Top Tips offer quick and easy to access information on specific topics to save you time and effort and to help you to get the most from your club’s resources.
The tips are compiled by the runningsports team, drawing on the experiences gained from countless sports volunteers. Whether you read them online or download them for reviewing later on, you’ll find a wealth of information here that is quick to read, useful, and immediately available.
| Governance & Administration |
> Promoting and Marketing Your Club
An overview of how to raise a club's profile
> Risk Assessment
Advice on making sure any volunteering environment is safe
> Data Protection Guidance for Sports Providers
Find out about your legal obligations in the collection and use of personal data of people taking part in activities.
> Funding for Your Club
Find out different ways to raise money for your sports club and the organisations that can help with funding.
| Volunteers & Volunteer Management |
> Volunteers - General
Provides some general advice about volunteers as well as an overview of the Top Tips available on this subject.
> Events – Information for Event Organisers Working with Volunteers
Tips for those supporting volunteers
> Events – Information for Event Volunteers
What potential volunteers should expect when they help out at an event
> Finding New Volunteers – Recruitment
The essentials of recruiting volunteers for volunteer coordinators and club managers
> Health and Safety for Volunteers
Information on the legal responsibilities of clubs regarding their volunteers
> Recognising and Rewarding Volunteers
Tips for recognising the contribution of volunteers and thanking them for it
> Retaining Volunteers
How club managers and volunteer coordinators can make sure that volunteers are motivated and want to stay with the club
> Involving Disabled People as Sports Volunteers
The benefits of, and strategies for, recruiting disabled volunteers for your clubs
> Screening Volunteers
An outline of clubs' responsibility to check the background of their volunteers, and procedures for doing this
> Young People as Volunteers
Strategies for recruiting younger volunteers, and the benefits they bring to your clubs
> Involving Older People as Volunteers
The benefits of, and strategies for, recruiting older volunteers for your clubs
> Volunteer Support for Disabled People Participating in Sport
Provides volunteers with basic information, which will empower them in supporting disabled people to participate in sport and physical activity.
Share your experience!
You are part of a staggering six million sports volunteers in England. For every issue that concerns sports volunteers, there’s a volunteer who’s been there, done that, and come out smiling. Perhaps that’s you. If you have tips you would like to share, we’d love to hear from you – please contact us and let us have your Top Tips.
