Volunteering in Sport

Volunteers are crucial to the running of sport – without them many clubs would have to reduce provision or in some cases cease to exist.

Sports clubs and organisations are always eager to recruit new volunteers with a range of experience and skills. There are many different roles that volunteers can play within sport and you certainly don’t need to be sporty to be useful!

You may be able to help with:

•Administration - Who's available for the next game? You could organise it all by phone or email. Does the team need to register for a league? Maybe you can write the letter.

•Finance - Has the league subscription fee been paid? Does cash need to be put aside for a special trip? Those with number-crunching skills can help.

•Coaching or officiating – teaching new skills to participants or umpiring and refereeing games or competitions

•Fundraising - Can you organise sponsorship for the team through your work? Can you run events such as sponsored matches or car boot sales? A sports club always needs help with the pennies.

•Catering - From pouring half-time drinks to preparing cucumber sandwiches for a cricket lunch.

•Maintenance - Whether it's a new lick of paint for the clubhouse or helping to flatten a pitch.

•Transport - Kids need ferrying about. Maybe set up a transport pool so everybody shares the load.

•Cleaning - It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it.

For further information and guidance about volunteering within sport and physical activity in London, please contact;

Belinda Hogg,

Volunteer Programmes Officer

Pro Active London,

020 7815 7844

hoggb@lsbu.ac.uk