English Lacrosse Volunteer Conference
Saturday 8th May saw the first annual English Lacrosse Volunteer Conference at the Corus Hotel Solihull. The day brought together 44 club volunteers from 22 clubs, from Kent to Oldham, to develop the volunteer and to enhance the vital work that they do.
The event was opened by Mark Coups, English Lacrosse Director of Development, whole outlined the key objectives in the vision for lacrosse and the challenges and opportunities they present to volunteers and clubs.
The central section of the day was taken up with workshops concentrating on finance, recruitment and workforce development. The sessions focused on information dissemination, group tasks to solve problems and the sharing of good practice.
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Key Positives
· Information update was useful and new
· Networking / share good practice with other clubs and English Lacrosse staff
· Ideas on recruitment – especially university expansion opportunities
· Identification of workforce needs
· Resource mapping
· Finance opportunities
· The Key note speech and its vision
· New English Lacrosse initiatives – Key Stage 4 Secondary school lacrosse
· Challenge to current club thinking
· The amount of English Lacrosse assistance that is available to help your club develop
Considerations for Future Engagement
· More workshops
· More workshops according to club size
· Segmented delivery on finance
· Targeted workshops for different roles of volunteers
· Targeted local workshops where there is need
· Use of case studies to provide guidance and relevant application
Downloadable documents:
Click here to download the key note presentation pdf
Click here to download the Recruitment and workforce pdf
Click here to dowload the Club Finance Information pdf
