The Value of Sports Clubs
Some national facts and figures on Sports Clubs
In England:
- There are 106,000 affiliated clubs serving 8m members
- 5.8m sports volunteers (15% of adult population)
- Volunteers contribute 1.2 billion hours each year to sport,
equivalent to 720,000 additional full time paid workers. (Sport
England research)
- The sporting sector makes the single biggest contribution to
total volunteering in England, with 26% of all volunteers citing
sport as their main area of interest. (Sport England
research)
Our local sports clubs provide a vital community service that is
also an education service, a physical fitness service and a social
service, put simply they offer one of the best local opportunities
for many people to get together, get involved and have fun.
Active Leisure is keen that the contribution of these local
sports clubs doesn’t get overlooked and in Bath & North East
Somerset there are now over 150 sports clubs offering you a choice
of activities to get fit, stay fit and succeed at your chosen
level.
A club for all - finding a club
The choice of sports and activities is vast too and with over 20
types of sports there are not only opportunities to take part in
the more typical sports but have you ever thought of Aikido
(martial arts), diving, rowing, cycling or even long distance
walking? There are also details of clubs that can cater for people
with disabilities. We can supply contact details for the 150 clubs
currently on our records so to find out how simple it could be to
get involved in a local club call Chris Revill on 01225
396433
Club development and accreditation
Sport England have introduced a national accreditation standard
that many of the governing bodies of sport are following to
ensure that their clubs are safe, effective and ‘child friendly’.
For more information on Club Mark go to: http://www.sportengland.org/club_resources.htm
Help for your sports club
The Sport & Active Leisure Team run courses to help your
sports clubs on a variety of topics. For details of current courses
please click on the related documents on the right hand menu.
Club Quest – Active Leisure’s award scheme for sports
clubs.
We are committed to the promotion of quality local sports clubs
that can offer safe, effective and fun coaching, sporting or
recreational opportunities. In order to provide a support
framework through which all clubs can improve and progress we have
created the Club Quest club award scheme using our Club Quest Award
scheme
Club Quest is a club accreditation and award scheme in 3 levels
(Bronze, Silver, and Gold) that formally recognises and supports
all sports clubs in Bath & North East Somerset regardless of
their sport, size or level. Each club is committed to quality
coaching and competition programmes and maintaining a safe friendly
and welcoming environment for young and older people alike.
Currently over 40 clubs have registered with the scheme with 12
clubs having achieved a Club Quest Award.
Why should clubs get involved in Club Quest?
- To raise the clubs profile
- To increase the clubs potential for accessing new initiatives
and external funding opportunities
- To raise standards in coaching, competition and club
administration
- To improve the recruitment and retention of your clubs
‘volunteer workforce’
- To develop sustainable, quality opportunities for your
members
How clubs can become accredited
Clubs will need to meet some entry level criteria known as
‘Access’ following which they can obtain the Club Development Pack.
The pack is a comprehensive resource that provides guidance and
template documents that are designed to help clubs achieve the key
criteria in each of the three levels of Club quest.
Clubs working towards an Award can get step by step assistance
from a member of the Active Leisure team. Sport England
also provide a volunteer support programme known as the
Volunteer Investment
Programme(VIP)
Contact Chris Revill to find out more about how Club Quest and
Club mark could help your club on 01225 396433 or email chris_revill@bathnes.gov.uk
