Volleyball Ireland release highly ambitious strategic plan
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Volleyball Ireland are honoured, excited, and energised to present their new strategic plan, ‘Feel the Buzz’.
The four-year plan focuses on growing a sustainable Volleyball community, with a vision to be recognised as a leader in inclusion, and the fastest-growing Volleyball Federation in Europe.
The highly detailed and comprehensive strategy includes 58 hard targets and well over 100 actions that will support, promote, and grow the diverse Volleyball community in Ireland as well as 10 key performance indicators that will measure Volleyball’s success including the tripling of player participation.
Amongst the ambitious key deliverables are:
• The hosting of a major international Volleyball event
• The development of 50 free-to-use community Volleyball courts in parks and beaches
• Implementation of a new coach education framework and syllabus
Over the last four years the sport has grown with a near doubling of players, teams, and revenues. The number of children playing in clubs has quadrupled.
Clodagh NicCanna“We will keep the forward momentum of recent years and grasp the enthusiasm that exists for our sport to bring Volleyball to a new level in Ireland. This plan is about growth, but it is also about improving the experience of Volleyball for all our members. There does seem to be a genuine buzz about Volleyball and Volleyball Ireland, and we think Feel the Buzz really encapsulates what we’re about, that feeling of excitement and anticipation you get when you walk into a hall or on to the sand.”
Volleyball Ireland President
There is a keen focus on sustainability with Volleyball Ireland being set to become Ireland’s first National Governing Body (NGB) and Volleyball’s first Federation in the world to sign up to the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework.
Gary Stewart“Sustainability is a key driver for us, and we want to become a leader in this area showing the benefits of taking sustainability seriously, to enhance and improve our sport and the environment we play in. We are already working hard on our action plan in this area.”
Volleyball Ireland CEO
Working with the strategy is Volleyball Ireland’s novel manifesto also titled Feel the Buzz, which brings to live Volleyball Ireland’s core values and what it stands for in a way that everyone can connect with and celebrate.
It’s a buzz.
A different kinda buzz.
An exciting kinda buzz.
From the court on campus,
To a beach near you.
One net, one ball, game on.
All sorts, from all over.
A melting pot of good people,
And one shared language.
Serve, pass, set, spike.
Big characters.
Big moments.
Bigger smiles.
There’s nothing really like it.
Bold, competitive, fun.
And a welcome. For everyone.
Volleyball. Feel the buzz!