Expansion of C&C Welfare Team
The welfare of our athletes, and particularly our youngsters and vulnerable members, is really important, and we are looking to expand our Welfare team so that we can do this effectively without putting a big burden on just one person. It would be fantastic if you could consider giving a small amount of time to contribute in this way.
England Athletics encourage Clubs to have a welfare team rather than just one officer and this is an important priority for the Club. We appreciate that everyone is busy and so if we could get a team together, this would share the burden and enable us to have a rota of welfare officers available. It would be particularly beneficial to have help from parents who attend on a Monday evening. Ideally if we could have a nominated parent (e.g. on a 1 in 5 rota) that could be available for any small incidents that arise at the Monday night session.
If you have experience in teaching, childcare, health or social care, maybe if you work in human resources, or have responsibility for a group of people, you will already have quite extensive knowledge in this field. This could also be an opportunity for older juniors. However, anyone is very welcome to join the team.
Training is available, and isn’t onerous. You will need to complete a short internet course in your own time, and there is a virtual workshop which is really informative, run by England Athletics. The Club will fully reimburse you for these courses. At C&C we work as a team, and you would be fully supported and helped throughout the training and when carrying-out the role.
This is an opportunity to give help to the club in a really valuable way, you would become a key part of the team that keeps C&C moving forward.
Please do consider this, and get in touch if you are interested in joining the Team, or would like to have a chat about what is involved.
Contact:
welfare@cambridgeandcoleridge.
and/or
chair@cambridgeandcoleridge.
Thank you and best wishes,
Pete
Chair, Cambridge and Coleridge Athletic Club