The UK is facing a referee crisis. Referee numbers have dropped from 33,000 to 23,000 in just five years, with 7,000 referees quitting annually. Abuse - both verbal and physical - is the main reason, with 93% of referees in England reporting they’ve experienced it. This shortage threatens grassroots sports, with many games left without proper oversight.
We're excited to tell you the latest changes you've requested on the platform, have now been released and ready for you to experience. Thank you for providing us with this feedback, we want to continually improve the experience for you and everyone within the sporting community. Don't stop there... tell us about the latest changes you'd like to see and we'll add them to our product roadmap - Request a Feature.
YesRef is delighted to offer a warm welcome to our new partners who have joined us in November 2021. We continue to seamlessly connect sports organisations and officials to streamline the manual process of finding and paying sports officials.
YesRef has beaten over 500 competitors to be voted The People's Choice winner at The Pitch Final.
During September 2021, we have expanded our pool of sports providers. This will positively affect the number of games that will appear on your profile in October and increase the amount of sports providers that will be paying you via our state of the art payment platform.
We are very happy to release some further new features. Our platform is focused on simplifying finding and paying referees, giving you more time for the sport you love.
Thank you for the amazing feedback we receive on a daily basis, we will continue to listen to your feedback to deliver more features.
The independent and member-owned LNFS England offers futsal opportunities across England, with North, South, East, and West Divisions.
They have been operating for over a decade and are committed to developing the best possible league experience by working hand in hand with member clubs to identify and rollout improvements. The forward-thinking organisation is also dedicated to strengthening the game of futsal across England by encouraging both player participation and live and on-line audiences, making the exciting sport accessible to all.
Bringing together sports and technology, YesRef will ensure easy, real time payments for referees on the Isthmian Development League.
As part of the new partnership, YesRef will provide real time payments for all referees across the Bluefin Development League. Utilising our simple to use platform for paying referees in real time, YesRef will reduce the admin associated to this time consuming and manual process, giving users back time for the sport they love!
The YesRef system generates invoices and receipts, captures expenses for referees when required and prevents clubs from adding multiple users to their own payee list. YesRef is the single payee and our software will handle the rest.
Ben Williamson, Chief Operating Officer, YesRef said “It is brilliant to be supporting yet another league to facilitate secure digital payments to referees. Being able to support the Bluefin Development League to overcome all of their frustrations is exactly what YesRef is all about”
Nick Robinson, League Chair, commented "This Is part of our commitment to use new technology to help our referees and particularly our volunteers. The Yes Ref system Is easy to use and we hope to expand the use In future seasons."
Clubs, Competitions, Businesses and Educational bodies who want to find and pay referees quickly and easily, are now able to take advantage of a slick new app.
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