Background information for vRugby volunteers
vRugby aims to create over 3,744 new opportunties over 3 years from 2008 to 2011 for young people aged 16-25 to volunteer in Rugby Union. Young volunteers will run ‘bite size’ projects that really benefit their club or local community. They will receive training, clothing, certificates and expenses. Having ‘tasted’ rugby volunteering they will be shown paths to longer term voluntary roles at rugby clubs. The taster projects will be one of four themes:
vRugbyFun Plan Organise and deliver a fun rugby event for others to take part in healthy exercise.
vRugbyLife Use rugby’s ethos to run a session to educate young people about healthy lifestyles (nutrition, exercise, obesity, alcohol, drugs, behaviour, etc.)
vRugbyCash Raise money for a project of your choice to benefit your rugby club.
vRugbyForce Make an improvement to your club facilities so they can be used more by your local community.
The Rugby Football Foundation and v, an independent charity championing youth volunteering in England, are funding the project. Community Rugby (Rugby Football Development Ltd) will be delivering the project.
The Role
As a County Activator you will…
Take part in training to understand your role and share ideas for how to be successful
Give us your ideas for recruitment, project and training resources
Recruit 7 'club activators' in your area who will run a vRugby project in their community
Organise and run training events for club activators
Check how your 7 ‘club activators’ are getting on (on line and face-to-face) and help them if they need it
Gather the project reports and photos to show how successful the project has been
Give feedback about your experience and help improve the programme
Some of the benefits of taking part are that you will…
Use your skills and learn new ones to help young people volunteer in Rugby
Be part of a project that will really make a difference and look great on your CV
Be given branded clothing to wear when carrying out the role
Receive an expenses allowance
What we are looking for?
The essentials To be considered for a voluntary role as a County Activator, you need to be:
Aged 18–24 yrs (when you apply) and living in England
Able and keen to commit to part time volunteering from August 08 – February 09
Training on 25 & 26 September 2008 including an overnight stay
1 day training with club activators
Minimum of 10 hours per month extra (on phone, web or face to face)
Able to enthuse others and get them to take part
Willing to travel to rugby clubs across your area
Good at communicating with a wide range of people
Able to challenge other people’s views and be open to the views of others
Other skills and qualities
Here are some of the skills we think will make a good vRugby County Activator – try and include them with examples in your application:
Be able to adapt to different situations, solve problems and keep on trying
Willing to learn
Creative thinking
Good at managing your time
Up for a laugh
Have access to internet
Be willing to get stuck in and take part
Sounds great – how do I apply?
If you are interested, please fill out the application. You can call him with any questions that you might have on 020 8831 7992.
Send it by post: vRugby, FAO Tom Cleary, Rugby House, Rugby Road, Twickenham, TW1 1DZ or email it: vRugby@therfu.com
Make sure we will get it by Thursday 28 August 2008 at 5pm at the latest.
Then what happens?
You will receive a phone call from your regional Volunteer Executive who will outline what happens next. We think that a number of people may be interested in the role, so you may be invited for an informal discussion. We will tell you if you get offered one of the 30 places! There will be other opportunities to get involved if you don’t get a place – and there is always next year!
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