What is Step into Sport?
Step into Sport is a leadership and volunteering project. The main aim is to coordinate more opportunities at a local level for young people and adults to become involved in leadership and volunteering through sport in their community.
Step into Sport concentrates on training a new generation of volunteers, mostly aged between 14 and 19, but also the over 50s.
Step into Sport builds on existing structures and programmes such as Junior Sports Leaders Award and Community Sports Leaders Award (CSLA) to encourage greater volunteer links between schools and clubs.
How will Step into Sport help West Yorkshire?
Step into Sport will help to establish and ensure communication and sustainable links between school partnerships and local clubs.
West Yorkshire Sport will provide assistance finding and ensuring suitable and quality volunteering opportunities. This will be achieved through clubs meeting minimum operating standards and by matching the skills and interests of volunteers with vacancies.
Step into Sport aims to identify a Volunteer Coordinator in each club, to oversee recruitment training and retention of volunteers in the club.
The number and quality of coaches, officials and administrators working in local clubs will increase to help achieve their minimum operating standards and Clubmark recognition.
The programme supports the appointment and development of a new network of volunteer coordinators. It will provide access to a new network of volunteers with an interest and commitment to sport, and their local community.
