Why New Zealand's Sports Volunteers Are Walking Away

New Zealand's 7,500 community sport clubs run on volunteer labour worth over $1 billion a year. The volunteer pool has shrunk by 45% since 2019. Something has to give.

What Good Governance Actually Means in Grassroots Sport

Governance in grassroots sport is not about bureaucracy. It is about whether anyone can see what is happening, question it, and trust the answer.

How to Write a Sponsorship Letter for Non-Profit Organisations

A sponsorship letter is not a begging letter. It is a business proposal. Here is how grant writers, commercial managers, and sponsorship advisors would actually write one.

Tone from the Top: Why Sport Governance Starts with Your Chair

A chair who ignores the conflict of interest policy teaches the whole board that the policy is optional. Governance culture flows downhill.

Sport Bodies as Strategic Partners, Not Grant Recipients

A Harvard Business Review article asked companies to rethink nonprofits. We asked sport administrators in Australia and the UK: does this apply to us?

Whistleblowing in Sport: How to Build Channels People Will Actually Use

Most grassroots sport organisations have no proper whistleblowing mechanism. 'Email the chair' is not a reporting channel - especially when the complaint is about the chair.