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1 | 2024 Women & Girls Action Plan | Complete | 46 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | LAST UPDATED: 8 Dec 2024 | In-Progress | 0 | 0% | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Shaded = Priority items | Not Started | 0 | 0% | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Total | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Category | Do Better / Start Doing | Idea(s) / Actions Identifyed | Status | Timeframe | Lead | Notes / Current Status | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Leadership, Governance and Planning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Club Vision, Values & Strategy | Need a Club wide vision / mission statement and strategy that provides a 'North Star' for the club and Women & Girls | Develop and consult on a Club wide vision and strategy, with a 3, 5 and 10 year outlook (a living document which is reviewed regularly). | Complete | Q3 2024 | Executive Committee | Sarah Beaman - Strategic Reality (https://strategicreality.com/) was engaged to develop a club-wide strategy and conduct an organisational review. This work has now been completed and a Club wide vision and strategy had been drafted. | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Review Club Structure | The Club has reached a size where a more professional and better resourced Club structure and governance processes are needed to enable the Club can make consistent progress against strategic goals and so that decisions and actions can be taken in a more timely manner The Club needs to ensure it has the right skills for the right jobs | Governance - Provde greater clarity and transparency re the process for Committee appointments - Provide greater clarity of roles, responsibilities and decision-making - Provice greater visibility of Committee members - Committee membership needs to reflect the diversity of the community and the diversity of thought (gender, ethnicity etc.) Operations - Management/operations overhaul required - the club has been managed same/similar for 15 years - change overdue | Complete | Q3 2024 | Executive Committee | Sarah Beaman - Strategic Reality (https://strategicreality.com/) was engaged to develop a club-wide strategy and conduct an organisational review. This work has now been completed and the Executive Committee has emplyed a General Manager who will manage on-going improvements in this area | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Constitution | Review the club constitution and ensure gender balance across all aspects of the club, including: - identifying any restrictive rules that might create obstacles to attracting and appointing women into leadership/governance roles - having a clear process for club members to follow if they have issues or complaints. | Review and revise the club constitution | Complete | Q3 2024 | Jo Crabbe | The Club Constitution has now been refreshed and will become effective once filed with the Incorporated Societies Registry. There will be a number of follow up actions, including developing diversity and inclusion and disputes policies. | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | Club Leadership Gender Balance | Improve the Gender Balance in all Club Positions (Leadership, Committees, Staff) – achieve 40% Female Representation | Ensure there is on-going discussion at Executive Committe level around gender representation in leadership/goverance positions. Actively share vacancies / opportunities to join committees with female candidates | On-going | On-going | Committee Chairs | Springs has committed to achieving 40% female representation across all Club leadership, committee and staff roles by the end of 2024 (as evidenced by the Club being one of only eight clubs in Auckland to sign the NRF Gender Equity Charter). The Club currently has 44% females across all roles. If you are interested in joining one of the Committees please contact the relevant Chair: 1. Exec Chair - exec-chair@wsafc.org.nz 2. Senior Chair - seniorchair@wsafc.org.nz 3. Junior Chair - juniorchair@wsafc.org.nz | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Club members need to know who committee members are (visual recognition, not just names on website) and would like to see committee members engaging with Club members thoughout season | Include photos and a brief bio about each committee member and the portfolios each member looks after against each committee member's name on the wsafc.org.nz | Complete | Apr-24 | Senior Committee (Julie Dunn) | Bios and photos of most committee members are now available on the WSAFC website - see the various committees under https://wsafc.org.nz/wsafc-since-1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | Club Culture & Resources | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Do not think that womens social teams get the same access to playing and training pitches as men's social teams - particular irritating when see youth mixed teams playing on turf week in week out when some social women's teams are always on grass (or mud!) | Confirm and make visible approach / policy for game day & training pitch allocation to all teams (youth, mens, womens) of all levels (academy, premier, dev/U23, social) , to ensure equitable access to all | Complete | Q1 2024 | Senior Committee (Julie Dunn) | Pitch Allocation Guidelines published on wsafc.org.nz website | ||||||||||||||||||
