For further information on the support available across Club Matters, visit our Get Started with Club Matters section.
Keep it up
If your club wants to maintain what it has, or check you’re doing the best you can, we recommend exploring our main topic areas in more detail.
Sign-up to workshops which cover key topic areas such as business planning, marketing, club structures, finances and tax.
Register for free for full access to our resources
Click on these boxes to access toolkits, online modules and interactive content. Have a look around to see which areas your club could benefit from.
For further information on the support available across Club Matters, visit our Get Started with Club Matters section.
Get back on track
My club is struggling on one or more areas and is looking for specific guidance.
We need help growing or maintaining our membership levels We need to manage our finances better We are looking for guidance on applying for funding We need more volunteers to help run our club We are unsure what good governance really means or how we can improve We don’t know if our club’s legal structure is right for us We need support with our facilities or lack of facilities We want to better understand our members and what they want from the club
Top Tips
1. Think about the best way to market your club to reach potential new members
2. Make sure your club is welcoming and inclusive to appeal to new members
3. Make your club experience extraordinary, so that your current members want to stay
Links
Check out the following pages for specific guidance:
If your club is keen to develop and you want to improve your current offer, we recommend using our Club Improvement Tool.
The tool prompts you to think about how your club is performing now and where you would like it to be in the future. Based on your responses, the tool directs you to specific resources to help you reach your goals.
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