The Bowls Development Alliance’s ‘Week of Learning is back. If you want to grow your membership these short online workshops will give you plenty of tips in the comfort of your own home.

From Monday 27th March they will be running the following FREE online workshops for all affiliated British Crown Green Bowling Association clubs:

• 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽
• 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
• 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮

To secure your tickets to these workshops (100 places available on each) or to take a look at the other online learning resources, please visit their Education Platform: https://bowlsdevelopmentalliance.com/education/. (scroll to bottom of page for workshops).

A short summary of each online workshop is set out below.

Club Helpers Workshop (28 Mar 6pm & 30th Mar 1pm)

This workshop aims to provide you with hints and tips on how to structure the first session for a new person or people attending an Open Day, whilst providing a process for all club volunteers (members) to follow when meeting and greeting new people on their first visit to your club.​

It will give you ​practical ideas that keep the session fun and engaging for people trying the ​ sport for the first time​ as well as ideas to ensure new bowlers come back for a second visit​.

Recruitment and Retention (28 Mar 1pm & 30 Mar 7pm)

The workshop aims to give your club an understanding on how to recruit new members, and integrate and retain existing members into your club.

It will cover the basics of promoting and raising awareness of your club, understanding the importance of engaging with your local community and how to reach out to new audiences, whilst briefly touching upon the essentials of holding an open day.

Website and Social Media (27 Mar 1pm & 29 Mar 7pm)

This workshop aims to give you an overview of how to use your website and social media pages to showcase your club, your members and events and how to use these to attract new and prospective members into the club.

It will also cover the basics of online safety, to help keep you and your members safe, looking at the best practice for adding information to your webpages whilst also looking at how you can create a social media policy that your members can follow.