Eastern Counties Rugby Union

Help your local rugby club

As our game emerges from the Coronavirus pandemic it is faced with many uncertainties, but two things we know:

• we will need to focus clearly on the safety of our game and on player wellbeing
• we need to maintain and grow the number and quality of volunteers that support our clubs to deliver rugby – especially with fewer RFU paid staff working in the patch.

Eastern Counties is looking for help in both these areas. Each role could be one person, but we are open to job share proposals or recruiting a team to share the burden in these bits of work:

1. We need an Eastern Counties Volunteer Co-ordinator to lead the work of the three County Volunteer Co-ordinators, to promote volunteer development, succession planning and volunteer recognition. Without volunteers we have no clubs. Without good quality volunteers clubs can’t offer the quality of experience that will keep players, coaches, parents, supporters and other volunteers coming back for more! You will need to be a well organised, people person with the ability to work well in a team but also happy to roll up your sleeves to get on with what needs to be done. If you think you might be interested then take a look at the role description (link below) and let us know. If you want to have a discussion about the role then John Winders, our President, or Alasdair Bovaird, Chair of Eastern Counties, are the people to speak to. Drop us a line at loverugby@ecrurugby.com
2. Our previous RugbySafe Manager has had to step away from the role due to his commitments as a doctor in the NHS. Whether we are concerned with pitchside first aid, player mental health or concussion awareness, there is a lot of work to be done to promote good practice in rugby clubs across the whole Eastern Counties patch. We are looking for a team of individuals from our three counties to take the lead in communicating to clubs what is needed, identifying what courses and support would be most useful to clubs and making sure it is available and accessible to those who need it. You don’t need to be a qualified doctor, nurse or paramedic to do the job – but we do need people who can help the rugby community prioritise this work. Take a look at the role description at the link below and why not follow up with a message to loverugby@ecrurugby.com if you are interested.