Volunteers are the backbone of every community Rugby League club. Recruiting new volunteers helps your club to share responsibilities across a team and ease the burden on individuals.

The guidance and resources below are designed to support clubs to effectively and safely recruit volunteers.

If you’re not sure where to start with recruiting and onboarding volunteers, or you want to improve your approach, follow this process based on best practice from the sports and voluntary sectors. 

Click here.

The RFL Volunteer Portal is an online recruitment platform that connects interested volunteers with opportunities to volunteer in Rugby League.

• The portal allows volunteers to get involved in Rugby League volunteering without having to make a long-term commitment
• Community Rugby League clubs can create free accounts and use the platform to advertise volunteer roles
• The most effective way to use the portal is to advertise one-off tasks or events, however, it can be used to advertise ongoing volunteer positions
• There are over 550 volunteers registered on the platform

If your club is interested in using the portal to advertise volunteer roles, click here to create an account. Once you have set up your account you will be sent a ‘how to guide’ to get you started.

Buddle is Sport England’s Club Support partner who have further resources to support volunteer recruitment and onboarding.

Click here to view all things Buddle.

To read about a club applying the above principles to build a strong volunteer culture, have a look at this case study on Brentwood Eels and their strategic approach to volunteer recruitment.

Brentwood Eels - Attracting and Developing Volunteers

If you would like tailored support to develop volunteer recruitment at your club, visit the Direct Support Page, and submit a request.

Click here for the Direct Support Page.