TidyHQ Blog — Page 20
Older articles from the archive. Practical advice on membership, governance, volunteers, and funding for clubs and associations.
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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.
Meeting Minutes: Why Your Committee Needs a System
Meeting minutes aren't bureaucratic busywork. They're your club's institutional memory. Here's why they matter and how to do them properly.
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.