2020 Ulster GAA Club Officer Training Programme

Ulster GAA has launched its plans for 2020 Club Officer Training which is set to take place in January for all club officers across Ulster’s nine counties.

This year, Ulster GAA is aligning with the National Leadership Programme.  This will streamline all training for club officers to minimise the demands on the time of club volunteers, while still providing high quality essential training to empower club officers in their roles going forward in 2020.

The training will be delivered across four clusters and will include two training sessions.  The first session is role specific training for people new to their roles in 2020 or any officer wishing to update their skills and knowledge.  The second session is topic specific workshops which will deal with key issues facing GAA clubs in 2020 open to all Club Officers/Volunteers.

All clubs are encouraged to ensure that their club is represented at all these training sessions.

Club Officers: Role Specific Training

Ulster GAA in association with Croke Park are offering Club Officers new to their role in 2020 and any club officer wishing to update their skills and knowledge of their role, the opportunity to undertake role specific training.

Role Specific Training is available for:

1. Chairperson

2. Secretary

3. Treasurer

4. PRO

5.  Development Officer

6. Coaching Officer (all coaches welcome)

7. Irish Language & Culture Officer

The schedule for delivery of this training across Ulster is as follows, all training takes place from 6:30pm-9pm:

Cluster 1: Antrim, Derry, Tyrone – St Pius X College, Magherafelt – Tuesday 7th January

Cluster 2: Armagh, Down – St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook – Thursday 9th January

Cluster 3: Cavan, Fermanagh, Monaghan – Largy College, Clones  – Tuesday 14th January

Cluster 4: Donegal – Coláiste Ailigh, Letterkenny – Thursday 16th January

Club Officers: Development Training

The Club Officer Development Training provides club officers with topic specific workshops to prepare them for their duties over the coming year.  All clubs are asked to send at least 4 representatives to their cluster event.

The schedule for these training sessions and workshops available are as follows, all training takes place from 6.30pm-9.00pm:

Cluster 1: Antrim, Derry, Tyrone: St Pius X College, Magherafelt – Tuesday 21st January

• Creating a safe club – (risk management and how to create a safer club with the key objective of reducing accidents and potential insurance claims.)
• Doing Things Right – Good Governance in your GAA Club
• Upholding disciplinary rules and procedures (WEBINAR for all clusters)
• Health & Wellbeing

Cluster 2: Armagh, Down – St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook – Thursday 23rd January

• Creating a Safe Club – (risk management and how to create a safer club with the key objective of reducing accidents and potential insurance claims.)
• Doing Things Right – Good Governance in your GAA Club
• Health & Wellbeing
• Getting Work Done in Office 365

Cluster 3: Cavan, Fermanagh, Monaghan – Largy College, Clones – Tuesday 28th January

• Creating a Safe Club – (risk management and how to create a safer club with the key objective of reducing accidents and potential insurance claims.)
• Doing Things Right – Good Governance in your GAA Club
• Health & Wellbeing

Cluster 4: Donegal – Coláiste Ailigh, Letterkenny – Thursday 30th January

• Creating a Safe Club – (risk management and how to create a safer club with the key objective of reducing accidents and potential insurance claims.)
• Doing Things Right – Good Governance in your GAA Club
• Health & Wellbeing

Registration is essential as places are limited for all workshops.

To register log onto www.ulster.gaa.ie/officertraining

Please note, this programme is part of the GAA’s National Club Officer Leadership Programme, Ulster GAA’s Volunteer Development Pathway and meets a requirement of Club Maith.