WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE RESOURCE KIT?

 

To assist Community Champions in growing and sustaining tennis activities in their communities.  The ‘how tos’ of assessing your community needs, finding and engaging Community Partners and mounting creative Pathway programming are covered in this Kit.

 

HOW TO USE THE RESOURCE KIT

 

This Kit is not intended to be read cover to cover.  Rather, use it as a reference and read the sections that are relevant to your current situation.

 

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Section One:

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Describes the history of the Building Tennis Community Strategy and describes why this ‘community development’ approach is different from the traditional ‘club development’ approach to growing and sustaining tennis activity. Click here to view a summary of Section One.  

 

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Section Two: 

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Provides you with some direction in assessing the needs of your community. Click here to view a summary of Section Two.    

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Section Three: 

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Describes the role of the Community Champion. Click here to view a summary of Section Three.    

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Section Four: 

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Guides you through the process of building Community Partnerships. Click here to view a summary of Section Four.  

 

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Section Five:

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Offers options for developing innovative Pathway programming.  Included here is a special section on Wheelchair tennis and Community team tennis. Click here to view a summary of Section Five.  

 

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Section Six:

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Addresses sustainability and revenue generation.  How do you find the needed resources to sustain tennis activities in your community after the three year grant support period ends? Click here to view a summary of Section Six.  

 

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Section Seven: 

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Provides some sources and resources that may be useful to you. Click here to view a summary of Section Seven.  

 

To download the full version of the Community Champions Resource Kit (PDF), click here.