Volunteering
Black and Minority Ethnic Volunteering in Sport (2011)
Sporting Equals has produced a report to provide advice and guidance to the sports sector about black and minority ethnic (BME) involvement in sports volunteering and to assist the sector to diversify the pool of sports volunteers. The report is for all sports organisations and providers and can be used for strategic planning for volunteering and for engaging new and existing volunteers. It highlights challenges as well as opportunities for the sport sector to get more BME groups and individuals to support the drive to increase participation in sport.
Bursting the Bubble: Students, Volunteering and the Community Report (November 2010)
This research study looks at volunteering by university students in England. While volunteering by students in higher education has a long history, there remains a lack of evidence about the nature and extent of student volunteering and the impacts on students and the wider community.
Sport Volunteering
This Specialist Theme of the Volunteering England Good Practice Bank is help anyone who works with volunteers in a sports-related context.
Sport tools for measuring volunteer impact
Do you have volunteer shortages? Does your sport rely on a few keen volunteers to do almost everything? Do your volunteers receive the right training? Volunteering England has produced 4 tools for sports organisations to use that can help assess the impact of your volunteers
A winning team? The impacts of volunteers in sport (2008)
This document looks at the impact of volunteering in sport on volunteers, clubs and other stakeholders, testing the appropriateness of the Volunteering Impact Assessment Toolkit (VIAT), exploring volunteer management practices, providing recommendations on how to enhance sports volunteering and providing guidance to sports club to assess the impact of volunteering.
Sport and volunteering: how to do it (2008)
This document looks at motivations behind sports volunteering, investigating the FLEXIVOL principle for engaging young volunteers (flexibility, legitimacy, ease of access, 'Xperience', incentives, variety, organisation and laughs)
Sports Volunteering in England (2002)
The aims of this study were to quantify the contribution made to English sport by volunteers, identify the nature of volunteering in sport in England and the challenges faced by volunteers and volunteer managers, identify and evaluate the support provided to sports volunteers and volunteer managers and identify the benefits associated with sports volunteering.
Step into Sport programme
Step into Sport provides a clear pathway for young volunteers (14 - 19) who want to become involved with sport in their local community.