Lighting the Flame for Volunteering

With 2012 fast approaching, Sheffield's sports clubs are gearing up to make the most of Olympic fever to encourage more and more people to participate in sport.  And who do they need to help with all the coaching, stewarding, admin and myriad other tasks that go along with sporting events and activities?  Yes, volunteers of course!

To that end, sports professionals and volunteering groups from across the city are joining forces to acheive 2 objectives: more people entering sports-related volunteering and enabling existing volunteers to follow progression routes.  Chaired by Val Stevenson from Sheffield Hallam University, the Sports Volunteering Group met for the second time last Thursday, and comprised various sports clubs, Activity Sheffield, Wisewood School & Community Sports Centre,  Sheffield Volunteering (University of Sheffield) and me.  Together we are developing an action plan to assist Sport Sheffield to achieve their vision of using "2012 to help inspire and create a strong infrastructure for sport volunteers".  Anyone interested in participating in the group should contact Katy Burnett on 0114 2039540 / Katy.Burnett@sheffield.gov.uk or for more info on Lighting the Flame visit http://www.sheffield-lightingtheflame.com/ .