16 | Football Programme | The girls academy should be treated as equally as the boys, and have coaches of equal qualification and experience | Review the girls v boys academy & development team set-up for 2024 to identify any areas of inequality, then address any remaining areas of inequity in the 2025 season | Complete | End 2024 | Maia Vink | The girls Academy / Pre-Academy structure was reviewed in late 2022 and changes were introduced for the 2023 season which saw Pre-Academy teams with paid club coaches introduced from U9 girls upwards, bringing the girls Academy / Pre-Academy Structure in line with the mixed teams. From the 2024 season, both the Head of Womens (HOWF) and Head of Mens Football (HOMF) are working together to ensure continued alignment of the 2024 Academy and Pre-Academy structure and operations across all mixed and female teams. In addition, an survey of Academy players, parents and coaches was issued at the end of the 2024 seaon. | ||||||||||||||||||
17 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | All teams deserve to be given decent equipment at start of season - social teams still deserve good gear and gear that fits! | Purchase a female fit away kit for Senior Women's teams to use | Complete | Q3 2024 | Kelly Bolus | Female fit away shirts are now available | ||||||||||||||||||
18 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | The Club needs to encourage a culture of inclusiveness, not division, and to develop a better female and community culture | Provide education to coaches/managers/parents of mixed teams about the language they use e.g. "go boys" | Complete | Mar-24 | Senior Committee (Julie Dunn) | Bex Sowden event run 13 March, learnings from Bex event included in Manager / Parents meetings for season kick off meetings in first 2 weeks of April. | ||||||||||||||||||
19 | Football Programme | Identify & provide wrap around support to girls playing in mixed teams, new players to squads, younger players in squads etc. | On-going | On-going | Maia Vink | 1. Head of Women's Football (HOWF) and Girls Academy Manager overseeing this for girls in Mixed Academy / Pre-Academy teams 2. It is the Coach's responsibility for new players into squads / younger players in squads 3. Advice / tips around this included in 'Keeping GIrls in Sport' (Bex Sowden) in session held March 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Need to create a safe environment for girls among boys that is inclusive, clear about what will not be tolerated e.g. name calling, "girls can't play", "don't pass to the girls" etc., that empowers girls to know what to do and provides coaches with guidance on what behaviour is not ok and what to do about it | Run 'Keeping Girls in Sport' Coachmate / Team Heroine sessions in 2024 (Bex Sowden). | Complete | Mar-24 | Senior Committee (Julie Dunn) | Bex Sowden presented on her paper at an event run 13 March 2024. | ||||||||||||||||||
21 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Ensure there are no/minimal barriers for female participation in football | Introduce black shorts for all female players | Complete | Q2 2024 | Junior / Exec Committee (Claire Turner / Steve Lowe) | Black shorts have been introduced for all players in female teams (U9/U10 to Senior) players in 2024 - funding was obtained for 430 pairs to make this transition at no cost to the players. | ||||||||||||||||||
22 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Provide boots to borrow for children of playing Mums who have children to look after during games, so children go on turf when their Mum is playing | Deferred | Q3 2024 | Alastair Pope | In progress: 1. Request members to provide second hand boots (may only need 5-6 pairs to cover age ranges from approx 2-12yrs) 2. Setup 'space' in clubrooms where boots can be easily found 3. Let teams / members know that boots are available | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Provide support to under privilidged players e.g. those who cannot afford to pay fees or buy playing gear | Provide organised & regular maintained second hand gear bin free to those who need it | Deferred | Q3 2024 | Alastair Pope | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Ensure all women's teams have option of having women's fit shirts (and not always hand me down men's shirts) | Complete | Q2 2024 (before start of 2024 season) | Kelly Bolus | Women's fit shirts have been offered to all Women's teams for 2024 season | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Many members are unaware of the employment opportunities that are available at the Club | Provide more (and visible) opportunities for players to help at / have jobs at club | Deferred | Q3 2024 | Julie Dunn | There are paid coaching, field setup, kitchen, bar and refereeing (via FootballFix) job opportunities for youth and senior players (coaching) throughout year 1. Interview staff / key volunteers to understand employment opportunities available (Andy, Paul, Baz, Mario) 2. Provide details of opportunities on WSAFC website and contact details for each opportunity type | ||||||||||||||||||
