OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
CLUB DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Support available for Bowls Clubs Across
England
A new initiative that aims to help bowls clubs across
England to develop, better sustain their current membership numbers and
recruit new members in the sport has been launched.
The Club
Development Programme has been created by the Bowls Development
Alliance (BDA) as part of its four-year Delivery Plan funded by Sport
England.
Every club that signs up to the programme will receive
direct support from the BDA to create a Club Development Plan that will help
the club not only to provide the best experience for its present members but
support new recruitment initiatives to increase their current membership.
Susan Cooper, BDA Development Director, said: “The BDA was delighted to
secure a further four years of funding from Sport England that will help to
both sustain and grow the sport of bowls through to the 31st March 2021.
"The Club Development Programme forms a
key part of our overall Delivery Plan for this period. It is an invite only
programme that has been created to directly support those clubs who are most
in need of external support and have found it especially hard to maintain
their membership levels and to recruit new members. We will continue to
review the programme and more clubs will be invited to take part as we move
forward."
The BDA is working closely
with Bowls England and the English Indoor Bowling Association Ltd to
identify those clubs for whom participation in the programme will be of
greatest benefit.
Tony Allcock MBE, Bowls England Chief Executive,
said: "We are delighted that our clubs will
benefit from this initiative. I am sure those clubs who do sign up to the
programme will benefit from the specialist advice and support that will be
available. We would encourage any clubs who are invited in future to take up
this opportunity."
Peter Thompson,
EIBA Ltd Chief Executive, added: "The English
Indoor Bowling Association Ltd is pleased that there is funding and support
available to our Clubs who are wanting to maintain and ultimately increase
their membership. The opportunity to utilise the services and experience of
dedicated development staff is a huge boost for the growth of the sport."
Clubs that have been selected to participate in Phase One of the
programme are:
Bilton Bowls Club (Warwickshire)
Consett Park Bowls
Club (Durham)
Darlington and District Indoor Bowls Club (Durham)
Entaco Bowls Club (Warwickshire)
Horsham and District Indoor Bowls Club
(Sussex)
New Earswick and District Indoor Bowls Club (Yorkshire)
Oxford University Press Bowls Club (Oxfordshire)
Painswick Bowls Club
(Gloucestershire)
Riverside Indoor Bowls Club (Hampshire)
Uxbridge
Bowls Club (Middlesex)
Clubs for Phase One were identified using the
following criteria:
Clubs must be affiliated to either Bowls England
or the English Indoor Bowling Association Ltd
Clubs must not reside in a
2016 BDA Hotspot area
Clubs must have the capacity for membership growth
Clubs must have had significant membership percentage decline or gross
membership loss over recent years
Clubs who take part in the
programme will meet with a BDA Club Development Officer and agree as a
partnership a Club Development Plan that will focus on the needs of the
club. They will work to complete the actions within the Development Plan
across an agreed time frame. Clubs will be supported throughout by the BDA
and they will receive £500 to support actions identified within their
Development Plan.
For further information please contact: Jon Hart, Club Development Manager on: 07795 555907
Email: Jon@PlayBowls.org
19th September
2017
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