Volunteers needed

We're always looking for more volunteers to help out at Millwall Rugby Club.

The kind of areas we need help at the moment are:

• Adult coaching assistants (qualified or not... we can provide training)
• Youth coaching assistants (qualified or not... we can provide training)
• Bar Staff
• Bar Duty Managers
• People who love posting on social media

If you'd like to help us out, please email us at volunteer@millwallrugby.com.

Don't forget there are also benefits for you too!

Volunteers with benefits

Volunteering at Millwall has benefits!

Did you know that regular volunteers at Millwall qualify for 50% off their annual membership fee? 

And did you also know that players who volunteer qualify for 50% off their match day subs?

So if you play at least 15 games a year, this discount could be worth £100 or more as a thank you for your time and effort.  

If you want to save some money on your membership, why not give a little of your time instead? If you want to know what might be involved in some of the various roles, take a look here.

Please email volunteer@millwallrugby.com to find out how you could help.

This discount for volunteers was introduced in 2011. Here is a reminder of the rules as they currently stand:

• The discount applies to all club management committee roles and all other elected positions automatically.
• The discount is also also be available to all other club subcommittee members and volunteers, including unpaid coaches and unpaid referees providing it's supported by the relevant subcommittee chair (eg Men's Chair/Ladies' Chair/Youth Chair) and subsequent approval by CMC. It's up to the subcommittee chairs to identify the volunteers who should get this discount. While that happens a volunteer may need to pay the full amount and receive a rebate later following CMC approval.  
• The discount now also applies to regular bar staff if approved per the above - (this change happened when we withdrew the clubhouse credit/free drink vouchers.)
• The discount on subs applies as long as the committee member/volunteer continues to serve as such. A discounted membership shall remain valid as long as the committee member/volunteer continues to serve. 
• The discount applies to all categories and methods of paying membership except life membership.

Want to help your club? - current vacancies on the club committee

As you may or may not be aware your club is run entirely by volunteers, and we currently have a couple of vacant positions on the club committee.

• 1st Team manager (1 expression of interest so far)
• 2nd Team manager (1 expression of interest so far)
• Venus manager
• Development officer

If you are interested in helping to run your club in our 20th anniversary year and any of the above roles appeal, please send an email to Karen Anderson (club secretary) on secretary@millwallrugby.com before 31st December 2014 indicating which role you would like to volunteer for.

If you would like further information with regards to these roles, please feel free to speak to the outgoing position holder or any committee member to get a feel for what the role entails or referring to the role descriptions on the club website committee page
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For those roles which receive just one expression of interest by 31/12/14, this person will be notified and 'co-opted' formally at the next committee meeting on 13th Jan 2015 (although they will be in role asap).

For those roles which receive more than one expression of interest by 31/12/14, these will be discussed at the next committee meeting and the successful applicant will be showered in a flavour of Hooch of their choice* (*this may or may not happen).
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From personal experience, I can say that a committee role is both rewarding and challenging and it's a great feeling to be so deeply involved in a club and see it grow from strength to strength. 

For those who think you have to be at the club a while before going into a committee role - I don't think this necessarily matters - I joined in Nov 2011 and by April 2012 I had taken a committee role (and have been in one ever since)

Granted, some would say me bringing Hooch into the club is tantamount to bringing the club into disrepute, I will leave my peers to decide on that......

Gareth

Will you collect for the Poppy Appeal?

Last year we raised over £2000 for the poppy appeal (£1500 in 2012) by collecting at Canary Wharf DLR and Tube Stations for 2 hours each weekday over a 2 week period.

In total over £105,000 was raised in Poplar and Millwall. This year we have been asked to help again and hopefully raise even more money as 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of World War One.

We need 2 volunteers each evening Monday – Friday between 5pm and 7pm at Canary Wharf DLR / Tube stations from 25.10.14 to 10.11.14 selling poppies to the public.

Can you assist by giving up 2 hours or more for this year’s appeal ?

I am currently putting a rota together - so please email me on paulfisher@millwallrugby.com with your availability.

Many Thanks for your support

Paul