Below is an overview of the considerations from the Chairs’ forum 26 March 2020.

• Short Term Considerations:

• Is your club fully secure and closed down.
• Are you considering regular checks.
• Have fridges and water heaters been emptied and turned off.
• Do you need to place rat and mouse traps.
• Are boat hatches open.
• Are there piles of wet boat towels lying around.

• Mid Term Considerations:

• Have you conducted a financial review, can this support the BR questionnaire.
• Contact your insurance broker to see if they will be willing to reduce the premium as the club is no longer rowing.
• Contact CART or EA to reduce boat licence fees (a touchy subject but one worth considering).
• Keep an eye out on the BR Club Affiliation process.
• Review the ability to rent/ loan ergs to Club members.
• Keep engaged with your squads, you will want them to return to rowing. Look at the upcoming BR media for erg and fitness videos.
• Contact other Clubs to see what they are doing.
• Consider media platforms to communicate with your squads – Zoom, google hangouts, MSTeams have all been praised.
• Review your Governance and operational documents and policies. Plan a review cycle to ensure all key policies.
• Safeguarding Policy just been updated and other policies will follow
• Have you incorporated the BR Codes of Conduct into your Membership packs.

• Long Term Considerations:

• Mark Davies is promoting that his Ladders format might be a great way to come back to full rowing activities.
• NCC will be reviewing the Competition Calendar in preparedness to reopen in a controlled way.
• Review your Competitions and see what can be done to improve, amend or make it easier to restart (given what may come from the NCC).
• Be aware that squads may not be ready to return to rowing (technically and physically). Plan a return to rowing training plan to ensure that they can. Consider health and fitness first.
• contact your river authority to inform them of the water conditions, offer a hand if suitable, it might be a good club social gathering to start off.

Have you sustained any damage from the recent floods?

Following the recent floods, as a region we would appreciate you sharing any damage that you have sustained at your club, to the building/facilities or other, or if you have had to cancel any events as this will be on the agenda at the next Chairs’ forum.

If the floods have had any negative impact on your club, restrictions on rowing aside, we would appreciate if you share a few details using the form below. this will be sent to Anne as Regional Chair.

Many thanks

BR Membership Survey 2019

Why is British Rowing conducting the survey?

British Rowing is currently conducting a survey of current and former members, and anyone with a connection to the wider sport, either now or in the past. This is part of a project to increase the number of British Rowing members so that more can be done to support our sport. Initial research with the rowing community has highlighted several approaches and ideas to achieve this. The purpose of the survey is to share these, and to hear your views on them.

Taking part in the survey

It would be great if you could complete this survey, and please also feel free to share it with your wider rowing contacts.

TAKE PART IN THE SURVEY

Please note that this is a different and additional survey to the recent British Rowing member satisfaction survey, which you may also have completed.

Thank you for your time.