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#BigThankYou is back for 2019: Give your volunteers a chance to shine!

It’s been another year packed full of outstanding British sporting achievements. From Ben Stokes’ incredible summer to Laura Muir’s double-double – a crop of world-beating athletes have emerged and a nation of enthusiastic amateurs have been inspired.

Published 02 December 2019, Volunteering

EduCare to sponsor Volunteering Award at 2020 Community Sport and Recreation Awards

The Sport and Recreation Alliance is pleased to announce the first sponsor of the 2020 Community Sport and Recreation Awards.

Published 07 June 2019, Volunteering

Serving up great volunteers for the Fed Cup

With the Fed Cup kicking off on Wednesday, we caught up with tournament Volunteer Manager Hugh Stirling to find out how easy it was to recruit volunteers using the Alliance’s Volunteer Finder.

Published 04 February 2019, Volunteering

New approach to loneliness offers opportunity for sports clubs

Loneliness strategy offers unique opportunity to attract more people to sport and recreation volunteering, says Alliance CEO Emma Boggis.

Published 15 October 2018, Volunteering

Worrying drop in volunteers within sport

Following the release of Sport England's Active Lives survey, we were concerned to read about the big drop in volunteers.

Published 11 October 2018, Volunteering

Better online volunteering service would inspire more activity

Easier access to volunteering opportunities online would have a significant impact on people taking part in more physical activity, according to a survey by the Sport and Recreation Alliance.

Published 04 June 2018, Volunteering

A Member's Guide to Volunteers' Week

We have a lot to celebrate this Volunteers’ Week from 1-7 June. It is a chance to say thank you and recognise the millions of volunteers on the front line and behind the scenes at our local clubs and groups. And although we know you have prepared, we wanted to provide you with some tweets and content to help get the week started.

Published 31 May 2018, Volunteering

You don’t need decades of experience to be a trustee

The Alliance’s new Policy Adviser, Ben Jessup, explains why you don’t have to be a senior professional to be a trustee.  

Published 14 November 2017, Volunteering

Sector must better promote the benefits of volunteering to tackle gender and socio-economic gap

2017 Active Lives results put emphasis on sector to make the benefits of volunteering in sport and recreation clear to women and people from a lower socio-economic background.

Published 12 October 2017, Volunteering

Volunteering Award Winner

Hillingdon Slipstreamers is a registered cycling charity with an active membership of cyclists aged 5-16 years old. It is a club run entirely by volunteers and it works to promote safe cycling by teaching young people and the public about road safety, improving riding skills and working to maintain the health of under 16-year olds.

Published 10 July 2017, Volunteering