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Community sport and Coronavirus – the way forward
Community sport and coronavirus - the way forward How do we respond now, prepare for life afterwards and how will society change because of the virus and how do we respond? The community sports sector across the world is facing unprecedented challenges due to the...
The sports club in 2030
The sports club in 2030 – what will our clubs, leisure centres and other places for community sport and physical activity look and feel like in ten years time? Are you willing and able to embrace change in order to survive and prosper?When we launched Sports...
Go out there and listen, look and learn from new people and places
Go out there and listen, look and learn from new people and places Create communities and become your own disruptor (or someone else will)Most of us tend to be in contact with ‘people like ourselves’ because we feel most comfortable that way. If you look at the...
Community Sports Volunteering Summit 2020
With community sports reliant on the volunteer workforce, knowing how to effectively recruit, retain and manage volunteers is crucial to organisational and service resilience – particularly in the context of increasing financial, social and regulatory pressures.
So, why do many, if not all, community sports clubs report that they struggle to recruit and retain skilled and passionate volunteers? And at the same time it appears that very few clubs do have active programmes for volunteer leadership and management.
We also come across sports bodies who tend to almost over-burden their club volunteers with all sorts of admin, reporting and governance work – could we not be a bit more considerate when it comes to asking clubs and volunteers for stuff!
Community Football Summit 2020
A myriad of community football providers and formats Community and grassroots football play a huge role in people’s lives, in sport and in our communities. Whether played in a traditional club, a community setting, a small-sided facility or somewhere else...
Brighton Table Tennis Club wins Club of the Year at Pride of Sport Awards
To celebrate they release the single Build a Bridge (the first-ever by a UK community sports club) Tim Holtam co-founded the Brighton Table Tennis Club (BTTC) in 2007 and it has grown since then into a community of over 1500 players a week, including a Downs Syndrome...
Bridging the gaps
Bridging the gaps How policy-makers, grassroots-providers,sports bodies and health professionals could benefit from collaborating Answer: Go on a DIET (see more below) Increasingly, we are experiencing two serious gaps that are affecting how we fund,...
Newcastle Vikings HC introduces handball to local cricket club and Tesco Extra
Newcastle Vikings HC introduces handball to local cricket club and demonstrate the sport to customers at Tesco Extra (and now they are introducing Walking Handball) Handball in England is growing, but still relatively unknown here, so for the sport and the clubs to...
Are you ‘just sport’ or are you #MoreThanSport?
Are you ‘just sport’ or are you #MoreThanSport? That distinction determines your Scope, Partners, Income and Impact –in other words: Grow your SPI² Sadly, we still come across (too) many sports bodies, clubs and coaches who only see the world through the lens of...
Asset transfers
Asset transfers – a great way of developing community assets, or a convenient way for local authorities to get rid of ramshackle facilities, or both? Asset transfers of community buildings and sports facilities have taken place across the UK for a few years now....
Innovation is alive and kicking in community sport – are you?
Innovation is alive and kicking in community sport – are you? Ever since some rugby players in the USA more 100 years ago introduced the forward pass and thus set the foundation for what is now American Football have we seen regular innovations in sport and physical...
Are you player-centred? Or are you being run for the benefits of the coaches?
Are you player-centred? Or are you being run for the benefits of the coaches? Many traditional sports providers are struggling to attract and retain participants and players as they often focus on the talented and dedicated people and, sometimes deliberately, ignore...
Report from Funding community sport conference
Report from Funding community sport conference The conference was held on 4th September 2019 at the University of Hertfordshire and run in partnership with The starting point was that the funding landscape for community sport and physical activity is...
Asset transfers – a great way of developing community assets
Asset transfers – a great way of developing community assets, or a convenient way for local authorities to get rid of ramshackle facilities, or both? Asset transfers of community buildings and sports facilities have taken place across the UK for a few years now. In...