The next meeting takes place on 25 November 2010 in
central London
The Sport England Joint Adult and Children and Young People
Volunteering Meeting, held on 11 June 2010, brought together
representatives from governing bodies, volunteering and Sport
England to discuss a range of volunteering issues related to adults
and young people.
There were a number of presentations, workshops and discussions
throughout the day, the details of which can be found below.
Funded partners and programmes presentations
Presentations were made by each of our national funded partners
and programme leads:
Volunteering pathways workshop
The volunteering pathways workshop asked attendees to think
about:
- What volunteer roles they need now and in the future to grow
their sport
- What they had in place to train, develop, nurture, encourage
and retain their volunteers
- What pathways exist for:
- Specific volunteer roles (e.g. coaching)
- Young people as they transition from education into employment or
from school into higher or further education and then
employment
- How adult volunteers find volunteering opportunities in your
sport
- How volunteers know what they need to know to do each role
The workshop included two downloadable presentations :
A template was circulated and attendees started to write down
their existing pathways.
A Volunteer Pathways Action Plan template was circulated and
attendees started to complete this. It would be great if these
action plans could be shared with us, (however sketchy they are),
so that we can understand where you currently are with this
thinking and so that we can identify where you may need support in
the future. Please send them to Anne Clark
runningsports workshop
The second workshop was on runningsports, a Sport England
support package for sports volunteers and volunteer managers.
Afternoon workshops
The afternoon began with a brief overview of opportunities
on the horizon, including;
- The increasing intelligence Sport England holds on sports
participants, latent demand and segmentation
- The world we live in – technology, communication tailored to
individual preferences and profiles, pressures on time affecting
adults and young people
- The need to offer a variety of ways of engagement – one-off
volunteering, blocks of volunteering, specific projects etc.
The remainder of the afternoon was spent in small
workshops, the topics included;
- Communicating with volunteers
- NGB volunteer strategies and consulting
volunteers
- Volunteer mentoring and buddying
- Data collection
- Maximising oppportunities arising with London
2012
- Rebranding volunteer roles
- Demonstrating the value of volunteers
- Youth forums
Download key
actions and notes from these mini workshops
Maximising London 2012
Katie Jackson from Youthnet, part of volunteering organisation
'Do-it', presented an outline of the Volunteer England and Youthnet
programme - Games Inspired Volunteering Opportunities.
Holly Hart from RFU Women is engaged in Do-it and has seen some
excellent benefits of engaging volunteers outside of her sport.
Customer feedback
Completed evaluations from the day provided us
with great steer on potential future topics - it also provided us
with details on what worked and what didn't and where we could make
improvements – 94% of attendees rated the event as good or
excellent.
What’s next, how can you benefit?
We recognise that every
NGB
has different capacity levels
and is at a different stage of volunteer development, so take your
pick of one or more of the following options:
- Contact your relevant Sport
England volunteering contact. If you are not already in touch,
then check the list of sports and specialities for each
relationship manager
- Complete your volunteer pathway and send it
to anne.clark@sportengland.org
by 13 September, depending where you are on volunteer
development we can support its completion, identify gaps and
solutions or share it as good practice
- Complete the Best Practice
and Top Three Priorities Form to give us
a better picture of your priorities and what you would like to
see covered in the next meeting. Please return to alexandra.moore@sportengland.org
by 13 September.
Next meeting
The next
NGB
Volunteer Managers Meeting is
on 25 November 2010 and will be held at Sport England, Victoria
House, London. WC1B 4SE.
An agenda will follow once we have
received your completed Best
Practice and Top 3 Priorities Forms.