Volunteers are vital to community sporting clubs delivering sport. The availability and capacity of volunteers, however, is a barrier to opportunities for women and girls in sport.
New research has been released investigating community sports clubs’ volunteer capacity - including management, retention and recruitment - to engage women and girls in participating and volunteering in community sport.
It was conducted by the Physical Activity and Sport Insights research group, a collaboration between Victoria University and Federation University, funded through the Change Our Game Research Grants Program.
The research found there are varied attitudes of club volunteers towards supporting opportunities for women and girls to play sport.
A range of recommended actions were identified that sports clubs can take to engage and retain volunteers, and to enable women and girls to play and volunteer in community sports.
Page last updated: 13 September 2024
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