Coaches and Volunteers

Active coaches and volunteers are critical to the success of our Strategic Plan. We want to share the information that will enable you to understand our Plan and what we are trying to achieve over the next five years.

Key Objectives

Objectives for Coaches
Key coaching objectives include enhancing coach training, providing more online coaching materials and increasing the number of coaches.

Objectives for Volunteers
For volunteers, the key objectives include increasing the involvement and number of young volunteers; increasing the involvement of community members, including family members, athletes, community leaders, and doctors. We also intend to more accurately capturing volunteer information.

The documents below will get you started. We will share additional materials as they become available. 

2011-2015 Strategic Plan

  • Description: Our Five-Year Global Strategic Plan
  • Audience: Stakeholders and insiders who want detailed information and are familiar with our Movement
  • Languages Available:English (PDF); Chinese (PDF); French (PDF); Arabic (PDF)

One-Page Plan Summary and 5-Pillar Framework

  • Description: A one-page overview of our Global Strategic Plan. This includes our Five-Pillar Framework, our strategic initiatives and Pillar-level goals
  • Audience: External stakeholders and people who want an overview of our Global Strategic Plan 
  • Languages Available:English (PDF)

For More Information

We encourage you to get in touch with your own Program staff to see what additional support and materials are available in your Program. Region and Program Contacts  
 
 

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