Community Sport Report Card: A project with CSCO Good morning, my name is Paul Jurbala and I’m a post-doctoral research associate with the Centre for Sport Capacity at Brock University. Over the next few minutes I’ll be presenting a project called Community Sport Report Card we’ve been working on with the support of Community Sport Councils Ontario. Kawartha Lakes June 2, 2018

Centre for Sport Capacity: Who are we? The Centre for Sport Capacity is a hub for sport management research, student experiential learning, and practical support to sport organizations in Niagara Region and across Canada. We work to understand and expand the capacity of sport organizations, put research-based evidence to work and find practical solutions to the challenges facing sport leaders. The Centre for Sport Capacity is a research center at Brock University. We have three main goals – to be a hub for sport management research, to support student learning and to support sport organizations. We aim to put research to work by finding practical solutions to the challenges facing sport leaders.

Centre for Sport Capacity I’m working on this project with Dr. Julie Stevens, who is Director of the Centre for Sport Capacity and has a long history working with community sport and sport councils. Dr. Julie Stevens (Director): 20+ years experience in sport management disciplines, including the Brock Sport Management program. Research: organizational capacity, change, hockey industry. Dr. Paul Jurbala: 30+ years working in and with sport organizations. Research: innovation and change in community sport.

Community Sport Report Card: What is it? An e-survey for community sport clubs asking… Name, place, type of sport Incorporation status Facilities used vs. facility need Leaders (employees, volunteers) – how many available vs. need Programs offered Key challenges faced About 20 brief questions, 10-15 minutes So what is the Community Sport Report Card? Basically, it’s an electronic survey which we will use to collect important information about community sport organizations, to create a picture of how community sport is working in Ontario. As you can see there are 20 questions covering a range of issue areas including current status and perceived needs around facilities, leaders and programs.

Community Sport Report Card: Why do it? The purpose of the report card is to gather basic information on the status of community sport organizations in order to help track the health of community sport over time. Approximately 75% of Canadian youth take part in organized sport. Sport happens in over 30,000 Canadian sport organizations, most at community level. Sport is also the largest voluntary activity in Canada with over four million volunteers. How healthy are Ontario’s community sport clubs and leagues? We want to use the Report Card to track the status of community sport over time. This is worth doing because community sport is important…it’s a place where about three-quarters of Canadian youth participate, in tens of thousands of organizations with millions of volunteers across Canada. Community sport really is a cornerstone of Canadian life.

Community Sport in Canada: What we know Sport and recreation in Canada… 21% of all not-for-profits (largest group) Only 6% of not-for-profit staff 74% have no paid staff 58% have trouble getting/retaining volunteers 65% of revenue is non- government (i.e. fee-based) And, as you can see, community sport faces challenges. While sport and recreation is the largest single group of not-for-profit organizations in Canada, most community sport organizations have no paid employees, have trouble getting enough volunteers and rely on member fees for most of their operating revenue. Statistics Canada (2004). Cornerstones of Community: Highlights of the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations Statistics Canada (2004). Satellite Account of Nonprofit Institutions and Volunteering 1997-1999.

Community Sport Report Card: What is the Process? Pilot project: gather information from 50 – 100 sport clubs. Brief e-survey – about 20 questions. Interview a sample of clubs to identify key survey responses, refine survey. Finalize survey and deploy by summer 2018. Interested? pjurbala2@brocku.ca So, we think the Community Sport Report Card can give us important information. We’ve been working on this project since the fall, and currently have the survey deployed to a number of Niagara sport organizations for testing. We then plan t deploy the survey more broadly over the summer to complete this pilot work. That’s where you come in- we would like help in getting the survey out to sport organizations so we can refine and finalize it.

Community Sport Report Card: Why participate? E-survey respondents will receive… Report- comparative stats vs. other clubs. Access to CSC resources. Interview respondents also receive… Custom detailed report including comparatives, local demographic trends vs. local and provincial clubs. 1 hour consultation with a Centre for Sport Capacity expert. Ideas? pjurbala2@brocku.ca To give community sport organizations incentive to complete the survey, we are offering them a report comparing their results against the aggregate responses of others. We will not share any data that could identify other clubs, so we will be comparing specific responses against averages. We also want to offer respondents other educational services through Centre for Sport Capacity. So, it’s an opportunity for community sport organization development and learning.

What programs do community sport organizations use? Part of the survey focuses on the programs community sport organizations use. There are many development and charitable programs out there and we want to know about uptake to help guide future development efforts.

How will the report card help? Going forward: 2019+ How will the report card help? Maintain an Ontario-wide database of community sport organizations; Track year-over-year trends: By Sport By Community By Region Determine what support local sport needs to succeed and serve our communities: Policy implications (municipal, provincial) Funding implications (foundations, e.g. Trillium) Ultimately, we hope the survey will go into widespread use on a repeated basis, so we will be able to track changes by community over time. This will help us identify trends and support policy and funding efforts that support community sport.

Thank you! To find out more, or participate in the survey: Dr. Julie Stevens, jstevens@brocku.ca Dr. Paul Jurbala, pjurbala2@brocku.ca Centre for Sport Capacity: https://brocku.ca/applied-health-sciences/health- sciences/centre-for-sport-capacity/ I hope this has been useful! Again, we really want to expand the use of the Community Sport Report Card survey to complete this pilot and finalize the tool for future use. If you can get the survey invitation and link out to your community organizations we would love to talk to you. Our contact information is here, and I’d be happy to talk with you as well. Are there any questions?