Club Development News

Club Development Evening - Jan 19th 2011 (content now available)

posted 20 Jan 2011 02:51 by ocb admin [ updated 12 Feb 2011 06:32 ]

We all enjoyed an excellent club development evening at the Hawkwell House Hotel (with thanks). The evening consisted of upbeat presentations from David Leighton (Club Programmes Manager), Chris Whittaker (Regional Funding Manager), Steve Kemp (Oxfordshire Sports Partnership) and our own Rupert Evans (OCB Cricket Development Manager).

David presented on the benefits of Community Club Development with an in depth focus on the benefits of registering for Nat West Cricket Force. David also filled in on the V-cricket opportunity for clubs; Ally Jarvis was not being able to attend due to bereavement. Why would you not register for Nat West Cricket Force? Why would you not have a volunteer co-ordinator on your management team?

Chris followed up with a slot on Funding opportunities and best practice.

Steve's key message was what the OSP could do for Clubs. He was keen to emphasise that he wants Oxon get a fair slice of the cake across all sports. If we don't use his resources for cricket then he will place his resources on other sports. He highlighted three areas where he felt his team could help i. getting help with funding applications ii. retention of coaches iii. developing your volunteer workforce

The evening ended with Jim White taking us through http://www.cricketworld.com/ and what it can do for clubs.

Rupert's presentation was excellent, concise and purposeful. Hopefully clubs will now better understand the value of their subscription to the local board and we will in return continue to unlock opportunities. Subs are due!

All in all an excellent evening. As always we seek your feedback and ideas. Should you have any please get back to Rupert on Rupert.Evans@ecb.co.uk

Thanks to all 80 attendees for turning out, hopefully we a can get together on a more frequent basis to share best practice and not re-invent the wheel - 'collaborate off the field, compete on it'.

Meeting collateral can be found below. This will eventually move to the Club Development section for future reference.

Regards

Chris

Chris Clements

Chairman OCB

ocbexec@gmail.com

| Attachments: Oxfordshire Club Seminar - 19.01.2011.ppt

Nat West Cricket Force - Newsletter

posted 15 Jul 2010 05:49 by ocb admin [ updated 30 Jul 2010 14:31 ]

From David Leighton

ECB Club Progammes Manager

Please find attached the first NWCF 2011 monthly newsletter. We will put it up on www.ecb.co.uk/natwestcricketforce and encourage you to also put this up on your website/s

We have distributed this to all current 574 registered clubs to date (this time last year we had 190 registrants). Please can I ask that you distribute this to ALL affiliated clubs in your county and encourage them to register ASAP. In this way they will be best placed to reap the benefits. If any of your clubs have questions, challenges etc then please encourage them to use the helpdesk service onnatwestcricketforce@ecb.co.uk and visit www.ecb.co.uk/natwestcricketforce

I hope you find it a beneficial read. Should you wish to contribute to future editions please let Hannah or myself know.

Dave.Leighton@ecb.co.uk

| Attachments: NatWest CricketForce 2011 newsletter - July 2010 (1).pdf

Charlotte Edwards opens the new Didcot CC pavilion

posted 6 Jun 2010 13:41 by ocb admin [ updated 21 Jun 2010 05:38 ]

England Women's captain Charlotte Edwards opened Didcot's refurbished pavilion. Chairman Dave Pryor spoke very highly of the support he had received from the club member and volunteers.

V-cricket

posted 4 Jun 2010 07:37 by ocb admin [ updated 30 Jul 2010 14:32 ]

The ECB and OCB are teaming up to provide a dedicated resource to help the OCB and Focus clubs find volunteer resources. The opportunity, with the job description will be posted in the vacancies section of the site shortly. For more information re v-cricket please see:- http://vinspired.com/ecb

Volvo Eco Challenge

posted 23 May 2010 14:55 by ocb admin [ updated 21 Jun 2010 05:37 ]

The Volvo Eco Challenge has been successfully providing grants of up to £1000 to sailing clubs in the UK since 2008, with six clubs in 2009 being awarded up to £2000 for exemplary projects. This year clubs from different sports are being invited to enter the Volvo Eco Challenge. For more information please go to:- http://www.volvocars.com/uk/top/community/eco-challenge/Pages/default.aspx?r=ecochallenge

CCPR

posted 5 May 2010 13:15 by ocb admin [ updated 21 Jun 2010 05:38 ]

Central Council of Physical Recreation is the national alliance of governing and representative bodies of sport and recreation. It has 316 members - organisations as diverse asThe Football Association, British Water Ski and the Ramblers - represent 150,000 clubs across the UK and some 8 million regular participants. Have a look at their web site to see how they are looking to support clubs across all sports.

NatWest Cricket Workforce - 2010

posted 4 May 2010 05:08 by ocb admin [ updated 31 May 2010 12:56 ]

The NatWest CricketForce 2010 saw a new record number of clubs participating - with the 2009 total of 1,514 surpassed by a new total of 1,642! Please send in any Oxfordshire experiences to ocbexec@googlemail.com and we will share them in the Club Development Section. A permanent link on this subject will exist in the hot pages section, bottom left of the home page. For more information please see:- http://www.ecb.co.uk/development/natwest-cricketforce/

Just Giving For Sports Clubs

posted 19 Apr 2010 04:34 by Phil Manning [ updated 25 Jun 2010 09:51 by ocb admin ]

Sport England, JustGiving, CCPR and the ECB have come together to make it easier for clubs to raise money and claim gift aid, enabling volunteers to spend more time on sport and less time on administration.

| Attachments: ECB Just Giving Presentation_FINAL Jan 2010.pptx FAQ's CASC scheme final PDF March 2010.pdf JG_SportEngland and ECB flyer PDF March 2010.pdf