Online course - Sport volunteering
Welcome to the online course on preparing yourself to become a volunteer in sports. We hope the practical aspects to be helpful to you and will get you a first preparation for your sport event.
Feel free to go to the Resources page and download the material in PDF (self work) or fill in the forms below for an assisted training (we'll get back to you with feedback).
Remember, our course does not replace the official preparation and training you are to receive at the sport event, but rather help you with the first steps towards it.
1. How did this course appear?
From ideas to practice
The “V for Volunteering” project was born from the desire to support and encourage more people to volunteer in sports, as this branch offers a great variety of experiences and skills development opportunities as any other type of volunteering.
In order to do so, we identified the need of having a better preparation and training of the potential candidates for the sport events, thus they to know ahead of time, on one hand what it is expected from them, while on the other how could they get great, meaningful experiences while volunteering in sports.
The people behind
Yellow Shirts Association was founded in 2010 in Baia Mare, Romania, with the aim to support the integration of youth in the community, by providing educational actions aimed at developing the beneficiaries at the personal and professional level.
Starting with 2016, its members became more and more involved in the world of sport, by volunteering in various events from the local to the international level, and organising small sport workshops and events.
C.S. Știința Baia Mare is a public sport club from Baia Mare, Romania, established with the purpose to encourage people to practice sports and allow them the context to play professionally in several branches.
Știința Explorări, as its male volleyball section, was established in 1969, has impressive results at the national level, and yet has occasionally participated in European competitions too.
Associació Cultura Creativa was founded in 2016 in Gandía, Spain, as a result of the former EVS volunteers’ desire to support the personal and professional development of youth.
With a vast experience in volunteering and social inclusion, it supports the local people in getting a better life themselves through entrepreneurial, environmental, cultural and creative actions.
Gençlik Mevsimi Derneği was born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2014, from the will to prepare young people to successfully meet the challenges of the nowadays society, by empowering them through international learning experiences.
Encouraging the youth volunteering, it acts as an info desk for such opportunities, and promotes the development of innovative youth voluntary service and senior mentoring programs.
2. A quick glance before we start
Congratulations for the initiative and eagerness to discover the world of sport volunteering!
The workbook hereby resulted from a strong desire to have together practical information and shared personal experiences from the sport volunteering universe that could inspire other people to try it out.
The contents are divided into 3 sections, as following:
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Volunteering as a lifestyle: we will discover various definitions of volunteering, benefits, types of sport events, where to find sport volunteering opportunities and tips to apply;
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Training for sport events: we will get inside the sport events with uniforms and accreditation, general behaviour and expectations from volunteers, health safety measures, communication while volunteering, and potential roles;
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The experience and your legacy: we’ll find out how to prepare for the departure and share your experience once it’s over.
In addition to the workbook, we have prepared a guide with many information and situations linked to these presented in the course, specially designed to help you to remember easier the general aspects of a volunteer work in sport events. Check the contact section in the beginning of this course, download it and get it started!
We’d very much appreciate if you’d give us your feedback, impressions, suggestions and comments regarding the training scheme presented. It would be a great help to improve it further.
Be honest with the answers and try to go as deeply as you can. You will not only make it easier for you to identify and apply for the opportunities that suit you, but you will be also making yourself useful at the maximum level you can offer for your volunteering position.
We hope this course will lead you to and through a wonderful experience, and help you get the adventure you may be already longing for.
Welcome aboard!
The course comes with mainly practical aspects of your preparation for a sport volunteering position.
Make sure you supplement your information and read the “Sport volunteering guide”.
Ready? Let's start!