Essex RFU

On the hunt for ways to develop your club or your coaching skills? Fear not, we've rounded up a range of webinars to keep you busy!

England Rugby have developed a range of resources to help you develop on and off the pitch.

Training Tuesdays

England Rugby are hosting weekly webinars on coaching and refereeing, every Tuesday. So far they’ve had such guests as Eddie Jones, Stuart Lancaster, Nolli Waterman, and Tamara Taylor, as well several notable referees, including Christophe Ridley, Ian Tempest, Tom Foley, and Craig Maxwell Keys.

You can catch up on all the webinars so far here.

New webinars are added weekly to the page above and you can register for any webinar right up to the start time.

The next coaching & refereeing webinars are:

Tuesday 26th May – “Use it or lose it” – How coaches can embed learning in their practice, with Richard Cheetham.
Tuesday 2nd June – “The Breakdown” with John Mitchell
Tuesday 9th June – “Refereeing the scrum” with Wayne Barnes and Matthew Carley
Thursday 11th June – “Front Row Thursday” with Ian Peel

There is also now a podcast with Eddie Jones, covering various topics each week.

England Rugby Club Support

There are a series of webinars available surrounding club support in the time of coronavirus. Particularly popular webinars have included VAT Support from Russell Moore, How to Hold a Virtual AGM with Irwin Mitchell, and Gift Aid Opportunities & Pitfalls for CASCs and Charities.

Registration for new webinars will also be available via the above link and the next Club Support webinars scheduled is:

Thursday 4th June – Media Support Workshop for Clubs

Keep an eye on the biweekly Community Game Updates for the next wave of webinars to be released.

Active Essex

ICYMI Active Essex hosted a Fit for Funding workshop which helps clubs to effectively apply for funding, as well as giving some guidance on funding available.

Active Essex are also hosting a webinar on legal structures on 15th June 2020, 6-8pm

Understanding the Options for Legal Structures - Building for success

To book your place email Lee.Monk@activeessex.org

Sport England & Club Matters

Monday 1st June 12-2pm – Developing a Marketing Strategy

UK Coaching

UK Coaching have made their Mental Health for Sport and Physical Activity online course free until 31st August 2020. Usually £18, the course was made temporarily free to attend to mark Mental Health Awareness Week 2020.

Sport England & Philanthropy Company's Fundraising for Sport Series

“Courting the Corporates” 11am-12pm 4th June 2020 – How to engage corporate sponsors

“Individual Giving” 12-12.45pm 17th June 2020 – This webinar will look at membership schemes, regular donors, legacy and patrons schemes.

“Developing a Great Case for Support” 2-3pm 25th June 2020 - This webinar will address alignment with corporate objectives; resonant social causes & themes and some examples of great story-telling.

“Community and Digital Fundraising” 3-4pm 9th July 2020 - This webinar will address community-based fundraising such as crowdfunding, digital trends and platforms, challenge and event-based fundraising, with examples of innovative partnerships.

“Fundraising Inside Track” 12-1pm 10 September 2020 - This webinar will address how and when to make an ask, cultivation tips, research sources, CRM databases and a Q&A session.