EA Updates and Happy Birthdays

Subject: EA Updates and Happy Birthdays
Message from Billy Green May 5, 2020 08:28
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Please find below this weeks update from England Athletics.

The club would also like to take this opportunity to wish a very Happy Birthday to former President Brian Meadows who officially becomes an OAP today – Happy 65th Birthday Brian.

At the other end of the scale belated Birthday greetings to Ahmed Abdulle who turned 21 last Friday – Hope you had a good day Ahmed.

ENGLAND ATHLETICS WEEKLY UPDATE …..

Virtual Club Nights

Our first Q & A Virtual Club Night took place on Tuesday evening last week, with members from almost 60 clubs joining Club Support Manager, Stephanie Cameron and World and European Medallist, Jenny meadows for a very entertaining hour of questions. Click here to listen again to this event. We will continue to run Virtual Club Nights will run weekly for the next few weeks, and possibly beyond due to the positive feedback we’ve received so far. This week’s Club Night will feature a Q&A with Olympian and European medallist Donna Fraser. To book onto this session click here. Future sessions can be booked on by clicking on the links below.

12th May – The BIG EA Quiz – click here to book
19th May – Q&A with Hayley Carruthers – click here to book

Webinars – Club Support, Coaching and Officials

A recording of last week’s Club Support Webinar, benefits of cashless payment systems can now be found on the Athletics @Home pages and bookings for this week’s Webinar, keeping your club up and running are still open. We are continuing to add more Webinars to the site and coming soon will be a series of virtual regional club forums with the Club Support team and Regional Councils.

Officials @Home and the Coaching section of the Athletics @Home site continue to add new content and webinars on a regular basis so be sure to keep an eye out on these pages, and get involved where you can.

Sport England Emergency Fund

We have been hearing from some of our clubs who have successfully applied for funding through the Sport England COVID-19 emergency fund. Grants of between £300-£10,000 are available for clubs to support with a range of areas such as ongoing bills and maintenance, and costs that have been incurred towards a specific event that can longer take place. Guidance and more information can be found here but if you feel that you are eligible and would like to discuss this with one of our Club Support Team please email us at clubsupport@englandathletics.org and we’ll arrange to talk to you in more detail about your options.

Keep in Touch – changes to Club Support contacts

As we announced last week a number of our Club Support Team have now been placed on furlough, so please use the Club Support email for general queries clubsupport@englandathletics.org. A member of the team will come back to you or direct your query as appropriate, and where necessary arrange a convenient time to speak to you directly. If you would like to arrange a call with one of the team then simply just ask us.

We continue to be amazed by the great work you are continuing to do for your members locally, so a huge thank you for everything that you are doing and to the 900+ clubs that have affiliated to England Athletics this year. Last week we heard from Stafford Harriers about some of the fantastic work they are doing for their members to keep them active and connected. Have a look at their Facebook pages to see some of the examples such as the solo 5K time trials and the Friday Night Quiz nights. Please keep sharing these examples with us as we love to hear about them

As always we continue to post information across all of our social media platforms and share ideas and solutions from other clubs that you may find useful. Don’t forget to update your profile on MyAthletics Portal to make sure you are able to receive our regular email bulletins.

If you would like to discuss any of the above or if there any other areas that I can support you with please get in touch

Stay safe

Thanks

Club Support Team

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