Dec 15, 2015
Karen Arnold
31st March 2011, Cardiff
DELIVERING THE COACHING AND VOLUNTEERING
STRATEGY
HAVE YOU GOT THE RIGHT TOOLS?
Workshop Outcomes
• Review the National Coaching and Volunteering strategy 2010- 2016
• Recognise the key factors highlighted by the research• Identify the issues and challenges within the four
implementation areas of the strategy (recruit, train, deploy, retain)
• Discuss and develop ideas and solutions to drive the strategy forwards
• Identify the skills needed to work effectively within volunteer development
• Develop and action plan to actively develop and support volunteers
Volunteer RolesTrue/ False
• Horse Cooler • Chaperone• Bum Spotter• Pool Sheet collector• Screen Team Member• Windows Team Member
Volunteer RolesTrue!
• Horse Cooler – True, provide fast response horse cooling units around cross country course
• Chaperone – True, Escorts athletes from th field of play and controls/ manages entry and exit
• Bum Spotter – True, Used during PARA, ensures that the players buttocks remain seated
• Pool Sheet Collector – True, Collecting the pool sheets from each piste at the end of each fencing round
• Screen Team Member – True, provide privacy for injured horses
• Windows Team Member – True, technical specialist for Microsoft Windows
Strategy Aspirations
• Double the number of coaches and volunteers
• Coaches and volunteers qualified to a level appropriate for their role
• Every newly deployed coach is deployed
• Coaches and volunteers to be valued and have access to CPD
People usually ‘fall into’ coaching/volunteering• Recommendation: Sport
Wales’ activity to strengthen the coaching and volunteering base should be locally-focused, supporting clubs and centres to recruit and support more volunteers and coaches.
Uniting a Proud Sporting Nation
• Every child hooked on sport for life
• A nation of champions
• Everyones a winner
Volunteers – The Value
Vol role Time Hours/month Monthly valueJunior coach 12 hours/week (3
sessions)48 £480
Social sec 2 hours/week 8 £80
Secretary 2 hours/day 65 £650
Chair 1 hour/day 28 £280
Match ref 6 hours/weekend 24 £240
Junior org 6 hours/week 24 £240
Man Cttee 1 meeting/month x10
20 £200
Total 217 x12 =2604 per year
£2,170 x12 = £26,040 per year
Volunteers – The value
Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless.
Qualitative research: four routes into volunteering
Sports volunteering in Wales
Students Active parents
Looking for experience and development opportunities that come with ‘volunteering’ (usually coaching). The only type that proactively seeks out opportunities to volunteer/coach. A volunteer base or future workforce?
A parent whose child is involved in an activity, and is already on the sidelines. Gets involved because the club/class expresses a need.
Sport lovers Skilled volunteers Someone with a passion for their particular sport and has an existing involvement in a club/class. They get involved as they become older, can no longer participate/compete or have reached a certain level of expertise.
Someone with skills that the club needs (e.g. administration, accounting, driving). Usually hear about the club’s need through friends or family and respond to that need.
Source: Sports Volunteering in Wales research project.Base: all adults aged 15 and above in Wales
Uniting a Proud Sporting Nation
People usually ‘fall into’ volunteering
•Most don’t proactively seek opportunities, even when they are interested in volunteering
•Students are the only proactive “type”•Roped into’ supporting activities that
they already had some involvement in
•Opportunities arise within clubs/classes and existing social networks
•People are most likely to respond to a specific need expressed to them directly in their local community
Building local capacity• Recommendation: Sport Wales’ approach to
working with clubs and centres should build on the organic model, making it easier for people to ‘fall into’ volunteering. This should include support to:
– Identify their needs for coaches and volunteers– Develop a clear strategy for strengthening the
volunteer base– Define and describe (and break up) roles, skills
needed and time commitments more clearly– Build confidence in asking for help –materials to
support this?– Provide appropriate support for coaches and
volunteers, including developing local networks where wanted
– Build links with schools and other partner organisations
Implementation areas
• Recruit … for what?
• Train … for what?
• Deploy … for what?
• Retain … for what?
Strategy Aspirations& Local Implementation
• Double the number of coaches and volunteers• Coaches and volunteers qualified to a level appropriate
for their role• Every newly deployed coach is deployed• Coaches and volunteers to be valued and have access to
CPD
Issues and Challenges ………………
Strategy Aspirations& Local Implementation• Double the number of coaches and volunteers• Coaches and volunteers qualified to a level
appropriate for their role• Every newly deployed coach is deployed• Coaches and volunteers to be valued and have
access to CPD
Issues and Challenges Solutions
IdeasResources
VoluteerYes/ No?
Would you:• Use £75 worth of fuel• Drive for 12 hours (over
4 days)• Provide 18 hours
volunteer time (over 4 days)
If we provide:• Training• A T Shirt• A Lanyard • A Pin Badge• A Thank You