26 | Football Programme | Provide prizes at end of season for 'value' outcomes e.g. team culture etc. | Complete | Q3 2024 | Maia Vink | Senior Teams have 'Sports Person of the Year' awards and other prizes that recognise team and club contributions. Junior / Youth team have awards for Fair Play and Most Heart | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | Football Programme | Introduce gender neutral trophies (no more men trophies!) | Complete | Q3 2024 | Maia Vink | Team trophies are gender specific | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | Football Programme | Provide more support for managers to outline responsibilities and provide associated guidance | Deferred | Q2 2024 | Junior Committee | A description of Team Manager responsibilities will be drafted and made available for all via the WSAFC website | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Capture level of playing experience when registering to play for a social female team (to allow teams to be put together that are better suited from an ability perspective) | Complete | Q1 2024 | Maia Vink | Preferences are currently captured on registration to indicate if a player wants to be associated with a particular team or in a team with particular players. | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | Funding | Seek funding inclusive or specific for girls and women’s football | On-going | On-going | Matt Lambert, Steve Lowe | Club funding is currently distributed equally across male and female teams. $20k has been allocated from 2024 budget for W&G initiatives. Specific funding was obtained to pay for black shorts for all females | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | Facilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Women social teams lost access to kitchen for after match lunches for 2023 season | Review kitchen access with Women social teams and provide acceptable solution | Complete | Q1 2024 (before start of 2024 season) | Senior Commitee (Vic Hawkins) | Discussions held to clarify current situation and proposal agreed between kitchen staff and social women's teams | ||||||||||||||||||
34 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | With the growth of the club over the last few years and the change in the make up of our members the requirements of our clubrooms have changed, with what we have now not really being fit for purpose. Junior and youth players would like the clubrooms to feel more inclusive and welcoming for them. | Provide a junior / youth area with e.g. bean bags, accessible music, foosball / ping pong table etc. | Complete | Q2 2024 (before start of 2024 season) | Senior Committee (Julie Dunn) | Has been setup and trialled successfully - more sturdy bean bags were purchase in late June 24 in club colours | ||||||||||||||||||
35 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Provide screen for privacy into changing rooms by stairs | Complete | Q1 2024 | Paul Rutland | Shower curtains installed on in door entrance of home changing rooms that can be seen from stairs to provide privacy | |||||||||||||||||||
36 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Public toilets could be cleaner, as could both inside and outside of Clubhouse. Are there cleaning standards? | Improve cleanliness of public toilets and outside area of clubrooms (particularly around rubbish bins) | Deferred | On-going | Paul Rutland | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
37 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | There is only 1 female specific toilet outside of the clubrooms, and none when clubrooms are closed. Not all toilets have sanitary bins and there is no sanitary products dispenser | Provide sanitary bins in all female, unisex and disabled toilets | Complete | Q3 2024 | Paul Rutland | Additional sanitary bins have been installed in two outside toilets by the Away changing rooms and accessible toilet in clubrooms. | ||||||||||||||||||
38 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Provide sanitary products in one of female toilets | Complete | Dec-23 | Sport NZ / Paul Rutland | SportNZ invited the club to participate in a 12 month trial to provide WS with free sanitary products and associated dispensers. The free sanitary products and dispenser have now been delivered and have been made available in the female toilets inside clubrooms | |||||||||||||||||||
39 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Increase number of female toilets | Complete | No specific action required now - monitor during 2024 season | Paul Rutland | The separate Men & Women's toilets under the clubrooms were changed to unisex toilets for the FIFA WWC. This will be monitored as we move into the 2024 season to see if causes any issues - if challenges are identified in the 2024 season then consideration could be given as to if one of those toilets should be reinstated as women only toilet. Please email football@wsafc.org.nz if any feedback on this | |||||||||||||||||||
40 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Provide sanitary products in first aid kids for female teams | Deferred | 2025 | Junior Committee | Free sanitary products available for First Aid Kits on request Funding currently being sought for purchase of FIrst Aid kids for all travelling teams for 2025" | |||||||||||||||||||
