Volunteer Advantage Webinar Series 2026
Description
The Volunteer Advantage - volunteer development webinar series
The Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport is delivering the Volunteer Advantage Webinar Series, facilitated by Louise Giles - Manager Training and Development, Volunteering WA.
This series offers 4 online sessions to help sporting and recreation organisations strengthen volunteer engagement and build more sustainable clubs.
This series explores practical approaches to volunteer recruitment, retention, support and succession planning, providing participants with achievable strategies that can be applied immediately.
Details
There are 4 opportunities available through this program you can attend. Sessions are presented non-sequentially, so you can join the ones that suit your needs.
Choose one session or attend all 4. It is up to you.
Details on each topic can be found in the agenda section below.
Growing your volunteer team | Tuesday 13 October 2026, 5 - 6 pm |
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Supporting people who support your club | Wednesday 4 November 2026, 5 - 6 pm |
Celebrating the season and shaping what's next | Wednesday 18 November 2026, 5 - 6pm |
Measuring change and the difference your club makes | Wednesday 2 December 2026, 5 - 6 pm |
Who Should Attend
sporting clubs
state sporting associations
state active recreation organisations
club committee members
club volunteers
community organisations that work with volunteers.
Presenter
Louise Giles, Manager Training and Development, Volunteering WA
Louise is a training and development professional with more than 25 years' experience across the volunteer sector, not-for-profit organisations, local government and corporate environments in the United Kingdom and Western Australia. She has extensive experience supporting sporting and recreation clubs to address volunteer recruitment, retention, succession planning, governance and volunteer wellbeing.
Agenda
- 5:00 am - 6:00 am
Growing your volunteer team
This workshop focuses on doing small things better, not adding layers of work Explore practical ways to attract the right volunteers, not just more people, and learn how to improve the way volunteers are invited, welcomed and supported throughout their journey. The session also examines strategies to reduce over reliance on the same few volunteers and build a sustainable pipeline of people who can contribute to the club now and into the future. Take aways: - Attract the right volunteers, not just more people - Improve how volunteers are invited, welcomed and supported - Reduce over‑reliance on the same few people - Build a sustainable volunteer pipeline for the future.
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