Volunteers Needed Please

Swansea Harriers is run entirely by volunteers and the club would cease to function without their continued support. If the club is to continue to thrive, survive and offer effective coaching ratios it is vital that more volunteers are forthcoming to support our existing volunteer team please. At the time of posting the club is in real need and is looking for volunteers in the areas listed below, UK Athletics Track & Field Coaching Assistant, UK Athletics Level 1 Officials Field Judge and U12 (school years 5 & 6) Boys Team Manager. We already have plenty of other experienced volunteers in these areas to support and mentor you through the season so you won’t be in a the deep end.

Coaching: assisting the clubs qualified coaches specifically in the junior groups through attending a UK Athletics Coaching Assistant qualification, which the club will support you through, the next of which is in Cardiff on Saturday 16th May. The club will refund the course cost in full for volunteers who attend post course completion. For more information of how to book and what the course entails please email [email protected] or call 078 94 57 35 55.

Officials: Swansea Harriers has a large team of very dedicated volunteer officials that help the club fulfil its commitments in all its league, cup and championship fixtures on and off track throughout the year. As for our coaches the club refund in full post course completion anyone that attends UK Athletics Officiating qualification that are £45pp. There are plenty of online courses scheduled, in particular we are looking for volunteers to attend the courses listed below, in the “What” Field type in Level 1 and then the genre of qualification i.e. Field, Starter, Timekeeper of Track.

The Swansea Harriers officials secretary is Chris Berry. If you are willing and available to help at any of the clubs fixtures as a track judge, timekeeper or field judge for any home or away fixtures or become a qualified official, please contact Chris whose contact details are [email protected] or 07778 185308

Team Managing: with the outdoor track & field leagues season commencing in April there is just now one vacancy in the U12B (School Years 5 & 6) for team managers in our junior age groups. Team Managers are an essential cornerstone of the club and athletes, without them the athletes are unable to take part in the leagues. If you would consider stepping up for just the 2026 summer season please get in touch. As for our coaches and officials there are plenty of experienced people available to support and mentor you through the season within the club. We are looking for someone who is organised, works well in a team, has excellent communication skills, has a positive empathetic attitude with an ability to build relationships with a range of people (parents, athletes, coaches, officials & competition providers). For more information 0n what the role entails please email [email protected] or call 078 94 57 35 55.

You can read more about some of our officials here of those profiled, Dave Jessett, Chris Pruski, Rod Davies are all active in the club.

Cafe Helpers: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday 4.45pm to 6.45pm if anyone can help once a week, ticking squad registers, collecting training fees, selling club kit, tea, coffee and refreshments to raise funds for the club. You just need to be able to work an IZettle and I Pad and make a fairly reasonable tea or coffee.

Alternatively please speak to any of our coaches or cafe team on a club night if you’d be willing to help us out in any of the areas above and they will explain how you can get stuck in helping the rest of our volunteers out!