Follow our guidance for help with identifying new opportunities, doing a skills audit, breaking roles into tasks and delegating effectively.
Skills, roles and tasks
Identifying new volunteering opportunities
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Understanding your needs
Explore how your organisation can understand its volunteering needs and break volunteering roles into smaller tasks.
Undertaking a skills audit
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Map out workforce needs
Find out more about how a community sports organisation can complete a skills audit to map out what they need from their workforce now and in the future.
Task based volunteering
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Breaking roles into tasks
Find out more about task-based volunteering, its benefits, and how you can implement it to support you to succeed.
Delegation guide
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Delegate effectively
It can be challenging to delegate tasks, but nobody can run a group without some help! Here's how you can effectively delegate and keep everyone onside.
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Try our example description templates for various roles to help with your workforce.
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Having a helpful induction to their role or specific tasks can be a great addition to how community sports organisations welcome their volunteers.
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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.