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British Orienteering Volunteer Coordinator Workshop

British Orienteering has collaborated with ‘runningsports’ to develop an online Volunteer Coordinator Workshop. The online workshop takes approximately 90 minutes to complete and will be available to all of our members in order to develop the role of a Volunteer Coordinator within their club. British Orienteering believes that our clubs will benefit greatly from having a volunteer coordinator – a single contact who supports their volunteers, knows them all by name and what each of them does.

It is hoped that each club has a minimum of two people completing the workshop in the next 12 months. Through completion of the volunteer coordinator workshop, volunteers will learn exactly what the role entails and how they can become an even greater asset to their club by taking it on.

The workshop can be done in your own time from home and can be completed in sections when time allows. The workshop consists mainly of quizzes and short essay questions.

You will receive a certificate upon completing the workshop and be able to:

understand the role of the volunteer coordinator
know how to interpret a club development plan and its volunteering implications
learn how best to recruit and retain volunteers and recognise and reward them
know how to access local, regional and national programmes to support the implementation of a volunteer action plan
learn to support volunteers and their workload

Being prepared to take on the role of club volunteer coordinator will help participants to play a crucial part in the future of their Orienteering club.

Please have a look at British Orienteerings e-learning website and click on the ‘Volunteer Coordinator’ workshop for more information on how to access the workshop.

For any further information or questions please email Steve Vernon.

runningsports Workshops

runningsport's workshops are practical, accessible, and recommended by more than 94% of volunteers who attend them. So they really do work. They are the ideal way to get to grips with all of the key issues facing you as a volunteer working in sport; and they also provide the perfect opportunity to swap ideas and learn from other people’s experiences.

Each workshop has been specifically devised by subject specialists who are not only experts in the topic, but also understand how it relates to volunteers working in sport.

They’re run at convenient times at locations near you and include the opportunity to compare notes with other clubs and sports volunteers in your area.

To search for a workshop in your area click here.