What You Can Do is an invitation for all Canadians to join together to ensure that sport lives up to its potential in their community. True Sport recognizes that the way we play together shapes how we live together.
The True Sport Community Give-Back Challenge provides True Sport Members with an opportunity to give back to their communities by volunteering their time or hosting an event and donating the proceeds to a local charity or cause.
Ways to Give Back to Your Community through Sport. Although most of the ideas below are framed for a team to carry out, individuals as well as sport organizations can also initiate these activities.
A True Sport Agreement answers a simple, but important question, “How are we going to treat each other in this group?” The agreement is created by teammates and coaches in an open and safe forum.
Commit to Kids provides policies, strategies, and a step-by-step plan for reducing the risk of child sexual abuse, encouraging organizations to take an active, participatory role in protecting children in their care.
The Club ensures access to a minimum of one professional development seminar to all of the club’s coaches (Asst/Coach/Head) per season that includes at least one general session...
A recruitment process for all volunteer, staff and coaching positions is documented and managed by the board, its delegate(s) or the most senior staff person.
All new employees and volunteers (including directors) are oriented and provided the appropriate training to perform their job and to understand the policies of the club...
The club has one or more clearly designated individual (volunteer or paid staff) who is/are responsible for volunteer involvement/management...
The club has identified an individual(s) who is responsible for coordinating communications and media coordination that promote or market the club to the community or partners...
The club has identified the stage(s) of athlete development in which they deliver services, and has met each requirement listed for each stage and each coaching level...