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Sorry, forgot to add my main point. The last couple of years I have taken a couple of Optibats to the village fete. The kids just muck around with them on dry land, but it raises awareness of the club and gets a lot of interest from parents.
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Time Lord ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 03 Dec 13 Location: Warwickshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 301 |
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Contrary to Peaky's experience, locally we find that we regularly gain members from a large club some 12-15 miles away as people find them very unfriendly, impersonal and rule happy.
We run two Open days each year (one on May bank holiday and the other late August/early September) and usually acquire 6-8 new members from each. As well as noticeboard posters in libraries and villages, roadside signs bring in most of the visitors. |
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craiggo ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 01 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1810 |
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You are spot on iiiitick. Unfortunately not every club has one, and the clubs that do, seem to get dispraportionate awards. In truth its no different to anything else in life, someone who knows the system will always use it to their advantage but it would be nice if those that have been successful could help out others who haven't. |
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davidyacht ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 29 Mar 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1345 |
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I don't accept this, the RYA have run courses regionally and at the Dinghy Show spelling out where to go and what to do to get Inspired Facility and Small (£10k) grants. There is also a network of RYA reps who will visit your club and talk you through the process, in our case they looked over the application forms after we had filled them out and advised on how to present our case better. I don't know what grants may still be available, but two or three years ago when we went down this route we were not part of an inner circle, we just asked.
However, I have pointed out previously, there really needs to be a forum for Flag Officers and club managers to communicate with each other and learn from the others experiences ... Come on Y&Y grab this initiative!
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davidyacht ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 29 Mar 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1345 |
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https://www.sportengland.org/funding/our-different-funds/inspired-facilities/
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chrisg ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Mar 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 893 |
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Conversely we have been known to pick up members on your open days as they arrive at Draycote because of the signs you put at the top roundabout in Southam pointing them in our direction...
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getafix ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 28 Mar 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2143 |
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All very English and, well, Corinthian and that, but I can't help thinking we need to be a bit more (hate to say it a bit) Antipodean, or even, deep breath, American, about this and be more ruthless in the long term interests and competitiveness of our sport....so what if it's elitist or not all inclusive, what really is anyhow? I can't think of a single sport. In the meantime this level playing field funding available to all stuff is just dragging out the death throes and needs knocking on the bonce, IMO
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sargesail ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 14 Jan 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1459 |
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It might not go down too well here but sometimes we might just be a little too conscious/concerned about elitism and inclusivity when the bigger issue is accessibility. Those little clubs are often both geographically accessible and also 'approachably' so. Certainly as a youngster starting Open sailing in a Grad in the late 80s the welcome in those little clubs was very accessible to me.
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The Moo ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 01 Jun 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 809 |
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Jeez. I ask an innocent question about communication and find myself in the middle of a s**t storm about big versus small clubs. Not quite what I expected but never mind
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