Year 3 of the Sport Volunteer Coalition (SVC) Action Plan strived to ‘reimagine’ volunteering in sport – moving boldly beyond the traditional lens of recruitment and retention. The Coalition created opportunities for sports to connect and developed resources to support new ways of thinking about volunteering. By prioritising the volunteer experience, we can inspire more people to get involved – and stay involved in community sport.

The Sport Volunteer Coalition has developed a four-year Action Plan, to enable more Australians to volunteer in sport and enhance the sport volunteering experience. The ASC leads the implementation of the Action Plan, with the Sport Volunteer Coalition members supporting the delivery across four strategic themes – Celebrate, Empower, Reimagine and Innovate.

Through this Action Plan, the ASC and Sport Volunteer Coalition will showcase the health and wellbeing benefits of volunteering in sport for individuals and communities. The ASC invites organisations from across the sport sector to read and digest the Action Plan and reach out regarding opportunities to work together to continue to enhance the volunteer experience and encourage new volunteers to join their sport.

Putting people first is central to this new approach to sport volunteering – this vision has been central to the plan design and will remain a key focus over the next 4 years.

The Australian Sports Commission and the Sport Volunteer Coalition are pleased to present the Sport Volunteer Coalition Year Two Report 2023-24. This report reviews the impact of the second year of the Plan, with a focus on empowering sport organisations and volunteers to achieve the vision that “people from all walks of life see and realise opportunities to contribute to individual, club and community goals in a way that suits them”. We look forward to continuing to reimagine the future of volunteering in sport, with a renewed focus on putting volunteers at the heart of all that we do working in collaboration with our sector partners.