Club Connections Newcastle Falcons Mick Hogan

1.Falcons Community Foundation 2.Aim of Community Connections 3.Benefits to Clubs 4.Commitment from Clubs 5.Role of the Club Ambassador 6.Timeline 7.Questions Club Connections Itinerary

Falcons Community Foundation are a registered charity who work to motivate, educate and inspire via the power of sport. We work across 5 pillars of activity, Grassroots sport, Club Development, Social Inclusion, Health and Education. Work carried out in the Community is central to the ethos of the club and demonstrated by the fantastic support of Falcons Owner, Staff and Players. Each season the Foundation has contact with over 15,000 people on a wide variety of programmes, based in Schools, Clubs and Community settings. Some of our participants would not have the opportunity to participate in sporting activities without the provision made by the Foundation. We employ seven full time members of staff to deliver the programme alongside a host of part-time coaches and volunteers. Falcons Community Foundation

Aim of Community Connections One strand of our work is Club Development. We work with Clubs to provide opportunities to attend workshops e.g. match day CPD sessions. We have a responsibility to continue to progress this work with clubs. Very simply Club Connections is about working better and more frequently with your Club to make you stronger in whatever capacity. Stronger Clubs = Stronger Sport = Stronger Falcons

Player visit at your club Four FOC tickets and Signed Falcons Shirt to use in raffles and auctions each season Minimum of three club development nights Priority booking on festivals, CPD events, Dream Team etc Discounts and offers including kit – Gilbert Rugby Priority on School recruitment programmes (e.g. Aviva Schools Programme) 30 FOC tickets to 7s (2 nd August) including presentation of plaque to hand in your club “Club Corner” in the West Stand displaying Club Connections shirt Features on Falcons website and within official match-day programme Benefits to Clubs

Commitment from Clubs Participation in events Nominated Club Ambassador Bring groups from your Club to support the Falcons (and qualify for group experiences or fundraising packages) Minimum 50 by Christmas Potential further 50 from Christmas to the end of the season

The Role of the Club Ambassador Single point of contact for Falcons, is there someone in the Club who has the capacity ? Filter information via appropriate channels within your Club Co-ordinate events on behalf of your club Benefits for the Club Ambassador Branded fleece FOC ticket for any game they attend Club Ambassador

Timeline 19 May –Presentation to other Counties 6 June – Contact Details back and confirmed 2 August – Premiership Kingston Park September – First Club Development Session (Date TBC)

Falcons Key Contacts Melanie Magee Director of Community Emily O Connor Community Admin and Ticketing Questions