Date/Time 24 April 2025 - 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Grange Interlink, Summerville Road, Bradford BD7 1PX

This workshop will be run by Becky Bracey (Volunteer services and safeguarding lead) and Imogen Spencer (Volunteering project co-ordinator) at TSL Kirklees. Please email becky@tslkirklees.org.uk or telephone 07776 588691 if there are adjustments they can make to the workshop to make it accessible to you.

Event content

This workshop covers volunteer rights, recruitment, safety, and support, with templates to adapt for your organisation.

• Volunteers versus employees – what are the rights of volunteers and your responsibilities.
• Volunteer recruitment – understanding volunteer motivations and barriers, the importance of diversity, inclusion and succession planning.
• Reviewing the volunteer journey – designing volunteer roles, recruitment, training, support and recognition.
• ​Keeping people safe – dealing with problems relating to volunteers and keeping everyone safe including safeguarding and health and safety in relation to volunteers.

Who should attend

Anyone involved in running or managing a sports club or community organisation in Bradford district that is:

• Involved in delivering any type of community sport or physical activity (can be affiliated or not affiliated to a national governing body).
• Supporting your local community as an un/constituted group, charity, social enterprise or community benefit society.
• Generating an income of up to £500,000.

The Sport for Good programme is particularly interested in supporting volunteers, managers, staff and trustees from sports clubs running in Bradford district.

More workshops for sports groups in Bradford district

Sport for Good is a programme of free training events funded by West Yorkshire Combined Authority. See the full programme for Bradford district at https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/sport-for-good-bradford-4076023