Education is key to unlocking a world of bigger and better clubs with fantastic, confident volunteers.

Looking to better your own knowledge on a topic or get some advice on how to make your club the best club it can be?  Look no further – our education platform has FREE training and educational resources to help volunteers and clubs reach their potential.

This is an ever expanding area for the BDA so make sure you check back or follow our social media platforms to be the first to find out about our new resources.

Quick Guides

Quick guide organising a virtual club meeting

Quick guide to committee role captain

Quick guide to committee role chairperson

Quick guide to membership options

Quick guide to committee role treasurer

Quick guide to committee role vol co-ordinator

Quick guide to committee role safeguarding officer

Quick guide to committee role secretary

Quick guide to committee role safeguarding officer

Bowls Trans & Gender Diverse Policy

Running a Successful Open Day

Celebrating Diversity in Bowls

Introduction to Safeguarding in Bowls

Digital Marketing

Live Online Training

Club Helpers Workshop


This workshop aims to provide you with hints and tips on how to structure the first session for a new person or people attending an Open Day, whilst providing a process for all club volunteers (members) to follow when meeting and greeting new people on their first visit to your club.​

It will give you ​practical ideas that keep the session fun and engaging for people trying the ​ sport for the first time​ as well as ideas to ensure new bowlers come back for a second visit​.

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Club Helpers Workshop

Tuesday 28th March - 6pm

Booking opens - 17th March 2023

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Club Helpers Workshop

Thursday 30th March - 1pm

Booking opens - 17th March 2023

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Recruitment and Retention Workshop


The workshop aims to give your club an understanding on how to recruit new members, and integrate and retain existing members into your club.

It will cover the basics of promoting and raising awareness of your club, understanding the importance of engaging with your local community and how to reach out to new audiences, whilst briefly touching upon the essentials of holding an open day.

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Recruitment and Retention Workshop

Tuesday 28th March - 1pm

Booking opens - 17th March 2023

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Recruitment and Retention Workshop

Thursday 30th March - 7pm

Booking opens - 17th March 2023

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Website and Social Media Workshop


This workshop aims to give you an overview of how to use your website and social media pages to showcase your club, your members and events and how to use these to attract new and prospective members into the club.

It will also cover the basics of online safety, to help keep you and your members safe, looking at the best practice for adding information to your webpages whilst also looking at how you can create a social media policy that your members can follow.

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Website and Social Media Workshop

Monday 27th March - 1pm

Booking opens - 17th March 2023

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Website and Social Media Workshop

Wednesday 29th March - 7pm

Booking opens - 17th March 2023

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