National Association for Voluntary and Community Action • local focus national voice
Sport and local third sector: Who’s Who and how to strategically engage!
Carrie McKenzie, Sport Partnership Strategic Advisor, NAVCA
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action • local focus national voice
Is sport Third Sector?
• “The voluntary [and community] sector includes not just those organisations which provide services to the people who need help, advice or care; it embraces all those, formal and informal, large or small, which people set up and join because they like to play football or sing….”,
• NCVO Civil Society Almanac 2008 found sport is third largest segment of civil society organisations generating £6.1 billion
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action • local focus national voice
Characteristics of clubs• Geographic (in an community)
• Same interest (community of interest)
• Volunteers – coaches, drivers
• Little/no money and fundraise
• Membership based/led
• Managed by a Committee
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action • local focus national voice
Sport Partnership Project
• Funded by Sport England (2007 – 2010)
• Aim: “To embed a culture of collaboration between sporting organisations and wider third sector”
• LIOs work with sport to clubs improve effectiveness and reach
• To provide most hard to reach and disadvantage to benefit from participation in sport
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action • local focus national voice
Volunteering England
We offer sport:– Research specialism– Good practice in
volunteer management– Training and
organisational accreditation
– Campaigning on behalf of our sports members
We offer our Volunteer Centre members:– Contact information– Easy guides to sport – Sport policy influencing
at a national level– Creating better
understanding about Volunteer Centres among sport organisations
Benefits of working with NAVCA on sport agenda
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action • local focus national voice
Sporty NAVCA members• 2D Sports Club Development
• Dudley CVS
• NAVCA Sport Survey
• Volunteer Centres: London, East Midlands
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action • local focus national voice
Sport England Strategy 08-13• To grow, sustain, excel • 1m people doing more sport • Reduction in post-16 drop-off in at least five sports
by 25% by 2012-13• Increase in satisfaction with clubs• Improved talent development systems in 25 sports• Five Hour Sport Offer (school sport)• Ref: to third sector para 72 and importance of
working equity groups
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action • local focus national voice
Benefits to third sector• Funding – Lottery and NGB
• Need to engage with equity groups
• Share knowledge expertise, resources
• Create 2012 legacy
• Third sector more responsive and reflective
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action • local focus national voice
Who’s Who, how to engage!• National Governing Bodies (NGBs – and their
regional and county bodies)
• County Sport Partnerships (CSPs)
• Community Sport Networks (CSNs)
• Local authority sport development teams
• Sport Federations
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action • local focus national voice
Carrie McKenzie
Sport Partnership Strategic Advisor
NAVCA
Tel: 0114 289 3979
Fax: 0114 278 7004
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.navca.org.uk/sport
Laura Ferguson
Head of sport volunteering
Volunteering England
Tel: 0114 289 3979
Fax: 0114 278 7004Email: [email protected]
Web: www.volunteeringengland.org/sport