Community Operations
Community Departments for Sports Organisations
Community Group can form and operate your community department from day 1. Right from employing a head of community to achieving coaching contracts from schools to submitting bids to charities for engagement, we do it all! Our pledge is that you will have a self-sufficient community department that delivers engagement to the local community all while welcoming new members to the club. If there was ever a WIN/WIN, this is definitely it! Please get in touch and we will be able to give you a proposal!
Business Consultancy for Community Engagement and Operations
Community Group are expert leaders in assisting and driving engagement through Corporate Social Responsibility for organisations wishing to do that little extra while also offering complete operations management on a yearly or project based work. We make sure that the organisation has clear goals and achieves them through joint vision aims. If you are looking to;. Community Group are the perfect, personable and understanding business to engage with.
- Increase your community awareness and exposure while providing quality projects that benefit the community and your employees.
- Engage with the community with which your organisation or project sits within through education establishments, charities and community organisations.
- Control funding to maximise the benefits for all.
- Create efficient working environments to maximise the department in line with vision aims
- Make a long lasting DIFFERENCE
Sponsorship, Bids & Fundraising
Community Group have over 12 years’ experience in bid-writing, fundraising and sponsorship gains for our community partners. To date, through our bid-writing we have achieved over £850,000 worth of donations from charities for project work that our community partners have delivered on. We complete all of the application process and apply on behalf of our community partners with a high success rate. We support each community partner through the formation of a charitable status to allow the funds to be best placed and processed. We have been successful with bids with Awards For All, Tesco Bags 4 Help, Garfield & Weston Foundation, Ironmongers Foundation, Sport England, Heritage Lottery and many more. Community Group will actively work with current and potential sponsors offering community engagement that will add a different dimension to sponsorship.
We engage with the sponsor at all levels keeping key stakeholders up to date with the very latest information and exposure. We organise breakfast mornings, sportsman lunches and dinners and arrange for various options that can range from individual sponsorship to whole department sponsorship. We can centralise sponsorship or complete individual sponsorship for our community partners. Community Group ensure that everybody receives the benefits of sponsorship and that it will be the start or the continuation of a great relationship. Community Group have helped our community partners in fundraising for key projects whether that be stadium expansion or play equipment for a local school. We will agree a plan to attract funds through various events with the key aim always at the forefront so all are in complete awareness of where the funds are going to.
Social Media & Online Presence Management
Community Group have Social Media & Online Presence (SMOP) management available to make sure you are getting the very best out of your online presence. In today’s world, online presence is key for engaging with wider community and showcasing the good work that is being undertaken through your organisation. It is important to keep up to date with News and ongoings and that is where the personable touch of Community Groups SMOP team can really benefit your organisation.
Sports in Schools
Community Group can form and operate your community department from day 1. Right from employing a head of community to achieving coaching contracts from schools to submitting bids to charities for engagement, we do it all! Our pledge is that you will have a self-sufficient community department that delivers engagement to the local community all while welcoming new members to the club. If there was ever a WIN/WIN, this is definitely it! Please get in touch and we will be able to give you a proposal! Please see our testimonials from our current partners!Community Group have their very own internal community department in Sports in Schools. We use Sports in Schools to potentially start coaching in areas where a sports club wants our community package. It allows us to gain traction in terms of coaching and revenue before the contract even starts!
Penguins International
Community Group assist the famous touring international side the Penguins with their community engagement both in the UK and abroad. Matt Price recently travelled to Hong Kong with the Penguins for the Hong Kong 10’s tournament and to coach tag rugby in local Chinese schools. Community Group are working on engagement for when the Penguins play their annual domestic fixtures against Cambridge University and Oxford University. We are also supporting the Penguins at the HK10’s again looking to engage more and more schools.
Community Group Training & Upskilling
Community Group offers bespoke training qualifications from apprenticeships to first aid courses. It is vitally important that your staff remain qualified and upskilled and we take this extremely serious when offering these courses to our partners. We understand time away from the work you complete is precious which is why we work hard to make the courses as efficient as possible offering evening seminars, webinars and double course days. We can come to your space or you can come to us for a day out of the office. We are flexible and we are there to ensure you get the very best quality in terms of your training and upskilling.
Richmond Rugby Community Department started in July 2017 and has grown from strength to strength ever since.
Fylde Rugby Community Foundation was established in 2020 and is already making an impact on the Fylde Coast.
Chinnor RFC Thame’s Community Department started in 2018 and is making an impact in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Bournville RFC Community Department has been active since February 2019 and provides school coaching delivery as well as community projects for local priority groups.
Southend RFC Community Department was formed in 2021 and is already starting to make an impact.
Stourbridge Rugby Community Department was formed in 2019 with our main aim being to provide rugby to as many children as possible.
Community Group support the schools and local people engagement for the Penguins, generating revenue and sponsorship.
Esher Rugby became a Partner Club in October 2020, with a fully operational community department now in place.
