Wednesday, April 23, 2014 Stronger, Sustainable Clubs: Club Development Workshops Clubs remain Scottish Swimming’s core membership group, supporting a quality experience for interested athletes wishing to progress in their discipline. We believe that strong clubs can offer local communities a vibrant focus for volunteer and athlete development, essential for creating lifelong participants and local and national heroes. As part of Scottish Swimming’s commitment to club development, we are offering two workshops to assist in developing your club. Club Planning Workshop AIMS Support clubs to set goals and plan for long-term sustainability Understanding your strengths and weaknesses and the external opportunities and threats Benchmarking & understanding membership trends Understand gaps in provision Explore opportunities for development Governance Workshop AIMS To outline ideas for improving your governance To provide templates and examples of Best Practice To encourage communication and share your views and ideas SIGN UP VIA YOUR Regional Swimming Development Manager: Highlands & Islands – Ewan Stirling e.stirling@scottishswimming.com Grampian – Sean Dawson s.dawson@scottishswimming.com Central, Tayside & West Lynne McGregor l.mcgregor@scottishswimming.com West – Paul Donald p.donald@scottishswimming.com East – Eilidh McCall-Lawrie e.mccall-lawrie@scottishswimming.com Glasgow Clubs – Sarah Pryde-Smith s.pryde-smith@scottishswimming.com