Sport England’s Club Matters is the essential one-stop shop of free support for sports clubs.
Here is an update on applying for a Club Matters mentor, and quick reference guides for your club.
Apply for a Club Matters mentor
The mentoring application process is now open! If you want someone to sound out your ideas or to find out how others would approach a particular issue you are facing, then this is for you. If you think your club could benefit from a sports loving, business minded individual to help you work through your club’s challenges, do apply. Applications close on Monday 1st February.
Check out these quick reference guides
Club Matters have released quick reference guides which cover all aspects of running a club including people, management, marketing and finances. These guides give you a summary of the whole topic and include links to relevant tools and templates – what are you waiting for, take a look today!
Monthly Webinars for clubs
The monthly Webinar series continues to run in 2016 and clubs are welcome to join these sessions too in order to learn more about Club Matters. The next webinars will be:
Tuesday, 2nd February 10:30am – 12noon
Friday, 4th March 10:30am – 12noon
If you, your colleagues or clubs would like to attend one of these monthly Webinar sessions, simply click this link to sign up. Please note that to receive the details for the Webinar sign in, each attendee will need to register for the session from a separate Club Matters account.
Community Assets Guidance
An interactive guide has been developed to help clubs understand their community rights. The guide is based on a written report authored by Dr. Adam Brown, Substance and Tom Hall, Sporting Assets. Taking control of sports assets can help clubs grow; develop new opportunities; secure their future and be more engaged with other local people and organisations, placing clubs at the heart of communities. To access the full resource, clubs will need to have registered and be logged-in first.
Got a great Club Matters story?
The ‘Your Club Matters Stories’ pages of the Club Matters website are full of real-life stories from clubs and the new Club Matters You Tube channel also hosts a range of videos from clubs, CSPs and Club Matters all about how and why to access the resources. Each of these shows real life clubs sharing their experiences of Club Matters and how it has helped them to improve their club. We have found that clubs take comfort and confidence from hearing the success stories of others and are therefore encouraged to benefit from the support for themselves too. Any clubs who would be interested in sharing their success stories then do get in touch at [email protected] and your club could be featuring on the Club Matters website to gain some free promotion.
Not yet registered?
More than 18,000 clubs have registered to benefit from the free, convenient and practical resources and tools to help you develop and run a sustainable club. Click here to register for Club Matters.
