Club booklets

This resource highlights some common-sense steps to ensuring your workload will be lighter, that your group won’t have members who just ‘make up the numbers’ and that it will be seen as an effective team.

Young people receive their most effective and satisfying sports experiences when they experience goodwill and cooperation between all levels of stakeholders.

Sport and recreation clubs are important to local communities and can be the best place to encourage positive contact and cooperation between people from a range of different backgrounds and abilities.

Sport providers have a legal duty of care to protect the welfare of young people and ensure they are not exposed to unnecessary risk in any aspect of sports delivery.

The guide is primarily for sport development officers.

The most important resource in junior sport is the people who provide the infrastructure for the delivery of activities and set the social atmosphere around sport.

Planning is the key to the future for all sporting and recreation clubs no matter their level, activity or size.

There are a number of ways that can be used to assist with or facilitate group or committee based problem solving. This booklet looks at three possible methods or techniques but there are many more.

Clubs need to be competitive on and off the field, so promoting, or marketing, your club is essential.

A club guide to risk management.

This information has been designed to help clubs that may not have had much experience in gaining sponsorships.

A small clubs accounts are not complicated so you don’t have to be an accountant to be a treasurer.

How to start a new club.

The president or chairperson is the principal leader of the club and has overall responsibility for the club’s administration.

This resource highlights some common-sense steps to ensuring your workload will be lighter, that your group won’t have members who just ‘make up the numbers’ and that it will be seen as an effective team.

These tips provide guidelines for new and existing officials. Good officiating, playing and coaching ensures everyone enjoys the experience!

These tips provide some direction for coaches to increase their chance of having the greatest impact possible on their junior athletes.

Regular participation in physical activity and sport is important for young people's health and wellbeing.