What Good Governance Actually Means in Grassroots Sport

Governance in grassroots sport is not about bureaucracy. It is about whether anyone can see what is happening, question it, and trust the answer.

How to Write a Sponsorship Letter for Non-Profit Organisations

A sponsorship letter is not a begging letter. It is a business proposal. Here is how grant writers, commercial managers, and sponsorship advisors would actually write one.

Tone from the Top: Why Sport Governance Starts with Your Chair

A chair who ignores the conflict of interest policy teaches the whole board that the policy is optional. Governance culture flows downhill.

Sport Bodies as Strategic Partners, Not Grant Recipients

A Harvard Business Review article asked companies to rethink nonprofits. We asked sport administrators in Australia and the UK: does this apply to us?

Whistleblowing in Sport: How to Build Channels People Will Actually Use

Most grassroots sport organisations have no proper whistleblowing mechanism. 'Email the chair' is not a reporting channel - especially when the complaint is about the chair.

The Governance Self-Assessment Every Sport Organisation Should Run

Most sport organisations have never formally assessed their own governance. The ISCA self-assessment framework can be done in 90 minutes with a whiteboard.