41 | Food & Beverage | Healthier food options could be provided providing appropriate food for athletes and using food as a way of developing more of a community culture | 1. Re-consider food and beverage offering - e.g. providing healthier food options that are more suitable for athletes (e.g. toasted sandwiches, pasta, fruit, muesli bars etc.), beverage offering that appeals to females 2. Have café / tuck shop open for tea / coffee and snacks for all games / trainings | Complete | Q2 2024 | Senior Committee | A snack vending machine has been installed 7 June. Toasted sandwiches are now being offered as part of the kitchen menu, and $5 curry, nachos or something similiar are available most Friday and Saturday evenings | ||||||||||||||||||
42 | Gym | We are a large club who doesn't have an onsite gym / strength & conditioning area | Provide an on-site gym for members to use | Deferred | 2025 | Executive Committee | Deferred to 2025 due to cost and H&S challenges to be considered. Both mens and women's Premier / U23 / Development Teams have recently been given access to the WS College gym | ||||||||||||||||||
43 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Need to remove and manage hazards better | Signpost where first aid kit, ice, defibrillator etc. more clearly | Deferred | Q3 2024 | Senior Committee (Howie John) | Signage to be included in additional signage being put up on fences | ||||||||||||||||||
44 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Lost property is disorganised and cluttered | Better organise lost property and remove regularly | Complete | Q1 2024 | Kelly Bolus | There is a well labeled lost property cupboard outside the Home changing rooms. Clothing is hung up in the cupboard and water bottles and other items are placed on top of the cupboard. Items with names on are called and asked to collect. Left items are donated monthly to charity. | ||||||||||||||||||
45 | Participation & Development Opportunities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Football Programme | Individual player feedback is not consistently provided and in some cases not provided at all, and there is little opportunity for players and parents to provide feedback to coaches | 1. Find ways to give players feedback regularly (perhaps weekly work-ons) 2. Set & review review (SMART) player objectives for each season/term 3. Run regular player feedback sessions (without parents) | Complete | On-going | Maia Vink | Academy, Pre-Academy and Development Team coaches have provided 1:1 feedback to all squad members at the end of Term 2. Some teams are also providing regular game day feedback via video analysis | ||||||||||||||||||
48 | Female Participation & Retention (Players, Coaches, Refs) | Need more female coaches who have the required coaching qualifications (Priority dots 2 Junior, 11 Youth for importance of increasing # of female coaches) | Run coach development / training sessions for females only / support female club members to obtain coaching qualifications | Complete | Q1 2024 + ongoing | Maia Vink | 1. A coaching development workshop was run for all Female Development and Academy coaches at the start of the 2024 season. and another session is planned for 30 Sept 2. As part NRF Equity Charter activities WSAFC discussed with other clubs what they are doing to encourage more female coaches 3. Discuss with NZF / NRF strategies they may be considering to increase # of female coaches [In-Progress - NRF considering including in NRF Equity Charter Action Plan] | ||||||||||||||||||
49 | Football Programme | Advertise for more qualified female coaches for the 2024 season | Complete | Dec-23 / Jan-24 | Maia Vink | All female U9-U18 Academy, Pre-Academy and Development teams have at least 1 female coach | |||||||||||||||||||
50 | Female Participation & Retention (Players, Coaches, Refs) | Discuss with NZF / NRF strategies to increase the number of female coaches, and what support looks like beyond attending courses | Complete | On-going | Maia Vink | 1. As part of NRF Equity Charter activities discussed with other clubs what they are doing to encourage more female coaches [In-Progress - discussed at inaugral meeting of Equity Charter clubs] 2. Discussed with NZF / NRF strategies to increase # of female coaches - their focus is on leadership and mentoring programmes | |||||||||||||||||||
51 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Coaches need to know how to coach girls (which is different in some ways to coaching boys) e.g. girls need time before a game / training to chat and interact socially, girls need to feel they are being listned to, more care needs to be taken to ensure female players leave training safely when training at nights, coaches ensuring rotation in mixed teams etc. | Run 'Keeping Girls in Sport' Coachmate / Team Heroine sessions in 2024 (Bex Sowden) | Complete | Mar 24 | Julie Dunn (Bex Sowden) | Bex Sowden, who co-wrote the 'Keeping Girls in Sport' white paper, ran an event to discuss her paper on 13 March 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
52 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Coaching quality and consistency needs to improve - more coach development is needed | Provide visibility of coaches qualifications / profiles | Deferred | Q4 2024 / Q1 2025 | Roodie / Seina | Short showcase videos to be made of Head of Football and Academy Managers for social media and WSAFC website. Additional coach profiles to be developed that can be showcased on social media over time. | ||||||||||||||||||
