A

Attract more newcomers and increase membership

1 Provide tangible incentives to become a club member

Committee

Reduced entry costs offered to BKO members.

Newsletter, email updates

Newsletters to be put on website 6 months after issue date rather than soon after publication.

Ongoing

2 Increase opportunities to socialise within the club.

Committee

See club night, plus maintain existing social events, such qas BBQ, AGM dinner, informal pub gatherings after evening training.

Post-event debriefs could be held in local pub, publicised in BKO Update. FC and DJ to arrange.

Ongoing

3 25 years of Berkshire Orienteers celebrations

Committee

Modified club logo

Possible summer party to celebrate

Summer 2015

4 Improve publicity (see below)

Committee

Club bobble/beanie hats prototypes in progress.

Ongoing

5 More publicity for Youth League

Youth League Organiser/Committee

Better publicity at Youth League events – many juniors are not putting their school/organisation on entry forms.

Ongoing

6 Use all available networks to publicise Clubnights and other events

Committee

Club now has a Facebook page.

Club is registered on GetBerkShireActive website

Ongoing

7 Need a regular ‘meet & Greet’ at Saturday events

Committee

Katy has generally done this at Saturday events. Needs to be a designated function, with backup for when Katy is not there.

Autumn 2015

B

Attracting/ training Volunteers

1 Encourage members to volunteer, especially as Organisers/Planners

All

Monitor + feedback required

Ongoing

2 Provide mentors; new volunteers to work alongside experienced members. Low key Saturday Events are ideal for 1^st time experience of various roles.

Committee to identify.

Ongoing

3 Provide and publicise access to training workshops and courses; encourage attendance by publicising and subsidising attendance costs.

Katy S.

Katy has provided planning training in clubnights, plus delivered workshops: Event Safety; Controllers; Organisers.

OCAD and First Aid courses at Longmoor.

Possibly some training sessions could be arranged on club nights.

As available.

4 Continue to provide incentives to volunteers e.g free or reduced cost entry to events

Ongoing

5 Provide crib sheets as a quick reference for Planners, Organisers and Team Members

Committee

Andrew Graham will distribute documentation that he has

Ken Ricketts will provide his guide to setting up a string course

May 2015

C

Increase coaching opportunities

1 Encourage members to attend coaching courses and qualify; BKO to subsidise costs.

Club coaches

UKCC Level 2 Coaching course coming up – Dave Rogers

November 2014

2 Offer regular basic coaching at Saturday events.

Club coaches

David to put a note in Update for people to express an interest in one-to-one coaching at Saturday events, email to Ian.

Need a list of people willing to provide one-to-one coaching.

June 2015

3 Liaise with SCOA JS to encourage juniors to progress and develop their skills.

Club coaches

Ongoing

D

Mapping

1 Identify and map new areas which would be suitable for         street O/ Sprint events/Park orienteering

Katy/

Committee

Ongoing

E

School Links

1 Support Berkshire Schools Games

Committee

2014 School games successful, asked to support again next year.

Denise Harper willing to organise in 2015.

Summer 2015

2 Promote BKO club nights and local events to the relevant groups

Committee

Ongoing