Volunteering

Without the time, energy and commitment of volunteers, grassroots sport would not happen.

Whether these people organise a group of friends to go cycling once a week, coach a netball team, run a badminton club or serve the teas at their local cricket club – volunteers make sport happen.

If your club relies on volunteers then you will need to think about how you find, keep and develop your volunteers.

Sport Birmingham are keen to help promote volunteering opportunities across the city. If you’re not already signed up to our website please take a moment to register and be sure link to your organisation to your profile.

When you’re all set, please get in touch so we can help promote your volunteering opportunities through our networks.

The following research has been carried out by students from the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences at The University of Birmingham. Sport Birmingham support community organisations and sporting events across the city, with the recruitment, training and deployment of volunteers.

The aim of the research was to explore future strategies for engaging volunteers and identify opportunities for organisations, events and sectors to collaborate on deployment and retention.

The video below highlights the findings of the research.

Retention

Volunteers are fundamental to society as many organisations rely on their time and efforts to be successful. This research is in collaboration with Sport Birmingham.

Sport Birmingham identified that improving retention practices could help remove strains that NPOs are often subject to. This including a lack of funding, which is often subsequently spent on recruitment and training of new volunteers.