Read our advice on understanding your needs, breaking roles down into tasks and delegating effectively, and try our example role descriptions.
Roles and tasks
Needs and skills
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Identifying tasks and the skills you need
Identifying new volunteering opportunities, skills audit advice and guidance on breaking volunteer roles into tasks to develop task-based volunteering.
Role descriptions
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Example role templates
Example role descriptions, including chair, secretary, treasurer, welfare and volunteer coordinator responsibilities.
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There are different ways organisations can support talented participants. Learn more about this, including information on talent pathways.
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It is important to provide development and training opportunities for their volunteers. Check out our guidance on how community sports organisations can do this.
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Recruiting and engaging new volunteers is vital to the sustainability of community sport. Explore some important considerations for any recruitment efforts.