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How Can We Avoid Burnout?
It's often the same people volunteering for the soccer club, the hockey club, the church bazaar and the community fun day. It’s great to see such commitment and dedication, but along with their involvement there is a great danger – volunteer burnout!
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How Are We Doing? The Essential Check-Ups
Is your group trying to look forward and evolve but having trouble knowing where to start? Been working on a project for so long, you’ve lost track of whether things are going as planned? Use evaluation as a starting point, a check-in or a final step.
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How Does Your Group Make Decisions?
People make decisions on a daily basis. Often these decisions have a small impact on their daily routine; in other cases, they have a huge impact on many people.
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How Welcoming and Healthy Is Your Group? A Check-Up For Volunteer Recruitment
Does your organization have difficulty recruiting new volunteers? It may be more than a lack of willing volunteers. It may be time to take a closer look at how your organization works.
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Is Our Group Open, Welcoming and Volunteer-friendly?
The kind of experience a new member has with your group is more important than you might realize. If people don’t feel welcome or needed, their interest and enthusiasm will disappear and your group has just lost a valuable resource!
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Why Do People Volunteer?
Knowing why people give their time and talents can help you plan for volunteer involvement.
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Why Involve Volunteers?
Even though bringing new people into the group can feel disruptive or slow you down, in the long run it will benefit you, your fellow group members and your community.
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Volunteers: The 10 Steps of Screening
Volunteer Canada's Safe Steps Screening Program provides an easy-to-use method for organizations to ensure that the people they serve are safe.
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Volunteer: Screening
Screening is a process designed to create and maintain a safe environment.
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Human Resources Guide for Community Sport
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People and Sport: An Organizational Self Assessment Guide
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CS4L For Coaches
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Respect in Sport
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Board Orientation
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Writing a Volunteer Development Plan
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Volunteer Management Orientation Checklist
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Volunteer Record
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Volunteer Recognition Strategies
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Volunteer Management Plan
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12 Tips for Training Volunteers
Standard
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#6 Coach Training
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...
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#14 People Orientation
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...
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#18 Volunteer Coordinator
The club has one or more clearly designated individual (volunteer or paid staff) who is/are responsible for volunteer involvement/management...
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#22 Internal Communications
The club has a club handbook that is provided to all athletes/families. The club has an internal communications strategy.
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#29 Recruitment Action Plan
The club has a policy and action plan with reference to the recruitment, retention and retirement of athletes, coaches and officials...
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#6 Coach Training: Appendix B
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...
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