Once you have volunteers working to help your club prosper, there are a number of ways you can help and support them.
Induction
Well supported new recruits will soon want to play their full part in the team. Offer inductions to get off to a good start.
Consider our Volunteer induction checklist to help you to plan your volunteer welcome.
Train and develop
The RFU have support tools and training available for developing volunteers, including:
- Running your club support tools & guides
- RFU Club Support webinars
- Running effective meetings toolkit
- Holding an AGM
- Committee structure and succession planning: Review your club committee set-up and succession planning with our health check
- Stepping back from volunteering
- Coaching resources and training
- Refereeing resources and training
- Player Welfare resources and training
Our partner Buddle provides access to a wide range of tools, guidance and resources that cover all aspects of running a sports club. Everything is free, bitesize, and simple to use.
Develop your successor
Succession planning allows you to be proactive in identifying potential successors to key roles on your Executive Committee/Board.
Taking the time to identify skills or expertise needed can help you either work with volunteers to develop their knowledge and understanding in advance of taking on a key role or recruit new volunteers.
We have produced some guidance and templates to help with this:
