Quickfinder - Community Club Toolkit

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Quick Links

Running Programs

- Play by the Rules (sports specific child protection resources) – www.playbytherules.net.au
- NSW Department of Sport and Recreation Sportrage – www.sportandrecreation.nsw.gov.au/sportrage/
- Details about the coloured vest project of the NSW Department of Sport and Recreation – https://sportandrecreation.nsw.gov.au/clubs/ryc/fairplay/playbytherules

Organisational

- Corporate governance checklist from the NSW Department of Sport and Recreation – https://sportandrecreation.nsw.gov.au/clubs/ryc/governance/goodgovernance
- Free alternative to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc – www.openoffice.org
- Grant information from the NSW Department of Sport and Recreation – https://sportandrecreation.nsw.gov.au/clubs/grants (follow the link to grants)
- Fact sheets and guides to youthwork from the NSW Youth Action and Policy Association – http://www.youthaction.org.au/policies
- Up-to-date tax guides and information specifically for non profit organisations from the Australian Tax Office – www.ato.gov.au/nonprofit

Funding

- These federal government websites help find funding available under a variety of grant programs for individuals, businesses and communities to help develop solutions to local and national problems, fund ideas and initiatives or provide assistance in times of hardship – community.grantready.com.au and ourcommunity.com.au
- This site is an interactive electronic clearing house for everyone involved in community level social, economic and environmental renewal including community leaders, community & government workers, volunteers, program managers, academics, policy makers, youth and seniors – https://www.nsw.gov.au/improving-nsw/projects-and-initiatives/community-building-partnership/
- www.npguides.org
- www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au

Sample Policies

Sample policies have not been included in this toolkit for a number of reasons:

One is that policies should be based on up-to-date laws and information as well as the organisation or club’s own attitudes. Firstly when laws change, polices become out of date very quickly and since it is expected that this toolkit will be used for many years to come the decision was made to link policies that can be kept up to date online.

Secondly, others have already done this quite well, so it makes sense to link to their collections. Many services have found that the following websites’ sample policies have enough detail to help their boards set up their own policies to suit the organisation’s needs.

Tri Community Exchange has provided its policies – http://www.tricomm.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95&Itemid=85

Our Community, a company set up to support community organisations, has a ‘policy bank’ of sample policies for organisations of all sizes – http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/boards/boards_article.jsp?articleId=1453#

Quick Downloads

Induction

Running Activities and Events

Staff and Volunteers

Running the Organisation

Succession Planning

Quick Links

Running Programs

Organisational

Funding

Sample Policies