53 | Football Programme | Support girls and women to attend coaching and development opportunities | 1. Consider providing a mentoring programme for coaches 2. Ensure coach performance is regularly reviewed and feedback provided 3. Provide development opportunities and pathways to improve individual coach capability 4. Make the policy for paying coaching course fees transparent and visible 5. Ensure women & girls are aware of available coaching / refereeing education opportunities | Complete | On-going | Maia Vink | 1.HoWF and Girls Academcy Manager provided informal mentorship to Academy/Pre-Academy/Development Team Coaches as required 2. Discussions as part of mentoring and coach performance conversations provide the opportunity to discuss coaching development opportunities 3. A policy has been published to guide when the club will pay coaching course fees for coaches (see https://wsafc.org.nz/media/1018/wsafc-club-payment-coaching-fees-guideline-1.pdf?swipeboxvideo=1) 4. Coaching & refereeing education opportunities are advertised on Club communication channels | ||||||||||||||||||
54 | Football Programme | Social teams (Youth, Junior and Senior) do not get much help / guidance with their coaching | Offer opportunity for social team coaches to improve their coaching by offering: - appropriate coaching courses - library of training session plans for coaches to use - opportunity to attend a training session run by a more experienced coach - opportunity to have a more experienced coach attend and run a session for them | Deferred | 2025 | Maia Vink | Consider as part of 2025 priorities | ||||||||||||||||||
55 | Football Programme | The technical skills of female players could be improved | Run basic skills / ball mastery training sessions to improve the overall technical skills level of our female players | Complete | Q1 2024 / On-Going | Maia Vink | Some focus on ball mastery has been included in the Academy / Pre-Academy curriculum for 2024, and a there will be a bigger focus on this during Term 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
56 | Football Programme | Don't have a consistent philosophy or playing model across teams | Introduce a consistent way of playing across all female teams | Complete | On-Going | Maia Vink | A consistent Pre-Academy and Academy curriculum and consistent way of playing across Pre-Academy, Academy, Development and Premier teams has been introduced | ||||||||||||||||||
57 | Female Participation & Retention (Players, Coaches, Refs) | Don't know what options are available / there are limited options available to players when they move from youth football to senior football, particularly when they do not make a Premier or Development team - can we improve the pathway for 16+ and provide options for those who don't make the Prems / Dev team? Also how do those players who don't make it stay on the radar of Prems / Development teams and continue to improve | 1. Survey youth girls who don't carry on into Senior football to understand why e.g Uni, no team, work, cost etc. 2. Track registration of any players moving from youth to senior football to encourage registration and minimise drop out 3. Develop pathways for youth girls who don't make Premier & Development teams possibly using senior divisions 1-7, leveraging existing Springs senior teams and/or considering partnering with another club | Complete | Q3 2024 | Maia Vink / Julie Dunn / Alec Flood | 2023/2024 season a 2nd Women's Development team was setup to accommodate players who don't make the Development/Reserves team. 2024/2025 2nd Women's Development team will continue into 2025. Information evenings run in September to outline pathways available. | ||||||||||||||||||
58 | Female Participation & Retention (Players, Coaches, Refs) | Lobby NRF to allow WS to have a team in divisions in between U23 Men / Premier Women Reserves (Development) - Conference and Championship divisions | Deferred | Q4 2024 | Maia Vink | Discussed at inaugral meeting of Equity Charter clubs. However, not a problem for WSAFC yet. Women's Development 3rd team placed in Div 2 this season, and will look to gain promotion form Div 2 to Div 1 next season | |||||||||||||||||||
59 | Football Programme | Need to be more inventive with the ways we encourage/grow and retain female participation | Allow a greater pool of U9/U10 Academy Players (to escalate development) | Complete | Q2 2024 | Maia Vink | 2024 will have a U9/10 Girls Development team underneath the U9 and U10 Girls Academy Teams with access to paid coaching and 2x per week training | ||||||||||||||||||
60 | Football Programme | Need to be more inventive with the ways we encourage/grow and retain female participation | Create in-house social grade for junior girls (for U8/U9s) | Complete | Q1 2024 | Andy Vernon | For the 2024 season, we will have a girl's hub for 8th and 9th grade, a separate environment where girls will be playing in an all-girls team against other girls. | ||||||||||||||||||
61 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Need to be more inventive with the ways we encourage/grow and retain female participation | Consider having a girls only holiday programme group | Complete | Jan-24 | Andy Vernon | In January of 2024, WSAFC saw our first all-girls holiday program, with a debut of over 30 attendees with ages ranging from 5-12. In the April School holidays, we will once again see two more all-girls days on Wednesday 17th April, and Wednesday 24th April. | ||||||||||||||||||
