Clubs

Club Matters  – the essential one-stop-shop for sports clubs, provides free bitesize support and guidance on all aspects of running a club whether large or small, formal or informal.

Club Matters can help you to improve your club with:

• Online Support – Including online toolkits, quick reference guides and e-learning modules.
• Workshops – Club Matters workshops are short training sessions delivered for free across the country by experts in a range of specific areas.
• Mentoring – Whether you need long term support, or just want to sound out your ideas, our Club Matters mentors can help. Our flexible mentoring scheme will offer more personal support to you and your club.
• Club Improvement Plan – An online health check for clubs of all sizes and at all stages of their development, to establish whether they are performing well and where they can develop. This will provide your club with a tailored development plan.
• Club Views  – A club review tool allowing you to ask your members and volunteers what they think about your club.

Our advice is open to sports clubs, individual athletes, local authorities and many others. You can read more about the support available including our partner-run network of advisers for each borough and district on our funding page.

Successful clubs know how to attract and look after prospective members; your first few contacts with someone dictate how they will view your club. 

Every potential newcomer needs to know they'll be valued and welcomed from the first moment they deal with you. This is especially true of those who may need specific information, such as people with health conditions or disabilities (learn more about the wishes of young disabled people in Surrey in our 'Inclusive Activities' research from Feb 2022)

Check out Know Your Audience by Sport England, which shows how different people take part for different reasons.  

If you coach or help run a club in Surrey and have a question, email us for help at active.surrey@surreycc.gov.uk