiable money (e.g. crossed cheques) and £2,500 for negotiable money depending on the nature of the loss. In addition to this if you, or members of your family, or employees, or members of their family, are injured during a robbery or attempted robbery, we will pay you either £5,000 or £50 per week for 104 weeks (depending on the nature of the injury).
Cyber and data risks insurance protects your group in the event of a targeted cyber attack. It pays the costs of restoring data and equipment, informing clients, meeting ransom demands and loss of your net profit. It also pays your legal defence costs and damages you are legally liable to pay to other parties. Cover from £50k to £250k.
Fidelity insurance protects your group against dishonesty or fraud by volunteers or employees. This could be, for example, if the volunteer who handles your accounts was found to have stolen money from the group’s funds for their own personal benefit. Cover for £50k.
Occupational personal accident insurance helps your group’s volunteers and employees if they are accidentally injured in the course of your activities. It pays a weekly amount for temporary total disablement, or a lump sum if they suffer loss of limbs, sight, speech, hearing, permanent total disablement or death. Limits from £100 per week/£25k lump sum to £500/week/£100k lump sum.
The cost of your children’s and youth club insurance will depend on a number of things including:
With our insurance, you'll receive instant proof of cover, meaning your club is immediately protected.
If for any reason circumstances change and you wish to cancel your policy with us, there are no hidden fees or cancellations fees.
Premiums start at £3 a month - get a quick quote now or call us on 0800 640 6604.
These frequently asked questions are designed to help you and include questions relating to policy cover, pricing and ‘technical’ terms.
Yes – you don’t need to be a registered charity to get cover for your group. Many of our clients are small charities or community organisations that are new or are too small to be a registered charity.
Yes - the employers' liability and public liability section of the policy provides cover for your volunteers. As long as you purchase this section of cover from us, your volunteers will be covered.
To find out more on insurance for volunteers, read our article here.
Yes - the public liability section of the policy provides cover for charity events (such as fundraising) for up to 500 attendees.
Yes. We cover hundreds of small charities, community groups and clubs that don't have a regular meeting place and instead rotate between different venues, such as members' homes, village halls and community centres.
Established over 25 years ago, we've gained an expert understanding of the risks facing small charities and community groups, and our policies are specially designed to protect you.
We actively support the third sector. Since 2008, we have donated more than £150,000 to our supported charity, Carers Trust, and have supported numerous charity awards including the Third Sector Excellence Awards and Britain's Best Volunteer in partnership with Small Charities Coalition.
We are a division of Markel International, a Lloyd’s and London market insurer that wrote gross premium totals of $2.4bn in 2023. Still not sure? Call us on 0800 640 6604 - one of our insurance experts will be more than happy to answer any questions you have and talk you through the insurance we offer so you can choose the right cover for your charity or group. Alternatively, get a quote now and call us later if anything needs clarifying.
Markel Direct is a trading name of Markel International Insurance Company Limited is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Find out more on the Financial Services Register.
We are a division of Markel International, a Lloyd’s of London market insurer that wrote gross premium totals of £2.4bn in 2023
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