Volunteering

GYMNASTICS 2014

you CAN VOLUNTEER

This is your chance to apply to become one of the Gymnastics specific volunteers required for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next year. The Games will be Scotland’s biggest ever sporting and cultural event and our volunteer programme is an amazing opportunity for people to join in and be the Games!

We are looking for the friendliest, happiest Gymnastics fans within Scotland.

We require people with gymnastics knowledge to help make these gamesthe best ever. Not all roles will be glamorous, but who knows, you might be the lucky person who shows your hero into the Hydro.

Please read the attached document to find out more about what the Gymnastic specific volunteering roles will be. Volunteer Role Template

If you have read this document and feel you have got what it takes you MUST Email volunteering@scottishgymnastics.org

When you Email volunteering@scottishgymnastics.org you will receive your personal code, this code is a unique identifier and must be entered when you fill out your application to volunteer. This code will ensure you will be classed as having gymnastics specific knowledge at the selection stage.

REMEMBER To receive your code needed for your application you must Email: volunteering@scottishgymnastics.org

APPLY NOW AND BE PART OF GYMNASTICS 2014!

Please Note: Entering your code will NOT guarantee you a place to volunteer at Glasgow 2014. The code is a unique identifier, designed to help Glasgow 2014 quickly recognise applicants with particular skills. Scottish Gymnastics is not involved in the selection process for Gymnastics specific volunteers.

Please click on this link to get further information on a Glasgow 2014 volunteering opportunity.  

CLICK HERE to download the Summer 2012 Scottish Gymnastics Volunteering Newsletter

CLICK HERE to download the Scottish Gymnastics Volunteer registration form.

Volunteers in Gymnastics

Volunteers keep gymnastics clubs and the competition structure running. Volunteers typically donate their time because they have a love of the sport or they have a child involved in the sport. Any good recruiter knows that when recruiting volunteers they must be made to feel valued from the outset. It is essential to emphasise the benefits for them rather than the needs of the club so that they don’t feel as though they are being recruited to fill a position no one else wanted and to ensure that the volunteer continues to feel valued, it is also essential to provide ongoing support.

Scottish Gymnastics provides a number of training courses for our club-based volunteers. Training is provided for the volunteer Child Protection Co-ordinators all clubs are required to have under the SGA Child Protection Policy. This training is ongoing and updated annually.

The SGA is committed to supporting a sustainable volunteer network and a volunteer strategy has been written to underpin this. Our aim is to foster volunteering among people aged 15-25 to keep them involved in the sport and to recruit greater numbers of men and members of ethnic minorities into volunteer positions within our clubs. A recognition and reward programme that celebrates the contribution of our volunteers to the sport will be created.

Potential Roles