Growing Your Club

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Growing Your Club2nd November2011


Introductions

John Finney, Chairman South Staffordshire Athletics Club Network

Cath Pendlebury, Co-ordinator South Staffordshire Athletics Club Network

Nigel Moore, Sport and Recreation Management Network

Phil Caswell, West End Runners


Purpose and Outcomes

Purpose: Using the opportunities of 2012 to

develop Athletics Clubs(Or: Becoming more forward thinking?)

Outcomes:Identify future requirements for your club’s successUnderstand the means to address issuesHow your network can help


Task: Who does what in your club?

In your club groups - Please quickly complete the distributed

proforma


The importance of having a plan to transform your club

Making the club more forward thinking?

Phil Caswell

West End Runners


Having a plan – the challenge

What does your club do?

Who does the work?

But what does the club want to achieve?


Having a plan – the first steps….

If you need to, change the constitution!– Ensure that it reflects how you do business now– Widen out committee membership

Planning meeting– Set the club calendar– Themes

• Coaching• XC Race• Constitution


Learning the lessons

This is voluntary!

Be realistic

Keep an eye on time

Keep moving, look for opportunities


Clubs Face a Changing World?

Increasing legislation

Growing demands on people’s time

More people needed to be involved, doing discrete tasks?

A more ‘professional’ culture is expected?


Background; What’s going on?

England Athletics Whole Club Planning

Essential Club foundations; for example governance, income/expenditure, volunteers

Development programmes, such as Athletics 365 and Clubmark

The Big Society……..Other areas?


How to bring it all together

Many issues are linked to helping your club

The Network wishes to help clubs and provide you with support

Together, England Athletics can develop a framework and a ‘menu’ of resources to help clubs succeed?


Planning a way forward

Need to set out a framework to structure the needs of athletics and road running clubs

Needs to involve all elements of a club

Be flexible to respond to needs of individual clubs

Able to map out future development and requirements: ONGOING SUPPORT.


Why Plan? What’s in it for the club?

Identifies and prioritises aims and aspirationsRecognises where the club has come from and where it is now: progress, heritage, decline? Involves club members in decision makingSupports funding applicationsHelps clubs cope with changeUse club’s resources more effectivelyCheck on club’s progress


Whole Club Planning Framework

Purpose: To help individual clubs agree on the direction they are heading and create a plan to get there.

In brief: It will create a ‘road map’ for the whole club, and it will help the club to see where it wants to go and how to get there.


Discussion 1

Please divide into small groups and examine the main areas (concerns?) that

affect the sustainable running of your club?


Feedback: Development Areas


The Framework

Key planning areasSome will be more relevant or have a higher priority than others: for each club to decideEach area is not exhaustive, there may be others you wish to includeThe framework should create a planning structure to support, the effective running of the club


Discussion 2: Development Areas

Divide into Discussion Groups to look at key areas

Identify strengths and weaknesses across your clubs

Please add what has led to any given strength or weakness

In case of any weaknesses, please add what help is required and how might it be provided


Feedback

People

Activities

Welfare

Partners

Management

Additional points?


WCP: Proposed ‘5 Stage Start’

Look at resources on the England Athletics Website

Contact your Network Co-ordinator: John F.

Hold an initial planning meeting

Involve or seek input from wide cross section of the club

Create small working group to pull together ideas and produce draft WCP for approval


WCP Resources

Introductory planning notes (Website)

WCP Template

Action Plan Templates

Cath Pendlebury, Network Co-ordinator

Nick Robinson, CCSO

Other Network Clubs


Other Local Support:County Sports Partnerships

Definition of a CSPA County Sports Partnership is a partnership of agencies committed to working together to increase participation in sport and physical activity.

SASSOT’s Mission“Working together to champion participation, enjoyment and success through sport, physical education and physical activity.”


What Does a CSP do?

Who are SASSOT’s Partners?• Core Funding Partners• Initiative Funding Partners• Other Key Partners

Support for National Governing Bodies (and their clubs, coaches and

volunteers) underpins all that we do


What Does This Mean For Clubs?

‘One-Stop Shop’ for InformationWeb Site and E-newsletterAccreditation Support / PublicitySports Club Accreditation FundingFunding Advice and Support‘ACCESS Across Staffordshire’ Funding (Equity)Sport Makers and SportivateEducation and Training ProgrammeCoach Database – www.sassotcoaching.org.uk


How Do I Find Out More?

Jane Kracke, Sports ManagerSport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-

TrentTel: 01785 619187

Email: [email protected]


Summary and next steps

Key development areas identified by clubs

Address club’s key development issues

Shape future England Athletics and Networks support to help clubs

Develop sound Whole Club Plans


Your Athletics Network How it will help you

John Finney

Network Chairman


Important point to remember

The Network wants to help you to progress and succeed

If you need help please ask!


Concluding discussion & questions

Any subsequent questions please contact

[email protected]@btinternet.com

[email protected]

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