Club Development Training

WHY? Club Development

Help your club succeed on and off the pitch Overcome your weaknesses and make the most of your strengths Allow us to see how we can help you with extra funding/facilities/advice To ensure consistency year on year for your club Club Development is YOUR resource to help improve your club WHY?

Club Development HOW?

Club Development Plan Working with Sports and Physical Activity Development Worker GOOD handover- 2 year plan Make the most of the opportunities from club development HOW?

Club Development How Club Development can help you…

Examples… Basketball- facilities RUMS Cricket- Hawk Eye Volleyball- Coach Football- FREE facilities Hockey- Equipment

Club Development Communication Systems

Facebook ‘Like’ UCLU Sport!

Group Spaces

Website

Other… External AND Internal- e.g. you will use different methods of communication to contact your committee members during the year than you would use to attract new members at the beginning of the year

Club Development Performance

Club Structures and Partners Club Development

Committee

Partners Sponsors NGB’s Facilities UCLU Alumni Clubs

Recruitment and Retention Club Development

Recruitment Fresher's Fayre Website Communication Contact Colleges Facebook

Retention Socials Alumni Links Level of Activity Club rather than team ethos Buddy system

Coaching and Officiating Club Development

Coach Do you have a coach? How to work with your coach Do you need a coach? How to find a coach! Do you want to be a coach? How to become qualified Step into Sport Fund

Officials Do you have enough? Find more! Do you have players who can become officials? Set up a course at UCL! Make sure you keep a good relationship with your officials- they are essential to your activity!

Finance Club Development

Finance Sponsorship Budgeting Equipment/facilities coaching/officials

Sport Development Fund What's on offer: If you have used ALL of your allocated grant and still need more to carry on your essential activity you can apply to the Sport Dev Fund for the following… 1.£ for facilities 2.£ for equipment 3.£ for improving performance 4.£ for training and qualifications

Volunteering Club Development

Volunteering VSU-Fiona Addison Use your clubs skills to help the community One off events Team building experience Improve your skills and CV

Club Development Performance

Captains It is your responsibility to motivate and lead your teams- always lead by example Make sure each member of your team is focused on the league position you are aiming for- this is important! You must lead your team but recognise each individuals development needs- work with your coach to get the best out of every member in your team If you are coach and captain to your team make sure you are still getting support in terms of training and improving your own performance BUCS/ULU responsibilities

Performance President Professionalism Bring each team together as part of the club Oversee coaching and equipment Support your captains Match reports President Meetings

Performance Team of the Week Captains and Presidents vote each week for the ‘UCLU Team of the Week’ The winning team wins a voucher for a ‘social’ in the UCLU bars and cafes.

Inclusive Sport Club Development

Inclusive Sport Why your club should be inclusive How to make your club inclusive Any-Body Club Award

Clubs and Societies are not exclusive groups, and any member of the Union may be a member of any Club or Society Strongly committed to equality of opportunity in provision to all students Open and responsive Working to ensure accessibility for all

“A person has a disability if he (or she) has a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term effect on his (or her) ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.” Code of Practice Post-16, DRC, Definition of Disability

Disablism (& Barriers) Lack of knowledge Fear Assumptions Attitude Language

Types of Discrimination 1.Direct Discrimination 2.Failure to make a reasonable adjustment 3.Disability Related Discrimination 4.Victimisation/Harassment

UCL Statistics

TALK

How to ensure your club is inclusive… Fill out the Inclusive Club Health Check Attend the EFDS Disability Equality Training Gain the Any Body Club award

Get Involved in Any-Body Events UCLU Wheelchair Basketball Tournament University East London Any Body Month – Athletics – Football – Swimming – Table Tennis – Wheelchair Basketball

Club Development Sport STARS Award

STARS: Student Training and Activities Reward Scheme Start September 2011 An award scheme to reward UCLU Sport Clubs Bronze, Silver and Gold Award

BRONZE To receive a Bronze Award your club must meet the minimum requirements of being a UCLU Sports Club If you do not receive a Bronze award then you will no longer be a UCLU Affiliated Sports Club

SILVER Complete Club Development Plan and meet key goals Provide high standard and regular activity throughout the year Committee Members to attend two additional training sessions over the course of the year- i.e. Responsible Touring, How to gain Sponsorship, How to run a Committee, Inclusive Training (timetable to be released in the Summer) Club to run a One Off Event with the VSU Active engagement with UCLU

GOLD Criteria: Your Club must go above and beyond what is expected from a UCLU Sports Club Clubs nominate themselves and a panel of UCLU Sabbaticals and Staff will decide on who will receive the Gold Award

Kit Club Development

Kit New System: One Provider You design your kit Orders before end of term Kit fund allocated via UCLU Online Shop

Your Supplier

Questions Sport and Physical Activity Development Worker Alex Hingley