As gymnasts get older their motivations change. Whilst skill development is still important, developing strength, flexibility and fitness and having the opportunity to dance, display and socialise with others has increasing importance for gymnasts aged 11+.

The Active Partnerships work across all sports and physical activities, with a variety of different providers to focus on the needs of their communities.

Having certain certificates and information displayed at your club can be a legal or British Gymnastics requirement, but it can also mean less administrative work responding to member or staff enquiries.

A British Gymnastics policy on Affiliated Associations

This webcast can help you understand the importance of inclusion within your club, Including information on The Social and Medical model of Disability.

As a valued club partner, you can benefit from displaying your British Gymnastics membership in your marketing and around your club.

A club development plan will help club directors and managers to grow their clubs and keep track of the direction their club is taking.

Club Matters is the one-stop-shop for clubs of all sizes in England, giving advice on all aspects of running or setting up a club.

This short video will provide you useful tips to help you develop your club timetable or revise an existing timetable.

In this user guide we will cover the following areas: How to develop a code of conduct, How to enforce codes of conduct, What to do if a member breaches a code of conduct, Downloadable example codes of conduct

Here are some considerations for clubs to deal with complaints as quickly and effectively as possible to reach a satisfactory resolution for all parties concerned and to prevent the complaints from escalating.

This is a guide for setting up complaint resolution in your club

Intro To… courses are introductory level courses which introduce Young Leaders to the exciting opportunities within our sport.

The Club Timetabling information is to help you develop a new club timetable or revise and existing timetable.

There are 4 sections to this guide with a self-reflective questionnaire so that you can assess where your club is at right now and where it could find further information depending on your answer.

Regional Days are essentially development days for young leaders around a Region to come together, socialise, participate in workshops and courses which all count towards their development through the Leadership Academy.

Developing a gymnastics club or program is a continuous process that starts with a vision of where you want to be in the future followed up by regular reviews to keep the development on track.

Disciplinary and grievance procedures provide clear structures for dealing with difficulties which may arise as part of the working relationship, from either the employer’s or employee’s perspective.

British Gymnastics Membership Rules require that every member of a Registered Club, holds the appropriate category of British Gymnastics membership.

We have prepared a Video to help you assess your workforce status and development.

It’s important to understand what roles your club may need, who these roles may be carried out by and how they can work together to embed good and safe practice throughout club policies and procedures.

Many clubs have a workforce that may include children and young workers, and so it is important to know that Children’ & ‘Young Workers’ are defined differently in law, and have different rights and restrictions placed on them regarding what they can do at work.

Expanding a gymnastics club could include many different types of development but will usually necessitate or incur an increase in the number of gymnasts your club accommodates.

A guide to creating dedicated facilities within your gymnasium.

Health and Safety guidance for your gymnastics clubs.

Gain a better understanding of what festival gymnastics is and what opportunities are available within festival gymnastics, both nationally and internationally.

Whether you are starting a new club, or reviewing your gymnastics club structures and processes, there are a lot of areas to establish to cover a club’s legal and operational needs.

The Leadership Academy is a group of young leaders aged 11+ within your club that want to develop themselves and their skills in the gymnastics environment.

Gymnastics is a sport that requires large spaces, specialised training equipment and specialised sportswear.

Member feedback is one of the best methods to improve your club operations and let you know how your members are feeling about the work you are doing and the experience they are having with you.

When running a gymnastics programme there are a number of reasons why you may consider hiring a facility.

What your club needs to know about hiring candidates from abroad after Freedom of Movement ended on 31st December 2020.

Hiring out your facility is a great way to generate extra income, and also provide additional opportunities for both your members and your community.

A great way to provide more opportunities for participants can be changing or adding to your programme over the school holidays and run ‘holiday clubs, camps or workshops’.

British Gymnastics has created support documents, resources, courses and guidance for clubs and coaches to access to become more inclusive. Further information can be found in this card.