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How to find the perfect venue for your club event

Finding the right venue for your club event is key. We'll help you look at cost, location, catering, and how to develop an ongoing relationship with venue owners.

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How to attract and hire new coaches for your club

Attracting new coaches to your club is a skill in itself - our guide will help you find and hire the coaches that are just right for your club.

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How to promote diversity and inclusion within your club

Diversity is important to a healthy sports club, but how can you train your management team and live your club's values? We'll help you educate and promote diversity in your club with this essential guide.

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Club event planning checklist

Learn how to plan your club's event, assign tasks, and deliver a safe, fun event for your members and supporters.

How to boost morale and motivate members in your sports club

Low morale can be a self-fulfilling prophecy for your sports club. We look at how to identify, correct, and maintain morale in a few easy steps.

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How to recruit volunteers for your club

Recruiting volunteers is an important part of any grassroots club’s sustainability and longevity strategy, enabling you to execute tasks, events and ideas without needing to dip into the budget.

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How to write a thank you letter for club donations

If your club relies on donations and fundraising in order to run successfully, then writing a good thank you letter should be an essential part of your club’s ongoing fundraising strategy.

Learn how to write effective committee meeting minutes

In this guide we’ll look at how easy it is to produce and keep accurate, effective committee meeting minutes for your club, with tips and a useful template.

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12 Fundraising ideas for your club and how to start

Here are our best fundraising ideas for sports clubs and our top tips on how to make them great!

11 online apps and tools to help run your sports club more effectively

We round up 11 tools and apps to help you run your sports club better, communicate effectively and save valuable volunteer time.

9 Useful ways to promote your club online & offline

This guide tells you why you should promote your club, how to promote it online and offline, and how to stand out from the crowd with creative marketing tips.

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Get funding for your sports club with these grants, schemes and other ideas

What funding can you get for your sports club and how can you get it? Our guide has all the answers you need to know.

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Learn how to be a good treasurer for a club

Learn how to be a good club treasurer, using skills, software, tools and advice from this essential guide.

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22 steps to starting a football team

Learn how to set up your own football club. Our guide walks you through everything you need to consider to get the club off the ground and... well, into the grounds!

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Introducing Pings: opt-in club member payments

🎯 Pings are a new way to collect money. Just send a link out to your club members. They choose if they're interested, and payment is collected for you. 🙌🏼

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13 steps to run an effective club committee meeting

Learn how to get the most out of your club committee meetings with our no-nonsense guide for actions before, during and after the meeting.

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How to start a club in the UK

Starting a club can feel daunting, but you can do it! Our guide offers tips, advice and resources for club newbies.

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A new, free way to fundraise for your UK sports club

See how the Payzip affiliate programme can help your club with its own fundraising.

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4 Key benefits of collecting club member payments online

Running a club involves a lot of work, but a lot of that work can be reduced or eliminated entirely. Let's get into it!

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Collecting money for your club — which method is best?

There are lots of ways you can ask members to pay your club. Let's look at the main payment methods, and their pros and cons.

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