Club Development sits within the Sports Development department and offers a support service to the 52 sport clubs. The aims of Club Development are to ensure that our sports clubs can offer a diverse and inclusive sporting experience, delivered by students for students.
Club Committee Handbook
We have created a Committee Handbook that will act as a guide for clubs throughout the year. It should answer many of the questions that you might have and provide you with hints and tips to help you run and develop your clubs. You can download the full handbook or just the relevant sections (with smaller download sizes) below.
Part one: the basics
To get you started we will look at how UBSport is run, how you and your club fit in to our structure and give you all the key contact details that you’ll need throughout the year.
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Welcome
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UBSport structure
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Guild of Students
Part two: club structure
Understanding how your club is structured is vital if you are to run your club successfully. From holding AGMS and meetings to understanding your coach and instructor relationships part two looks at giving you the best possible foundation for the year.
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Committee structure
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Club AGMs
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Committee responsibilities
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Committee job roles
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Coaches and instructors
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Managing your club
Part three: club essentials
In part three we will examine the day-to-day running of your club. Having a clear understanding of the essential information will mean your club can successfully manage the basics, allowing you to concentrate on developing your club.
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Finances
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Facilities
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Transport and trips
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Marketing your club
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Clubs for all: trials and socials
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Club safety
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Club clothing
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BUCS
Part four: club development
Now that you know the basics you can spend more time developing your club. In this final part we will look at you club development plans and the areas that you should be looking to improve during your year on the committee.
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Club development plans
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Increasing participation
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Improving performance
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Leadership through sport
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Club sustainability
Club Conference 2012
All clubs attend two days' of committee training to ready them for the year ahead. Presented by the Club Development Manager and members from across all UBSport departments, the sessions give committee members all the details that they need to be safe and prepared in their roles. The presentations for 2012 are given below:
Day one - Running your club
Day two - Developing your club
Important dates - 2012-13 Calendar
There are many important dates across the year that club committees and members need to be aware of. A full club calendar can be downloaded here.
Club Update e-newsletter
To make sure that clubs are kept up-to-date with all of the events and information that they need to manage their clubs and sport, Club Development send out the monthly e-newsletter, Club Update.
It is vital that committee members read all of the information that is sent out to them - we cannot be held responsible on your club missing out on great opportunities if you're not reading them!
Past Club Updates can be found below:
2011-12
Starting a club
If you would like to start a club that is not currently catered for within UBSport or the Guild of Students then please contact Chris Anthony.
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Contact Details |
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Chris Anthony (Club Development Manager): Oversees the running of all clubs, supporting their club committees and managing their finances, he also works with them to create and manage development plans which will enable the clubs to reach their targets.
e: c.j.anthony.1@bham.ac.uk
t: 0121 414 6712
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Adrian Scriven (Club Development Officer): Deals with day-to-day issues for the sports clubs including facility hire for training and matches, transport and any other problem the club may have.
e: a.r.scriven@bham.ac.uk
t: 0121 414 3870, 07867 906387 |