Clubs - How could you use the extra time at home?
Apr 08, 2020
Reflection and Planning
Time spent in reflection is seldom wasted!
If you are a club committee volunteer and have some additional time at home here are some ways to help plan for the future of your club.
The SCA has a Well Run Clubs Framework
which is a model that clubs can use to help them reflect and plan for the future. It is broken down into six areas:
- Organisation / Governance
- People / Workforce
- Places and Equipment
- Communication
- Partners
- Pathways
To help with this we have a Review and Planning Tool. All available on SCA’s Club Resources
page alongside other useful information and case studies.
Alternatively Sportscotland’s Clubs and Communities Framework
& Help for clubs
are valuable resources and are generic to cover all sports.
There are many different planning templates online. SCA has supported several clubs and partners through the VMOST concept. Here is an example Video.
An important part of this is that it is clear what the club's vision for itself is as this should dictate that the rest of the plan is working towards it.
Update your Policies and procedures (fun eh!?)
Other tasks that could be undertaken as well as planning for the future is reviewing the policies and procedures of the club;
- Roles and responsibilities - Does your committee have a role description for each post? By defining the role this can greatly assist with recruiting new people to a particular role or maybe divide a role to lighten the workload on one person.
- Health and safety - Do you have a Health and Safety Policy, Standard Operating Procedures and Risk Assessments British Canoeing have Templates for each of these.
- Paddle Safer is a directory of safety information and guidance that will be useful when considering RA and SOP’s as well as Trips policies and coach deployment.
- Training - Do you have a plan to develop coaches and leaders? Now might be a good time to speak to each of the current coaches and leaders and understand their own future aspirations and to plan for training of new coaches and leaders.
- Annual Training Program - Laying out an annual plan of training such as first aid, Foundation Safety and Rescue Training, Paddlesport Instructor, White Water Safety and Rescue, Coastal Navigation and Tidal Planning, child protection training etc. these are all needed by coaches, aspirant coaches and volunteers. By having a calendar of training allows members to plan ahead to attend and there is not the mad rush because it is needed as a prerequisite for a course.
This is been part of a series written to provide support and guidance for club committees during this lockdown period. We have released hints and tips for how clubs can stay together whilst staying at home, and how clubs can help their members.
If you are looking for some more reading, why not read Doug MacDonald's hints and tips
on support and guidance coaches can utilise during the lockdown? And if you're in need of some more training or a social event, join us for our Online Webinars!
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