The Community Rugby committee provides a focus for the development of the Rugby Union game in Hampshire. It has representatives on its committee from all aspects of the game - Coaching, Refereeing, Volunteer Coordination, Schools, Students, Women, Youth, Facilities Investment, the RDO's, Hampshire County Council Sports Department, Hampshire Playing Fields Association Rep and the RFU Rugby Regional Development Manager.

Key activities for 2009/2010 are:

• Develop and encourage links with local community groups
• Player retention at all levels of the game
• New Player recruitment
• Club Facility improvement
• Improve the numbers and quality of coaches
• Improve the numbers and quality of referees
• Improve the links with County Sports Partnerships
• Improve the links with Schools and Colleges
• Grow the Volunteer base in the County and the Clubs
• Continue the development of the women's game
• Continue the development of the Mini/Junior game

For contact points in Community Rugby, please follow the link in the Site Menu on the left for 'County Officials' and then 'Community Rugby'.

Key Documents for 2009/2010

• Hampshire Rugby Union Club Facilities Plan 2010 to 2013
• Clubs Facilities Development Summary (May 2010)
 
• Hampshire Rugby Union Club Facilities Plan 2009 to 2012
• Club Facilities Funding - A simple guide to what is available and who to contact
• Hampshire Rugby Union Club Development Fund
• Hampshire Rugby Union Club Development Fund Application Form

Downloads

We are developing a series of tools/models and templates that can be used by Clubs as a basis for creating documentation describing how your club operates and is managed. These are referenced below and are in MS Word format. They can be downloaded and modified to suit your clubs needs.

• Club Prospectus Model
• Club Development Template
• Player and Volunteer Recruitment Examples
• Club Management Committee Terms of Reference Template
• Roles and Responsibilities Templates
• Club Marketing Manager Job Specification
• Risk Assessment Template

As more are developed they will be added to this list.