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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. 

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 achievable strategies that can be applied immediately. 

Participants can register for the full series or attend individual sessions.

Session 1: An Introduction to Succession Planning 

📅 Wednesday 16 September | 5.00pm to 6.00pm

🖥️ Online and free to attend

Future-proof your club by understanding what succession planning is and how it can reduce the risks associated with relying on a small number of key people. This session provides practical steps to build confidence around leadership transitions and support long-term club sustainability. 

This session will help you to: 

  • understand what succession planning is and isn't 
  • reduce risks associated with reliance on key people 
  • build confidence around leadership transitions 
  • start succession planning in practical and achievable ways. 

Presenter 

Louise Giles, Manager Training and Development, Volunteering WA 

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 supporting sporting and recreation clubs to address volunteer recruitment, retention, succession planning, governance and volunteer wellbeing. 

Next in the volunteer development webinar series

📅 Tuesday 13 October | 5.00pm to 6.00pm

📅 Wednesday 4 November | 5:00pm to 6:00pm 

📅 Wednesday 2 December | 5.00pm to 6.00pm
A volunteer high fives children in a running race
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Free

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Online
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