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This essay presents the findings of research which focused on three grassroots sports organisations and takes a fresh, in-depth look at the governance practices of voluntary sports clubs.

It looks at some of the ways in which grassroots sport is responding to the challenges it faces, the extent to which the improved governance practices are manifested further down the sector’s ecosystem, and what this looks like in practice for clubs with little resource and which rely so heavily on volunteers to function.

Develop your broader knowledge of key issues by keeping up with the latest research and reports from the sector.

The Chartered Governance Institute identifies how to assess and develop culture in sports organisations in order to avoid adverse behaviour, boost sustainability and target success. 

The Chartered Governance Institute's Future of Governance series turns its attention to the sports sector, assessing some of the key challenges facing national governing bodies as the environment in which they operate continues to evolve. 

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Our learning opportunities, resource base and The Huddle community platform are open to everyone with an interest in sports governance. While places on training courses are reserved for UK organisations, we welcome the contributions of those active or interested in sports governance from around the world.

We offer a range of opportunities to help build capability in your organisation by equipping you with the knowledge, skills and confidence to tackle your governance responsibilities.

Our sports governance training courses will build the knowledge, skills and confidence to understand your governance responsibilities.

Courses are provided to help support boards, employees and volunteers working in the sport and physical activity sector in the UK.

Led by expert trainers, this session brings together experienced chairs and facilitates topical and in-depth discussion, encourages experience-sharing and provides a networking opportunity.

This one-day course is for those with 3+ years of experience of taking minutes and/or for minute takers whose minutes will be published who want to improve the quality and value of their minutes and to ensure they can be understood through a retrospective lens.  You will learn tools and techniques to take high-quality, technical minutes in pressurised environments in which sensitivity, accuracy, speed, and ethics all add to the complexity, the role technology could play in supporting your approach and how to work together with key stakeholders to support the minute taking process.