Seacliff Community Recreation Association Incorporated
Succession Plan
Seacliff Community Recreation Association Incorporated Strategic Plan (2024 – 2029):
Vision
To continue developing our Centre so we can serve and provide quality recreational needs for the community in the long term
Mission
OUR PURPOSE AND INTENT IS TO…
- Upgrade our facility to an exceptional level for future generations
- Maintain a community culture within the broader community
- Ensure the continued long-term viability of the Centre through effective management and operations
- Cater for anyone or any group in our wider community who wishes to participate wherever possible or practical
- Provide a safe recreational environment to our users
- Ensure that our various coaches, volunteers and committee members are appropriately qualified
- Actively promote who we are and what each group provides
Interested Parties
- Member groups
- Volunteers and coaches
- All users of the centre
- Neighbours and the local community
- Holdfast Bay Council and state government
- Peak bodies
- Sponsors
- Families and supporters
- Members for Parliament
- Management board
- Suppliers and vendors
- Local businesses
- Life members
Core values
- A safe welcoming and inclusive environment
- Sustainability and viability
- Quality service and standards
- Affordability
- Efficiency in our operations
- Effective communication
- Respect and empathetic environment
- A sense of community
- Well maintained and organized processes
- Recognition of each other’s contribution to Centre activities
Potential benefits and reasons why people volunteer
Parents and children spend time together
Make new friends and have fun
Access to free training and resources
Learn and share new skills
Increase knowledge and improve skills
Make a contribution/ a sense of belonging
Opportunities for travel
Take on new challenges
Explore a career
Earn academic credit
Expand personal experiences
Set a good example for children
Community spirit/become part of a community and/or be a part of a team
Help reduce costs for members
Need to remain active
Opportunities for recognition
Re-live childhood sporting memories
Future Volunteers expectations
Well organised programs to enhance volunteer contribution and performance
Flexibility to meet the needs of busy and complex lifestyles
Achieve healthy work life/volunteers activity balance
Utilising personal skills and attributes as they relate to task requirements
Training initiatives and skill development such as mentoring programs, workshops, internal and external training
Adequately resourced involvement in terms of supervision, support and training, and funding
Opportunity to achieve personal goals, create suggestions and receive recognition
Use of technology to enhance performance and contribution
A supportive, positive and enjoyable environment
Role Descriptions
A role description is important for volunteers because it allows them to know exactly what they are taking on, what is expected of them and how they will be supported. Having role descriptions shows Seacliff Community Recreation Association Incorporated is organised and committed to looking after its volunteers. A role description is also important when it comes to the Volunteer Protection Act (2001), which protects both the Seacliff Community Recreation Association Incorporated and its volunteers.
Record Keeping
Seacliff Community Recreation Association Incorporated commits to good record keeping with information such as policies, procedures, volunteer and employee information and general governance to ensure accountability, integrity, protection, compliance and accessibility.
Current Volunteers Preparing for their Own Exit
The volunteer and the committee could identify potential successors, but the volunteer in each role also has an important task to ensure their incumbent is prepared for the role.
Each current volunteer should be encouraged to:
- keep up-to-date and accurate records of their role and the processes they follow
- plan for someone to take their place one day
- mentor potential successors
- have open communication with their Member Group, and the Board where possible, should they intend to no longer occupy the role at the end of their term.
Approved by Board of Management of Seacliff Community Recreation Association Incorporated November 2014
Revised February 2018, June 2021, August 2024,