62 | Female Participation & Retention (Players, Coaches, Refs) | Need to be more inventive with the ways we encourage/grow and retain female participation | Run senior women's football competition during summer | Complete | Q4 2024 | Julie Dunn | Football Fix are offering a women's only Wednesday night league. Pre-season round-robin tournament was offered to Women's Community Teams for 2024 but not taken up. Consider offering a Women's Football Day in early part of 2025 season - 7-a-side with teams mixed up. | ||||||||||||||||||
63 | Football Programme | U13 player pipeline is broken | U13 player pipeline is broken | Complete | Q1 2024 | Maia Vink | At Springs our numbers of female players are increasing. In 2024 we have an 11-a-side Academy U13/U14 team and a separate U13 Academy team | ||||||||||||||||||
64 | Football Programme | Require a clearer understanding of how U16 season will run. In last 2 seasons, the formation of the NYL team has meant the U16 seasons has ended prematurely | Require a clearer understanding of how U16 season will run. In last 2 seasons, the formation of the NYL team has meant the U16 seasons has ended prematurely | Complete | Q1 2024 | Maia Vink | Unlike in previous seasons, 2024 NYL league dates have already been provided which will enable better & earlier planning for the 2024 season. Best efforts are being made to ensure that the U16 2024 season is less disrupted than the 2023 & 2022 seasons. A Google calendar is also available for each Academy and Pre-Academy team outlining all training, game and tournament dates for 2024. | ||||||||||||||||||
65 | Football Programme | The football season is getting longer and longer, more needs to be done to prevent injuries and maximise performance | Include Strength & Conditioning in training sessions | Complete | Q1 2024 / 2025 | Maia Vink | Physical develeopment elements has been included in 2024 Pre-Academy and Academy curriculum, as well as in Development and Premier team training. Women's Premier and Development Teams have access to WS College gym for weekly strength & conditioning. Intention to utilise gym facilities in 2025 for U16 Girls up | ||||||||||||||||||
66 | Football Programme | Female referees are not common - need to increase the number of female referees, retain female referees and provide learning & development opportunities for female referees | Run referee development / training sessions for females only | Complete | Q2 2024 & on-going | Maia Vink | 1. As part NRF Equity Charter activities discussed with other clubs what they are doing to encourage more female referees 2. Club based referee course run at Club with approx. 50 attendees 3. No further action required on this in 2024, and not a priority for 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
67 | Female Participation & Retention (Players, Coaches, Refs) | Female referees are not common - need to increase the number of female referees, retain female referees and provide learning & development opportunities for female referees | 1. Provide behavioural 'guidelines' for teams / parents to enable female referees to be confident to referee a game 2. Provide support / escalation processes for female referees if any issues with teams / parents / opposition etc. | Deferred | Q2 2024 & on-going | Maia Vink | 1. Consider setting up a WSAFC Women in Football Network to encourage and engage WSAFC females in 'roles' they may do at club over season, and use this group to advise what support would be valuable for female referees 2. As part NRF Equity Charter activities discuss with other clubs what they are doing to encourage more female referees 3. Discuss with NZF / NRF strategies they may be considering to increase # and support female referees | ||||||||||||||||||
68 | Female Participation & Retention (Players, Coaches, Refs) | Women's social teams are not often allocated a referee | Advocate for NRF to provide more referees to social women's teams | Deferred | Q2 2024 & on-going | Maia Vink | As part NRF Equity Charter activities discuss with other clubs what they are doing to encourage more female referees [In-Progress - discussed at inaugral meeting of Equity Charter clubs] No further action planned on this for 2024 and not a priority for 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
69 | Female Participation & Retention (Players, Coaches, Refs) | Put Prem & Development teams on referee courses and ask them to referee 1 or 2 senior social games a year | Deferred | During 2024 | Maia Vink | This is something that could be considered in future seasons if there is demand for it | |||||||||||||||||||
70 | Football Programme | Provide more opportunities for girls to attend tournaments in all grades and to attend as many tournaments as the boys/mixed teams attend | Provide more opportunties to play in tournaments (social and Academy) | Complete | Q1 2024 | Maia Vink | 1. Every Pre-Academcy and Academy Team will attend at least 1 tournament (where available) during the season 2. Social Teams will also have the opportunity to attend tournamnents e.g. Taupo 3. Tournament dates will be communicated at the beginning of each season for each grade | ||||||||||||||||||
