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View from the Volunteer

Following the success of the Olympics and the Paralympics, the Alliance was lucky enough to speak with Liz Stainthorpe, manager of the Games Maker Choir and dedicated volunteer. Below, Liz talks to her experience of volunteering in the sports sector, why she loves it and the future of the voluntary sector.

Published 10 September 2024, Volunteering

New Practical Online Support for Sport Organisations and Volunteers: Launch of the V4V Sport Volunteering Tools

After three years of intensive international research and development, the partners in the ground-breaking V4V project – including the Sport and Recreation Alliance – are proud and delighted to launch their final products, aimed at improving the recruitment, management, retention and training of European sport volunteers.

Published 19 March 2024, Volunteering

V4V partners working towards the development of digital tools on sport volunteering

The 13 partners in the EU-funded V4V project “Skills acquired through volunteering in sport” gathered for their fifth Full Partner Meeting in the City of London as guests of the UK’s Sport and Recreation Alliance.

Published 12 May 2023, Volunteering

Volunteering survey of sport organisations gathers nearly 3,000 responses

As partners in the EU funded V4V project “Skills acquired through volunteering in sport”, the Sport and Recreation Alliance recently took part in the fourth Full Partner Meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, as guests of the Estonian Foundation of Sports Education & Information.

Published 16 December 2022, Volunteering

Alliance hosts V4V project workshop to discuss European survey results

Just under two weeks ago, the Sport and Recreation Alliance and Leeds Beckett University, UK partners of the V4V project, hosted their first face-to-face workshop in London on sport volunteering.

Published 09 November 2022, Volunteering

Four incredible London 2012 Paralympic volunteers share their stories 10 years on

10 years ago, the curtains came down on a spectacular Paralympic Games that saw a record 4,302 athletes go for gold in the capital.

Published 23 September 2022, Volunteering

Alliance and Join In celebrate remarkable London 2012 volunteers

To mark the 10^th anniversary of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, the Sport and Recreation Alliance and Join In have been celebrating the fantastic volunteers who helped make the Games so special.

Published 12 August 2022, Volunteering

New tools to support recruitment and retention of sport volunteers discussed at V4V partner meeting in Helsinki

Earlier this month, the Sport and Recreation Alliance gathered in Helsinki, Finland with the other partners of the V4V project for the 3rd partner meeting and the first to take place face to face.

Published 30 June 2022, Volunteering

Be a part of Europe’s first ever volunteer survey of sport organisations

The V4V Project, of which the Sport and Recreation Alliance is a partner of, has launched a first-of-its-kind survey which aims to take a deeper look into the volunteer workforce that supports sport organisations across Europe.

Published 18 May 2022, Volunteering

V4V project plans first ever volunteer survey of sport organisations

The V4V Project, of which the Sport and Recreation Alliance is a partner of, is planning to launch a first-of-its-kind survey which will take a deeper look into the volunteer workforce that supports sport organisations across Europe.

Published 30 November 2021, Volunteering