Centre for Sport Capacity Community Sport Report Card

Centre for Sport Capacity Community Sport Report Card: A project with CSCO Kawartha Lakes June 2, 2018

Centre for Sport Capacity: Who are we? The Centre for Sport Capacity is a hub for sport management research, student experiential learning, and practical support to sport organizations in Niagara Region and across Canada. We work to understand expand the capacity of sport organizations, put research-based evidence to work and find practical solutions to the challenges facing sport leaders. Centre for Sport Capacity

Centre for Sport Capacity Dr. Julie Stevens (Director): • 20+ years experience in sport management disciplines, including the Brock Sport Management program. • Research: organizational capacity, change, hockey industry. Dr. Paul Jurbala: • 30+ years working in and with sport organizations. • Research: innovation and change in community sport.

Community Sport Report Card: What is it? An e-survey for community sport clubs asking… ¡Name, place, type of sport ¡Incorporation status ¡Facilities used vs. facility need ¡Leaders (employees, volunteers) – how many available vs. need ¡Programs offered ¡Key challenges faced About 20 brief questions, 10 -15 minutes Centre for Sport Capacity

Community Sport Report Card: Why do it? The purpose of the report card is to gather basic information on the status of community sport organizations in order to help track the health of community sport over time. ¡Approximately 75% of Canadian youth take part in organized sport. ¡Sport happens in over 30, 000 Canadian sport organizations, most at community level. ¡Sport is also the largest voluntary activity in Canada with over four million volunteers. How healthy are Ontario’s community sport clubs and leagues? Centre for Sport Capacity

Community Sport in Canada: What we know Sport and recreation in Canada… • 21% of all not-for-profits (largest group) • Only 6% of not-for-profit staff • 74% have no paid staff • 58% have trouble getting/retaining volunteers • 65% of revenue is non- government (i. e. fee-based) Statistics Canada (2004). Cornerstones of Community: Highlights of the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations Statistics Canada (2004). Satellite Account of Nonprofit Institutions and Volunteering 1997 -1999. Centre for Sport Capacity

Community Sport Report Card: What is the Process? ¡Pilot project: gather information from 50 – 100 sport clubs. ¡Brief e-survey – about 20 questions. ¡Interview a sample of clubs to identify key survey responses, refine survey. ¡Finalize survey and deploy by summer 2018. ¡Interested? pjurbala 2@brocku. ca Centre for Sport Capacity

Community Sport Report Card: Why participate? ¡E-survey respondents will receive… ¡Report- comparative stats vs. other clubs. ¡Access to CSC resources. ¡Interview respondents also receive… ¡Custom detailed report including comparatives, local demographic trends vs. local and provincial clubs. ¡ 1 hour consultation with a Centre for Sport Capacity expert. ¡Ideas? pjurbala 2@brocku. ca Centre for Sport Capacity

What programs do community sport organizations use? Centre for Sport Capacity

Going forward: 2019+ How will the report card help? ¡Maintain an Ontario-wide database of community sport organizations; ¡Track year-over-year trends: ¡By Sport ¡By Community ¡By Region ¡Determine what support local sport needs to succeed and serve our communities: ¡Policy implications (municipal, provincial) ¡Funding implications (foundations, e. g. Trillium) Centre for Sport Capacity

Thank you! To find out more, or participate in the survey: Dr. Julie Stevens, jstevens@brocku. ca Dr. Paul Jurbala, pjurbala 2@brocku. ca Centre for Sport Capacity: https: //brocku. ca/applied-health-sciences/healthsciences/centre-for-sport-capacity/ Centre for Sport Capacity