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*NEW RESOURCE* - Climate Action Jargon Busters 🌍️🌿

There's no shortage of climate information out there - and while it's great that awareness keeps growing, the sheer volume of it and constant updates can make it hard to know where to even start. 🫤

To help, we’ve created a set of easy-to-understand ‘jargon busters’ that explain key climate change terms.💡🧠

This guide will help you cut through the noise, so that you can make informed choices, and take effective steps towards becoming a more sustainable sports club. ⚽🌳

Download here: https://www.savetodayplaytomorrow.com/post/climate-action-jargon-busters

Climate Action Jargon Busters We’ve created a set of easy-to-understand ‘jargon busters’ that explain key climate change terms and concepts. This guide will help you cut through the noise, so that you can make informed choices, and take effective steps towards becoming a more sustainable sports club.

Looking to boost your sports club’s corporate sponsorship skills through training or mentoring? 💪

We've teamed up with partnership experts b2b partnerships Ltd and The Sponsorship Toolkit, to provide tailored skills, knowledge, and guidance for sports clubs. 🏆️

Learn more here: https://www.savetodayplaytomorrow.com/profit

At Crusaders Football Club and Sporting Football Club, lift sharing became a game-changer, on and off the pitch.

From environmental benefits, through to creating team bonding opportunities, the two clubs saw:

🌱 A reduction in carbon emissions
💷 Savings in travel costs
🤝 Stronger bonds forming between players, parents and coaches

What started as small, practical changes such as WhatsApp coordination groups and clubhouse maps showing who lives nearby, led to a greater impact in terms of safer training nights, lower costs, and closer communities, with players, parents and coaches bonding along the way.

👉 Read the full case study to see how these clubs made it happen.

Read more here - https://www.savetodayplaytomorrow.com/post/crusaders-fc-sporting-fc-driving-change-through-lift-sharing

Crusaders FC & Sporting FC: Driving Change Through Lift Sharing Crusaders FC and Sporting FC have shown how a simple idea like lift sharing, can reduce environmental impact while also strengthening connections across grassroots football communities.Coaches at both clubs played a pivotal role in making lift sharing work. By connecting parents who live near each o...

As drought disrupts fixtures - how can clubs respond? 🌡️

This summer's record-breaking heat and driest July since 1836 have already forced football and rugby leagues to delay fixtures, with pitches left "rock hard" and unsafe to play on. But this isn't just a one-off - as heatwaves grow more frequent and extreme, clubs may need to start planning for drought as a regular part of the sporting calendar. ✍️

So how can your club adapt for the long term? From smarter irrigation to protecting your most valuable pitches, there are practical steps clubs can take now to build resilience for seasons to come. 💪

Read the full article to find out how - https://www.savetodayplaytomorrow.com/post/as-drought-disrupts-fixtures-how-can-clubs-respond

As drought disrupts fixtures - how can clubs respond? After weeks of little rain, the UK may finally see some relief this week, but the damage from this summer's drought is already being felt across grassroots sport.

🌍 🏆Our August newsletter has just landed, and it's a big one!

Here's a sneak peek of what's inside...

🚀 The programme is entering a new growth phase, with Climate Action for Associations (CAFA) stepping in as strategic lead, building on the brilliant foundations laid by Birmingham County FA.

⚡ Ever wondered how much energy your clubhouse is really using? Our free Energy Management Assessment Tool gives you an instant efficiency score in minutes.

🤝 Looking for sponsorship? We break down exactly what sponsors are looking for.

💙 Plus, we're spotlighting Project KAIA, a vital initiative tackling violence against women and girls in football.

Read the full newsletter now: https://www.savetodayplaytomorrow.com/so/79Pzfroi8?languageTag=en 📩

Your monthly update for all things grassroots sport and sustainability. Welcome to Save Today, Play Tomorrow

💭 A recent report from Women in Sport and Leeds Beckett University found that 77% of CEOs (drawing on 67 organisational leaders) agree that coaching as a career pathway is ill-defined and needs modernising. For women, that ambiguity is an added barrier on top of an already uneven playing field.

Men still hold three quarters of Chair, CEO and Performance Director roles across the twenty most popular sports in England. The coaching workforce reflects the same pattern, with women facing disparity in both opportunity and treatment at every level. 📉

There are reasons for optimism however. Recent high-profile coaching appointments in men's sport like Marie-Louise Eta and Sarah Taylor in football and cricket respectively show what's possible and progress is happening, but there's still a long way to go.⏩️

At grassroots level in particular, girls benefit from coaches who share their lived experience, and visible female role models shape what the next generation believes is possible for them, in sport and beyond.

As the old adage goes: 'if you can see it, you can be it'. 💪

🔗 Read more here: https://www.savetodayplaytomorrow.com/post/women-in-sports-coaching-what-the-research-tells-us