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 and Administration:
Advice on making sure any volunteering environment is safe
An overview of how to raise a club's profile
Finance and Funding:
Initial guidance on how to develop an application
Volunteers and Volunteer Management:
Tips for those supporting volunteers
What potential volunteers should expect when they help out at an event
The essentials of recruiting volunteers for volunteer coordinators and club managers
Information on the legal responsibilities of clubs regarding their volunteers
Tips for recognising the contribution of volunteers and thanking them for it
How club managers and volunteer coordinators can make sure that volunteers are motivated and want to stay with the club
An outline of clubs' responsibility to check the background of their volunteers, and procedures for doing this
Strategies for recruiting younger volunteers, and the benefits they bring to your clubs
The benefits of, and strategies for, recruiting older volunteers for your clubs
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.
