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DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a free four-part webinar series designed to 
 help sporting and recreation organisations strengthen volunteer engagement
  and build more sustainable clubs.&nbsp\;Volunteers play a critical role i
 n the success of every club. This series explores practical approaches to 
 volunteer recruitment\, retention\, support and succession planning\, prov
 iding participants with achievable strategies that can be applied immediat
 ely.&nbsp\;Participants can register for the full series or attend individ
 ual sessions.Session 1: An Introduction to Succession Planning&nbsp\;📅 We
 dnesday 16 September | 5.00pm to 6.00pm🖥️ Online and free to attendFuture
 -proof your club by understanding what succession planning is and how it c
 an reduce the risks associated with relying on a small number of key peopl
 e. This session provides practical steps to build confidence around leader
 ship transitions and support long-term club sustainability.&nbsp\;This ses
 sion will help you to:&nbsp\;understand what succession planning is and is
 n't&nbsp\;reduce risks associated with reliance on key people&nbsp\;build 
 confidence around leadership transitions&nbsp\;start succession planning i
 n practical and achievable ways.&nbsp\;Presenter&nbsp\;Louise Giles\,&nbsp
 \;Manager Training and Development\, Volunteering WA&nbsp\;Louise is a tra
 ining and development professional with more than 25 years' experience acr
 oss the volunteer sector\, not-for-profit organisations\, local government
  and corporate environments in the United Kingdom and Western Australia. S
 he has extensive experience supporting sporting and recreation clubs to ad
 dress volunteer recruitment\, retention\, succession planning\, governance
  and volunteer wellbeing.&nbsp\;Next in the volunteer development webinar 
 series⏭️  Session 2: Growing Your Volunteer Team&nbsp\;📅 Tuesday 13 Octob
 er | 5.00pm to 6.00pm⏭️&nbsp\; Session 3: Supporting people who support yo
 ur club&nbsp\;📅 Wednesday 4 November | 5:00pm to 6:00pm&nbsp\;⏭️  Session
  4:&nbsp\;Celebrating the season and shaping what's next&nbsp\;📅 Wednesda
 y 2 December | 5.00pm to 6.00pm
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LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Volunteer development webinar series — Session 1: An Introduction t
 o Succession Planning
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div><div><p role="heading" aria-level="1" par
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  style="background-color:transparent\;color:inherit\;font-family:inherit\;
 font-size:inherit\;text-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacin
 g:normal\;caret-color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;">Please join us for a fr
 ee four-part webinar series designed to help sporting and recreation organ
 isations strengthen volunteer engagement and build more sustainable clubs.
 &nbsp\;</span></p></div><p paraid="1695086026" paraeid="{3824cc37-ac0a-490
 5-98d8-e82da96d118f}{35}"><span style="background-color:transparent\;color
 :inherit\;font-family:inherit\;font-size:inherit\;text-align:inherit\;text
 -transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-color:auto\;white-space:inh
 erit\;">Volunteers play a critical role in the success of every club. This
  series explores practical approaches to volunteer recruitment\, retention
 \, support and succession planning\, providing participants with achievabl
 e strategies that can be applied immediately.&nbsp\;</span></p></div><h4 p
 araid="562126844" paraeid="{3824cc37-ac0a-4905-98d8-e82da96d118f}{49}">Par
 ticipants can register for the full series or attend individual sessions.<
 /h4><h2>Session 1: An Introduction to Succession Planning&nbsp\;</h2><div>
 <p>📅 We<span style="background-color:initial\;font-size:inherit\;font-fam
 ily:inherit\;text-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:norm
 al\;caret-color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;">dnesday 16 September | 5.00pm
  to 6.00pm</span></p><p>🖥️ Online and free to attend</p></div><div><span 
 style="background-color:initial\;font-size:inherit\;font-family:inherit\;t
 ext-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-colo
 r:auto\;white-space:inherit\;">Future-proof your club by understanding wha
 t succession planning is and how it can reduce the risks associated with r
 elying on a small number of key people. This session provides practical st
 eps to build confidence around leadership transitions and support long-ter
 m club sustainability.&nbsp\;</span></div><div><br /></div><div>This sessi
 on will help you to:&nbsp\;</div><div><br /></div><ul><li>understand what 
 succession planning is and isn't&nbsp\;</li><li>reduce risks associated wi
 th reliance on key people&nbsp\;</li><li>build confidence around leadershi
 p transitions&nbsp\;</li><li>start succession planning in practical and ac
 hievable ways.&nbsp\;</li></ul><div><h2 paraid="1592460617" paraeid="{1378
 c76a-060b-4820-8afe-8b3b7e4586aa}{102}">Presenter&nbsp\;</h2></div><div><h
 3 paraid="2033627222" paraeid="{1378c76a-060b-4820-8afe-8b3b7e4586aa}{108}
 ">Louise Giles\,&nbsp\;Manager Training and Development\, Volunteering WA&
 nbsp\;</h3></div><div><p paraid="1108854242" paraeid="{1378c76a-060b-4820-
 8afe-8b3b7e4586aa}{116}">Louise is a training and development professional
  with more than 25 years' experience across the volunteer sector\, not-for
 -profit organisations\, local government and corporate environments in the
  United Kingdom and Western Australia. She has extensive experience suppor
 ting sporting and recreation clubs to address volunteer recruitment\, rete
 ntion\, succession planning\, governance and volunteer wellbeing.&nbsp\;</
 p></div><h2>Next in the volunteer development webinar series</h2><div>⏭️<s
 trong> </strong> <a href="https://cits.wa.gov.au/department/events/event/2
 026/10/13/sport-and-recreation/volunteer-development-webinar-series-sessio
 n-2-growing-your-volunteer-team" target="_blank">Session 2: Growing Your V
 olunteer Team&nbsp\;</a></div><div><p><span style="background-color:initia
 l\;font-size:inherit\;font-family:inherit\;text-align:inherit\;text-transf
 orm:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;"
 >📅 Tuesday 13 October | 5.00pm to 6.00pm</span></p></div><div>⏭️<strong>&
 nbsp\;</strong> <a href="https://cits.wa.gov.au/department/events/event/20
 26/11/04/sport-and-recreation/volunteer-development-webinar-series-session
 -3-supporting-people-who-support-your-club" target="_blank">Session 3: Sup
 porting people who support your club&nbsp\;</a></div><div><p>📅 Wednesday 
 4 November | 5:00pm to 6:00pm&nbsp\;</p><div>⏭️<strong> </strong> <a href=
 "https://cits.wa.gov.au/department/events/event/2026/12/02/sport-and-recre
 ation/volunteer-development-webinar-series-session-4-celebrating-the-seaso
 n-and-shaping-what's-next" target="_blank">Session 4:&nbsp\;<strong>Celebr
 ating the season and shaping what's next&nbsp\;</strong></a></div><div>📅 
 Wednesday 2 December | 5.00pm to 6.00pm</div></div>
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