71 | Football Programme | Some teams didn't have games for the whole season (their games stopped in early August) | 1. Arrange more friendlies between Springs boys and girls teams 2. Provide more / refine options to play 7-a-side games 3. Run end of season mini-tournament mixing together boys and girls teams (and have prizes) e.g. like end of Term 3 Academy mini-tournament 4. Arrange post-season friendlies, where needed, against other clubs | Complete | Q1 2024 | Maia Vink | A full 2024 season plan has been created for each Academy & Pre-Academy team based on season dates provided by NRF and NZF. Friendlies, tournaments etc. have been timetabled into the full year calendar. | ||||||||||||||||||
72 | Football Programme | Senior female goalkeepers are scarce and there is no/minimal development opportunities for them (In 2022, Kereru keeper trained with the prems/reserves which she thought it was fantastic, the improvement was evident in games) | Have all senior female keepers training together with the specialist GK coach eg. once a week for the first 8 week of the season, or once a fortnight to develop their skills | Complete | Q2 2024 | Julie Dunn | Women's Community Teams have been offered GK coaching - 3 sessions have been run during May and more will be offered if required | ||||||||||||||||||
73 | Football Programme | Provide opportunities for players to run training sessions | Complete | On-going | Maia Vink | Coaches are encouraged, at their discretion, to offer players the occasional opportunity to plan a training session/part of a session | |||||||||||||||||||
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76 | Engagement & Communication Strategy & Plan | There is need for a communications and engagement strategy and associated plan which reflects the entire club - The strategy should define key principles, audience and channels and develop a content plan which promotes success and stories from across the entire club and of alumni - The strategy should also promote principles of equity to ensure that, as far as possible, equal coverage of male / female, senior / junior / youth players is provided and, as appropriate, provide mechanisms to track engagements to ensure this is achieved | Deferred | 2025 | Executive Committee | Waiting on Exec Review of Sarah Beaman - Strategic Reality (https://strategicreality.com/) review recommendations before can progress | |||||||||||||||||||
77 | Engagement & Communication Strategy & Plan | Soliciting feedback has generally been undertaken on an adhoc basis by e.g. staff and Grade Coordinators receiving feedback, Chairs talking to parents / players when at ground, and feedback received via our committees & to coaches. This is first time Club has ever run forums of this nature, they have been welcomed and seen as a very positive step from Club to solicit and listen to feedback - they need to happen again but also more informal routes for seeking and providing feedback need to be continued and established. Junior and youth players feel they need mechanisms that enable them to have more of a say in the club. | Consider and include feedback loops for soliciting feedback from the club – e.g. suggestion box/email, end of season survey, annual forums etc. | On-going | Q3 2024 | Julie Dunn | A W&G specific survey was in early October to gauge the success of our W&G programme this year. | ||||||||||||||||||
78 | Engagement & Communication Strategy & Plan | The Club needs to encourage a culture of inclusiveness, not division, and to develop a better female and community culture | Consider and implement community and team engagement opportunities/activities which will also contribute to a positive club culture | Complete | On-Going | Maia Vink / Julie Dunn | Five events have been run throughout 2024 to encourage connection across the Club. Premier and Reserve team players coaching Academy & Development Teams has established some great connections between the senior and junior/youth teams. | ||||||||||||||||||
79 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | Members often want to but do not know how to get photos / communications included on Club communications channels | Provide instructions / contact details for how to get achievements / other communications put up on Club social media or included in TeamTalk | Complete | End March 2024 | Senior Committee (Howie John) | See WSAFC Communication Channels 2024 https://wsafc.org.nz/media/1136/comms-channels-overview-may-24.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||
80 | Quick Win (Just Do It!) | More female specific communication is needed | Send ball girl and mascot invitations specifically to female players | Complete | April 2024 | Senior Committee (Vic Hawkins) | Consideration has been given on how to better organise ball girl / boy and mascots for 2024 e.g. consider offering specific game weekends to specific grades and/or teams. Outcome has been to request ball girl / boy mascots as part of communications sent to advertise Premier games. Girls Academy / Development coaching WhatsApp group also being used to request ball girls and female mascots | ||||||||||||||||||
81 | Gender Neutral Policies | Review internal and external policy wording to be gender neutral | Review internal and external policy wordings to be gender neutral | Deferred | Q4 2024 | Executive Committee (Santha Brown) | Wil be undertaken as part of the work required to embed the new Club Constitution | ||||||||||||||||||
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