Module 5 of 6 · Volunteers

Volunteer management for sports clubs

For each volunteer or coach you record what they do, how many hours they put in and what allowance goes with it. Payouts run through the same financial layer as fees and sponsorship, so your bookkeeping adds up on its own. Cost: €1 per volunteer per year.

What it looks like

This is how you do it in Volunteers.

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The planning board
Vrijwilligers

The planning board

Per location and per day: who is on in the canteen, on the pitch, at the kit store. Day, week, month or the cockpit.

What happens next, by itselfYou create a new slot with a step-by-step wizard; the gaps list shows what is still open.
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Staff & volunteers
Vrijwilligers

Staff & volunteers

Per person: type, working days, hours versus contract and qualifications. You approve hours here.

What happens next, by itselfHours flow through to allowances and payout rounds, on to the bookkeeping.

Experience it yourself in 15 minutes

Find, plan, keep

How do we find volunteers, and how does volunteer planning work without the hassle?

Recruiting more volunteers starts with asking less: who does what and when is on one board, and anyone who wants to help signs up without an account.

Volunteer planning on one board

Bar duty, driving, refereeing or a job: every shift is a slot, everyone sees their own shift and the day cockpit shows who is on today.

Find volunteers through the gaps list

The gaps list shows which roles are still open. You ask parents straight from the slot; anyone who wants to help signs up via a public link, no login.

Cancel with a reason, and the hours follow

Anyone cancelling says why, so you see the gap at once. Hours, allowances and payouts follow from the planning by themselves.

What it does

The same job, without the legwork.

A record per volunteer · Hours and timesheets · Pay out allowances · Background checks and documents · Tasks and rotas · One person, one record.

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A record per volunteer

Who does what, since when, and on what terms. Coaches and staff come from your member records, so nobody is entered twice.

Hours and timesheets

Log hours per task or team. The coordinator approves, and it is then ready for payout.

Pay out allowances

Payout rounds with a complete overview per person, straight into your bookkeeping. No more loose expense slips.

Background checks and documents

Record which background check is in and when it expires, so an audit never means searching.

Tasks and rotas

Schedule clubhouse shifts, referees and driving parents, with the call-out going through the communication module.

One person, one record

A coach who is also a member and a sponsor stays one person in the system. Not three separate records.

What it replaces

What comes off your plate?

Most clubs do this today with a mix of spreadsheets, a federation export and one volunteer’s mailbox. Put the tasks side by side and you see, task by task, what it costs you now and what replaces it.

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TaskHow most clubs do it nowWith Loyal2Sports
Who does whatA list on the volunteer coordinator’s home computerOne overview the board can see too
Hours and allowancesNotes, messages and a shoeboxHours per task, approved and paid out
Paying outManual transfers with nothing to back them upA payout round with a breakdown per person
Managing background checksA folder of scans, nobody knows what has expiredRecorded with expiry date and alerts
Integrations

Works with what you already have.

Nothing has to be torn down. Import what you have, keep your current website if you want, and hand your bookkeeper a ready-made file.

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Club story

How it plays out at a club.

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From the field
“We knew who was helping out, but not what it cost. Now we see exactly which allowance comes from where, round by round.”

Treasurer · football club

€1per volunteer per year
1 recordfor hours, background checks and allowance
0 slipsin the shoebox
Frequently asked questions

About volunteers.

How do we find volunteers?

By making the asking easy. The gaps list shows which roles are open, you ask parents straight from the slot, and anyone who wants to help signs up via a public link without an account. Small, one-off shifts draw more people than a season-long commitment, and those are exactly what you can plan here.

How do we recruit more volunteers for our club?

Start with the threshold, not the appeal. One public sign-up link per shift or job, no login, and the volunteer sees at once what it is and how long it takes. Research by the Mulier Institute shows interest in one-off tasks is growing while interest in fixed roles is falling, so aim your recruiting at single shifts.

How do we organise volunteer planning?

On one planning board. Bar duty, driving, refereeing or a job are slots; you create them with a step-by-step wizard, assign them per team or per person, and everyone sees only their own shift. Anyone cancelling gives a reason, the gaps list shows what is still open, and the hours flow through to allowances and payout.

What does volunteer management cost?

€1 per volunteer per year. A club with 100 volunteers therefore pays €100 per year, or just over €8 per month. Communication and events come free.

Is a coach also a member?

Often yes, and that stays the case. A person exists once in the system and can be a member, coach, volunteer and sponsor at the same time. Nothing is entered twice.

Does Loyal2Sports account for volunteer allowance rules?

You record the agreed allowance per volunteer and see the yearly total paid out, so you can check for yourself whether you stay within the tax limits. We confirm the current maximum amounts during onboarding.

Can we pay out through the bank?

You create a payout round with a complete overview per person and submit it to your bank or bookkeeping. Direct bank integrations with ING, Rabobank and ABN AMRO are in development.

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Pick the module you need most and start today. Includes a 30-minute onboarding call, training, videos and data migration where needed.