This document provides guidance on improving the effectiveness of a club's management committee. It discusses key roles on the committee such as the chair, volunteer coordinator, funding coordinator, and club welfare officer. These roles each have important responsibilities and skills that could help a club grow. The document also offers tips for running an effective committee, including listening, sharing best practices, networking, providing feedback, and reflection. Recruiting new volunteers is identified as a common challenge, and potential solutions are presented such as assigning a volunteer coordinator and breaking large tasks into smaller roles.

1. Faster, Higher, Stronger
Improving the Function of your Club’s
Management Committee
Steve Woolland
Director
wctd limited

2. outcomes
• ways to run an effective management committee
• key roles that would assist in helping clubs grow
• ways to recruit new members to the committee

3. how?
• listening
• sharing practice
• networking
• tips
• feedback
• …reflection

4. what…
• is the MAIN purpose of your committee?
• is the ONE main issue/barrier you have?
• ONE thing that would make a huge difference?

5. key roles
Chair
• dynamic • assigns work/projects
• strategic • sets the goals
• organised • collaborative
• well known • ‘eyes on the prize’
A CEO, director, business leader – with boardroom experience

6. key roles
Volunteer Coordinator
• friendly • delegates roles
• organised • identifies training
• innovator • a doer
• wants to help people • ‘the hr function’
A HR director, manager or recruiter – a people person

7. key roles
Funding Coordinator
• financially minded • runs projects
• organised • identifies opportunities
• likes detail • works in partnership
• process driven • ‘bean counter’
A sports development professional, banker, financial advisor
– someone with planning/project experience

8. key roles
Club Welfare Officer
• trained • raises awareness
• reliable • first point of contact
• confident • policy into action
• a parent? • ‘safeguarding professional’
A serving or retired police officer, social worker, teacher

9. high performing teams

10. an effective committee
1. What are the skills of a
high performing team?
2. What does a high performing team do
that is different?

11. recruitment
ISSUE SOLUTION
• One person does everything • Volunteer coordinator
• Nobody wants to volunteer • new ways of asking
• No time to volunteer • Break down the tasks
• The role isn’t clear • Role descriptions

12. assistance from BG
• Club development coordinators
– development team stand in exhibitors area
• Area managers
• Katy Perry;
– Gymnastics for All Volunteer Coordinator
• The BG website;
– www.british-gymnastics.org

13. what else do you need?
• training?
• support?
• what else?

14. steve@wctd.co.uk
www.wctd.co.uk
07587 176599
wctd limited
coaching, training and development
TRAINING DEVELOPMENT
Sport Mentoring Grant funding assistance
The Transformational Management Club development plans
Programme
Project scoping and completion
Training Needs Analysis
Workforce development