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
Bowls Trans & Gender Diverse Policy
Running a Successful Open Day
Celebrating Diversity in Bowls
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
Booking opens - 17th March 2023
Book NowClub Helpers Workshop
Booking opens - 17th March 2023
Book NowRecruitment 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
Booking opens - 17th March 2023
Book NowRecruitment and Retention Workshop
Booking opens - 17th March 2023
Book NowWebsite 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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