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We are committed to giving every club in Western Australia access to resources, guides, training opportunities and information on how they can improve their club and support their volunteers and members.
In many ways, clubs are a focal point for communities, whether they are in the city or country. Research shows sport and recreation clubs and community organisations help to develop social capital and are good barometers of community strength and health.
Support, resources and information to creating safe club environments.
All you need to know about starting a club.
How to support juniors and grow the next generation of members.
Information on becoming, recruiting and managing volunteers.
There are economic, cultural, social and health benefits to having more women involved in leadership roles.
Upcoming workshops and the latest online videos and training.
By implementing healthy changes your club can be seen to be making a positive contribution to your community.
What to do when there’s a problem or you’re not happy with a club decision.
Downloadable resources of information for clubs from starting a new club to promoting your club.
Complete the online assessment of your clubs operations and identify areas for improvements.
Helping sporting clubs examine how they operate and identify areas of improvement.
Supporting local sporting clubs to use eight values to share the benefits of sport and recreation.
Explore online safety advice and resources to help make sure everyone in sport has more positive experiences online.
Explore helpful online resources from Sport Integrity Australia.
The Clearinghouse for Sport provides access to free resources sporting organisations can use to help implement good governance practices.
Clubs are meeting places where we find the company of like-minded people. We make friends, we share experiences. Valuable social networks develop through shared sporting aspirations and experiences.
Clubs enable members of a community to be linked by a common bond: their participation in that club and sport.
For many, forming friendships and a sense of belonging are powerful reasons to become involved and remain active in sport.
There are some other great sites that have loads of information and advice on how to run your club, planning, volunteers and topic specific advice.
Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural IndustriesTelephone 61 8 9492 9740Email everyclub@dlgsc.wa.gov.au