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: carrie.mckenzie@navca.org.uk

Web: www.navca.org.uk/sport

Laura Ferguson

Head of sport volunteering

Volunteering England

Tel: 0114 289 3979

Fax: 0114 278 7004Email: laura.ferguson@volunteeringengland.org

Web: www.volunteeringengland.org/sport