Resources

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GST Newsletter	Important info for the GST changes from 1st October 2010.
Payroll giving, donation tax credit and volunteer expenses / honorarium	Four pages of very useful and important info from the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (OCVS).
IMPROVING COMMITTEE PERFORMANCE	These are the slides from our recent "Improving Committee Performance" workshop. See ideas for agendas, role descriptions, volunteers, induction, tips for the Chairperson and how to evaluate your meetings etc.
Committee annual planner	Simple one page planner that a committee can use to plan out each year. This will help to keep each monthly meeting focused on the important topics.
CLUB WOF IN 10 MINUTES	This is a quick and easy way to review your Clubs current situation. Answer each question by circling a score which fits your view of the Club. This WOF will highlight possible areas of improvement.

We have a variety of resources under these four headings.

Sport Wellington Resources

We have developed a number of templates to support your club and these are based on best practice and are commonly used. We will add to this page as we design new templates, forms and check lists.

Sport Connector Newsletter	This newsletter is sent via email every three weeks and is aimed at committee members of Clubs and Board members of Regional Sports Organisations (RSO's). It's the best way to keep up to date with upcoming workshops (to up-skill your members), SPARC and Council news, awards, invitations to special events, coaching info, volunteers, facility sharing, disability inclusion, vacancies, available resources plus great sporting stories.
Funding Websites	A 2 page list of funding links from SPARC, Council, Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), Community Trusts, Gaming Trusts and various sources. See the "Funding Advice" page for more info.
Volunteer Management Plan Volunteer Management Plan	Volunteers are our most valuable asset. Understanding the key steps in the volunteer life cycle will highlight the areas your Club needs to address. Use the word document to add comments and save on file.
Club Promotion	A list of all sorts of questions to ask when thinking of ways to promote your Club.
Club Strategic Plan - 1 page sample	Planning is the key to the future of any club no matter the level, activity or size. Whether at a national or local level, a club needs to make long-term plans in order to progress and grow. Too often, planning is not done or not done well. A strategic plan is a document that contains the long-term outlines for a club. It lays out the overall mission and direction of a club, and how a club plans to achieve these outcomes.
Operational Plan template	A operational plan is to be used by club members or volunteers to guide them in their work in order to achieve the clubs strategic outcomes.
Business plan template	A business plan is a more detailed document that includes all of the information from a club's strategic plan, plus considerably more information about a club and what it will be doing in the coming years. Business plans are particularly helpful if you have a considerable amount of commercial (money-earning) activities planned.

SPARC Resources

Taken from the SPARC "Club Kit" - this will give you tips and resources to start or run a successful club

SPARC's Capability and Sport Development Unit aims to enhance the effectiveness of the sport and recreation sector.

Councils

The following Councils have specific websites for the sport and recreation sector. These sites are packed with info about events, activites, courses, classes, facilities and venues.

	Hutt
	Porirua
	Upper Hutt Activate newsletter - June 2010
	Wellington
	Wellington City Council "Get Set Go" Guide Planning Sheets A guide for anyone organising community recreation programmes and/or events. It has been designed as a reference guide to make your work easier in setting up a programme or event.

Websites and useful info

	BoardWorks International Facilitate powerful corporate governance and rewarding directorship of the boards of not-for-profit, public and commercial organisations. BoardWorks have been working with SPARC since 2004 and facilitate Governanace workshops.
	Keeping it legal This online resource has been developed to give organisations, groups, trusts and societies simple, accurate information about their legal obligations.
	NZ Academy of Sport - North Island The New Zealand Academy of Sport North Island was established to assist selected elite and emerging sportspeople in the North Island region and help ensure the next generation of athletes have a better chance to emulate our past and current sporting heroes.
	Office for the Community & Voluntary Sector The Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (OCVS) was established in September 2003 to address overarching issues affecting the community and voluntary sector, and to raise the profile of the sector within government.
	Volunteer Wellington Volunteer Wellington is an independent non-profit organisation that provides the essential voluntary workforce needed to maintain and sustain the work of over 300 community-based organisations in the greater Wellington region. They assist and train organisations in the management of volunteers, to enhance the experience for both the organisation and the volunteer.
	VolunteerNet A website that has been developed by New Zealand Major Events, to help connect volunteers with event-based volunteering opportunities, while at the same time providing a free online volunteer recruitment and management tool for event organisers