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Get Involved

Volunteers are the BGAs most valuable commodity and are vital in the running of the broad range of activities of the BGA. If you feel you have something to put back into gliding, please get in touch. Current requirements and role descriptions are shown below.

The BGA actively promotes diversity in sport and welcomes applications from all parts of the community

Position Details & Contact
Marketing Plan Development

The BGA is committed to developing a marketing plan in support of its key strategic priorities of Supporting Clubs, Developing Participation and Protecting the Sport. Applications are sought from suitably qualified BGA club members who have the talent, experience and some time to join a small volunteer team developing a BGA marketing plan during the first half of 2010. Professional support will be provided. The aim of the project is to establish a marketing plan by mid 2010. If you feel that you are the right person to lead or assist with the delivery of this short term project, please initially contact Debbie Carr in confidence.

Development Team Advisors

The BGA is seeking volunteers to join the team of expert advisors attached to the Development Committee, which provides support and advice to clubs, assisting them with their successful management and development. 

In order to support the existing team of professionals and volunteers, there is a need for specialist experience and expertise in the following areas:  Site moving; Club strategy development; Environmental management; Volunteer management; Financial management and funding; IT Management; Building and project management; HR.  Individuals recruited to these positions will be asked to develop advisory packs for clubs, to advise individual clubs as needed and to attend occasional Committee meetings.

If you think you could contribute to any of these voluntary positions, please initially contact the Chairman of the Development Committee, Diana King, via the BGA Office, specifying which area interests you and asking for a description of the role.

British Gliding Association,8 Merus Court, Meridian Business Park, Leicester, LE19 1RJ  Tel: 0116 289 2956 office@gliding.co.uk

Regional Safety Officer

 

The BGA is seeking an additional 5 volunteer Regional Safety Officers (RSO's) to provide enhanced safety management support to clubs. The RSO role is key to ongoing BGA and individual member club safety management and also provides a safety assurance function for the BGA as a whole.

Prospective RSO's should ideally have the capability and capacity to visit an allocation of between 5 and 6 clubs on a rotational basis.  They will also be invited to sit on the BGA Safety Committee, and help to establish BGA Safety Management System policy and direction

Applicants for this voluntary role should apply in the first instance to the Chairman BGA Safety Committee via the BGA Office.  A short gliding CV outlining relevant experience should accompany the application, along with a suitable endorsement from either the applicants club CFI or current RSO.

Team Sponsorship Manager The British Gliding Team will also shortly require the assistance of a Sponsorship Manager. If you have the appropriate experience, skills and time available to join the British Team in this important voluntary role, please let us know.  Please forward a brief CV including covering letter headed ‘Sponsorship Manager’ to Russell Cheetham, Chairman of the BGA Competitions and Awards Committee, via Pete Stratten at the BGA office.
 

 

Volunteer Role Descriptions
Deputy Treasurer Development Team Advisors  
Senior Regional Examiner Regional Examiner Regional Safety Officer
Environmental Issues Advisor Team Sponsorship Manager Basic Instructor Coach


 

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