Volunteer & Coach Development Courses and Workshops

 Funding Your Club

This workshop provides practical ideas for raising funds from a range of sources, including fund-raising events and sponsorship.

Every sports club could use more money and better publicity. This workshop provides practical ideas for raising funds from a range of sources, including fund-raising events and sponsorship. It will also help you to identify how you can promote your club more effectively.

At the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• develop a project mindful of the national agenda for sport and the funding opportunities available
• identify the barriers to successful funding applications
• identify sources of funding, including grants, sponsorship and general fund-raising
• assess whether the Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) scheme or having Charitable status could be potential sources of additional revenue
• identify the information required to develop a funding plan
• describe ways of evaluating the effectiveness of their project.

Wednesday 2nd April @ Meadowbank Sports Centre 6.00 to 9.00pm

 

Valuing Your Sports Volunteers

This workshop will help you to recruit more volunteers, motivate, retain, reward and manage them even more effectively.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• Develop an understanding of the importance of volunteers in English Sport
• Promote coordinated planning for Volunteer recruitment, retention, reward and recognition
• Identify what clubs and sports organisations should do to prepare themselves to receive new young volunteers, and the type of roles they can undertake.
• Help build support mechanisms and links
• Gain commitment for ongoing volunteer development

Wednesday 7th May @ Royal Commonwealth - 6.00 to 9.00pm

 

Safeguarding & Protecting Children

Every week thousands of youngsters happily and safely participate in the care of dedicated sports coaches and volunteers. To ensure that good work continues in a safe environment, organisers, cioaches and parents must be aware of child protection issues. Increased parental and media concern for the welfare of children in sport will lead to direct questions being asked of you.

How do you find the right answers?

This course offers the answers and gives volunteers the confidence to work safely with young people

 

Wednesday 9th April 2008 @ Meadowbank Sport Centre - 6.00 to 9.00pm

Wednesday 18th June 2008 @ Meadowbank Sport Centre - 6.00 to 9.00pm

 

In Safe Hands

This Workshop is delivered by Children 1st and has been developed to support those identified in sports clubs as Child Protection Officers.

This course aims to ensure that:

1. participants aquire the core knowledge and devlop the skills to fulfil the role of child protection officer for their club.

2. Help clubs implement practices and procedures to keep children & young people safe

 

Wednesday 30th April @ Craiglockhart Tennis Centre - 6.00 to 9.00pm

Wednesday 25th June @ Meadowbank Sports Centre - 6.00 to 9.00pm 

 

Introducing Core Stability Training

Practical in nature, this worksho[p has been designed to help coaches understan core stability training. This knowledge will enable coaches to enhance training programmes, reduce risk of injury and assist athletes back into training after injury

 

Wednesday 26th March @ RCP - 6.00 TO 9.00pm

 

Fuelling Performers

Enhance your knowledge to advise performers on diet, promote health and ensure adequate energy intake for optimum performance. Raise your awareness of issues surrounding eating and drinking for sport

 

Wednesday 21st May @ Craiglockhart Tennis Centre - 6.00 to 9.00pm

 

HSE Emergency First Aid for Sports Volunteers

 

Sunday 18th May @ Craiglockhart Tennis Centre - 10.00 to 5.00pm

 

Coaching Disabled Performers

Develop your coaching knowledge and skills to coach disabled athletes through inclusive and separate coaching sessions. Discover new ways to adapt equipment and identify appropriate safety and medical considerations to meet your players needs

 

Wednesday 11th June @ Meadowbank Sports Centre - 6.00 to 9.00pm