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volunteers, it is perhaps also interesting that being a volunteer can
be good for you too. Not only can it provide a sense of well-being
and belonging to a community, it can promote a healthy lifestyle and
have a positive impact on your working life. An earlier Sport England
study showed that 87% of employers believe volunteering can have
a positive effect on career progression, whilst 97% of volunteering
organisations have experienced this happening. Employers identify
communication and teamwork as the most important skills and 88% of
employers believe that both of these skills can be developed through
volunteering. From a sample of 3,000 employers across the UK, it was
found that four out of five employers value volunteering on a CV.
This finding is totally in line with our own experience at Sportscover.
Not only do we find that those candidates who have a background
in volunteering generally are better team players and are more
successful within the organisation, we have also found that providing
opportunities for staff to volunteer for selected projects through
allowing time off work promotes a much better working environment
and personal commitment to the role.
It is probably well-known that the benefits to the community of
volunteers in sport and other activities are immense and cannot be
underestimated. However, what is probably not so readily understood
is that volunteering can also be good for your own health …..and
wealth!
The True Value of Volunteering
A message from Sportscover Australia’s CEO
Often people think about volunteering as a way to “help out” or
“give back” to a particular cause or group, but to think only along
these lines is to under-estimate the true value of volunteering
to the volunteer themselves. At Sportscover we started our
commitment to volunteering along familiar lines…”who can we
help out” ? In our case it was a local Australian Rules football
team for intellectually disabled boys and men with ages ranging
from 15 to 58. Whilst our help was immensely appreciated, the
real discovery for us was in the value it brought to our staff.
Everyone that put themselves forward and volunteered to help
out (about 13 staff or 1in 3) , all came back with the same story…
”this is fantastic”… “I loved it”...”wow”. One person was moved to
say it was the best sporting experience of their life!
Thepower of givinghas never been soevident tome, and to see the
joy and sense of self-worth gained by our staffwas truly one of my
proudest moments as CEO. Our volunteer program continues to
thrive and I have lost count of the times I have been stopped in the
street or at the local shops by a parent or one of the boys to let me
know what a profound difference Sportscover had made to these
boys and men’s lives… and that really makes it truly worthwhile!
David Lamb
BOXING FOCUS
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Is boxing making a comeback?
9
A chat with Mark Abberley, Chief
Executive of England Boxing
22 Boxing and risk: Can boxing really
get banned?
FEATURES
12 When teammates attack: Why some
people just can’t get along
20 Health and fitness: When you should
change your exercise regime
28 Glasgow 2014: The best games ever?
31 Big losses: Beyond the scoreboard
LEGAL FOCUS
34 Come fly with me... and my obvious
risks.
RISK MANAGEMENT
18 Risky Business
REGULARS
15 Sports shorts
26 At risk
38 World sport news round up
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