Club Networking Day – Join the discussion about creating Lifelong Pathways
Club Networking Day taking place between 10am and 4pm on 6th September 2025 at North Inch Community Campus in Perth. Book your spot now!
One of the key strategic aims identified within the Scottish Orienteering Strategy was to the need to provide lifelong pathways for progression within orienteering. Having structured pathways for recreational orienteers, performance athletes and volunteers allows people to identify opportunities to improve their skills or indeed opportunities to develop new skills within the sport. For most of us the feeling of getting better, improving our skills helps to keep us engaged in our sport.
As part of this and as a result of discussions with clubs, we have held what we hope is the first of many Adult Beginner training days and are about to advertise for a new Scottish Elite and Development Squad co-ordinator who we hope will help provide training to Adult Improvers alongside training for existing young adults within the orienteering. This can only ever compliment all the hard work which is being done within clubs to encourage newcomers and retain existing orienteers.
We are however aware that there is a lot of great work going on within the Scottish Orienteering community to foster lifelong learning. In order to allow clubs to have the opportunity to discuss and learn from each other, about how we can, should and are helping to develop our members skills both as orienteers and volunteers we are proposing that this year’s Club Networking Day should focus on Lifelong Progression.
The four main themes for the day will be:-
- Helping adult and junior beginners develop TD3/4 skills
- Developing volunteers
- Communication and how we can improve/ learn from each other
- Small/ Large clubs – allowing clubs of similar sizes and perhaps similar opportunities/ challenges the space to swap ideas
The aim of the day will be to provide opportunities for members from all of our clubs to come together and learn from each other. There will be refreshments (tea/coffee/ cake/lunch) provided and an orienteering activity at lunchtime to get everyone moving.
This opportunity to come and exchange ideas is not just limited to committee members or post holders. We welcome participation from any club members young and old, veterans or newbies who feel that they have a contribution to make. There will be Staff and Board teams present to support the day but the main purpose of the day is to provide the opportunity for clubs and members to exchange ideas on how we create an environment for lifelong participation and progression.
Please complete Club Networking Day 2025 sign up form by Friday 30th August so that we can order food.