Courses

A required course for all Suffolk Sport TOPCoaches but is open to all. This workshop covers protecting yourself and the young people you work with by following good practice. Learn to recognise signs of abuse and what to do if you have concerns. This course forms part of the minimum standards for coaches.

Cash is the most important part of the finance of a sports club. Understanding where it comes from and goes to really helps club leaders understand how to make decisions of what is best for their club and how to plan for the future. This seminar covers:

• What we mean by cash flow and budgeting and why they are important
• Why timing is everything and how to improve your cash flow
• How to develop a meaningful budget and get the right people involved
• How to monitor budgets
• What happens when a budget changes

A required course for all Suffolk Sport TOPCoaches but is open to all. This workshop covers protecting yourself and the young people you work with by following good practice. Learn to recognise signs of abuse and what to do if you have concerns. This course forms part of the minimum standards for coaches.

A club leader must be satisfied that their club has satisfactory procedures to guard against fraud and ensure that safeguards are in place using robust procedures and controls over all areas of finance. This seminar covers:

• What financial policies and procedures are and why clubs need them
• Example of relevant policies and procedures for clubs
• The role and responsibilities of a club leader with regard to policies and procedures
• A step by step guide to developing policies and procedures
• Case study: How to review draft policies and procedures

The way a club is legally structured can have a significant impact on club leaders, both on their club and them personally. Get it right, and a club can be run effectively and may benefit financially. Get it wrong, and there could be significant financial and other implications for a club and potentially all of its members. This seminar covers:

• Why getting the correct structure is important
• The types of legal structure and the pros and cons of each
• Why become incorporated
• Other forms of status CASC, Charity etc.
• Examples of how clubs have structured themselves
• The process of changing your club’s organisational structure
• Hot topics (e.g. CASC update / CIOs)

Cash is the most important part of the finance of a sports club. Understanding where it comes from and goes to really helps club leaders understand how to make decisions of what is best for their club and how to plan for the future. This seminar covers:

• What we mean by cash flow and budgeting and why they are important
• Why timing is everything and how to improve your cash flow
• How to develop a meaningful budget and get the right people involved
• How to monitor budgets
• What happens when a budget changes

A required course for all Suffolk Sport TOPCoaches but is open to all. This workshop shows how, as a coach, you can play an important role in ensuring that everyone has access to sport, regardless of gender, age, income, race, ability or faith.

A required course for all Suffolk Sport TOPCoaches but is open to all. This workshop covers protecting yourself and the young people you work with by following good practice. Learn to recognise signs of abuse and what to do if you have concerns. This course forms part of the minimum standards for coaches.

This HSE regisetered course covers all the requirements for the Appointed Persons qualification and looks at further scenarios more specifically found in the sporting field. This full day course, is for everyone involved in sport. You will learn how to deal with the types of emergencies that can occur in the sporting environment, and how to assess an incident and the latest resuscitation techniques.