Sports & Physical Activity Clubs, Groups & Organisations
What support can Volunteer Centre Camden offer your organisation?
Looking for new volunteers?
Volunteer Case Studies
Did you know:
- Volunteering in sports and physical activity account for one third of all volunteering carried out in the UK.
- Almost 2 million people volunteer in sport for at least an hour each week - equivalent to a full-time workforce of over 80,000 employees.
- Almost all sports or physical activity groups have some volunteers while many are entirely volunteer run.
What support can Volunteer Centre Camden offer your organisation?
VCC has a dedicated member of staff who focuses on offering support to sports & physical activity clubs, groups and organisations regardless of their size.
Belinda Randall can meet with you to discuss volunteer recruitment, retention and management. If you would like to speak with Belindaplease fill out a contact form.
Support for members includes:
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Assistance in identifying and developing new volunteer opportunities within your organisation
- Access to a huge variety of potential volunteers with many different skills by advertising through Volunteer centre Camden
- Subsidised training courses
- Support with managing volunteers - volunteer management charter and action planning
- Sport specific resources to help you manage your volunteers (coming soon)
If you would like to discuss what support might be relevant to you please fill out a contact form.
Looking for new volunteers?
Traditionally sports clubs recruit volunteers from within their existing members and their families. This is effective as it brings in people familiar to the sport and the club. However, this method misses out a huge number of potential volunteers that may have the skills that a club or group is looking for.
Volunteer Centre Camden has over 500 enquiries from people looking to volunteer each month and 15% of these identify sport or physical activity as one of their main areas of interest.
By recruiting through VCC, you can access potential volunteers with a huge range of skills that could be beneficial to your club including:
- Finance
- Marketing and publicity
- Fundraising
- Administration
- Event organisation
- Driving
Volunteer Case Studies
There are some great examples of volunteers who have started volunteering in a club with no knowledge of the sport and have turned into a huge asset for example:
