UKFF AGM 2017
June 10th 2017
Hilton Hotel, St. Georges Park
Agenda
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BUDGET & FINANCE
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Major investments completed and planned
Current bank balances
Net income for year
Membership fees
NEW ORGANISATION STRUCTURE
– New staff compensation proposal
– Applications for posts and election of officials
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WEBSITE
– 2016/7 issues
– Plans and expenditure for 2017/8
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INSURANCE
– Current cost and cover (300 events annually, PLI, ELI)
– Should we extend this to cover team’s sessions for Public and Employer’s Liability?
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REPORT FROM LEAGUES
– South, Midlands, Youth, Scotland
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MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT
– Last year, next year
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AOB
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Finance
Income
Tournament Fees
Player fees
National teams
Training programs
25,647
18,050
17,495
1,924
Other
Total Income
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63,118
Costs
Storage/Hall hire
Other match expenses
Referees
Nationals
National teams
Total direct costs
20,708
701
180
5,175
20,067
46,831
Accounting Expenses
IFF Membership Fees
Other Development Initiatives
Meeting Expenses
Bank/Finance Charges
Insurance
Other Administration Costs
Accrual for Nationals 2017
Depreciation Charge
Total other costs
862
1,495
2,004
139
115
2,774
38
5,000
2,761
(estimate)
15,188
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Total profit
3
1,099
What is the UKFF?
You are the UKFF!
More accurately: the members are the UKFF
The UKFF is not: a Government department with a building full
of people and big budget.
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NEW UKFF ORGANISATION
STRUCTURE
• Current problem
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League Directors do almost all of the work running a league which too much for 1
Few people want to be a League Director
Few people feel they have the knowledge to run a whole league
Little time left to organise refereeing and coaching courses etc.
• What is needed
– Dividing the work into many, small roles (1 person/role)
– Re-use of material and sharing expertise between regional leagues (e.g. a lot of
time can be saved if the same material is re-used in every adult league)
• The solution is ‘matrix management’
– League teams will be asked to a volunteer who will receive free UKFF
membership saving £35 per person
– Volunteers will each take on 1 small role roles e.g. to organise fixtures, refs,
money etc.
– The Director and the volunteers together decide how the league is run e.g. dates
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In Your Region…
If you are not
happy with
how things
work in your
region
If you don’t
want to pay
£35 annual
membership
If you want a
say in how
the league is
run
…then please come forward and volunteer for one of the roles
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Stating the Obvious!
• If there are no volunteers then there will be
– No national team training sessions or friendlies
• Mens, U19s, Ladies
– No one to answer questions to the Central
Committee
– Little forward progress for the UKFF
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The New Matrix Organisation
UKFF CENTRAL COMMITTEE
President
Chairman
A REGIONAL LEAGUE COMMITTEE
Counties Youth League
Fixtures/Ref’ing
Child Safety
Finances
Membership
Hall dates
League Director Scotland
Fixtures
Refereeing
Finances
Membership
Coaching
League Director Midlands
Fixtures
Refereeing
Finances
Membership
Coaching
League Director South
Fixtures
Refereeing
Finances
Membership
Coaching
National Teams Manager
Mens Coach
Womens Coach
Finance Director
Marketing & Dev.
Information Technology
Company Secretary
General Secretary
• A lot more positions, a lot less work for each person
• League Directors manage the teams & are a single
point of contact e.g. attending Central Committee
conf calls
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UKFF Central Committee Roles
The same applies: free membership, have a say in what the UKFF does
President
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Strategic Planning & Execution
IFF & Sports England Liaison
Board Updates
Communications
Funding
Chairman
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Strategic Planning & Execution
Operational Management
Divisions & Clubs Support
National Teams Support
Administrative Support
National Teams Manager
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Manage National teams
Develop National teams
Men’s National Coach
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Plan & run training session
Selection of players
Coaching during matches
IT
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Control of external contractors for website etc.
General Secretary
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Support of other committee members
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EFFECTIVE RESIGNATIONS
• Rule for this discussion: let’s not get personal!
• The problem
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Sometimes UKFF volunteers stop working & even responding to emails
Often caused by a change in circumstances since they were elected
People outside the Committee assume progress is being made in this responsibility area
In fact nothing is happening, and so UKFF members get rightly frustrated
• The solution
– The Committee will call inactive members discuss the lack of work & whether they wish to
continue
– If this doesn’t work, they will be emailed within 2 weeks of phone contact
– If this doesn’t work, they will be emailed again within a further 2 weeks; a final warning
– If this doesn’t work, they will be emailed again to tell them the UKFF believes that they have
effectively resigned
• Afterwards
– The new vacancy will be advertised without waiting for the next AGM
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Website
• New website implemented cost £2600
– Floorball info
– Adult league statistics
• Generally looks good and works well
• However some serious issues with registrations and
map of teams
• The external web development contractor is not
responding to emails/phone calls
• Ondrej is getting quotes for a new company to take
over maintenance of the website, expected bill over
£1000
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Insurance Issues
Public Liability Insurance (PLI)
• Required by venues to protect them against
claims (excluding negligence)
Employers Liability Insurance (ELI)
• To protect the UKFF and officials from claims
 The UKFF does not provide any insurance to protect players from injuries or loss of earnings
 The UKFF insurance covers 390 events/year and so does not cover club training sessions,
currently costs about £2800
 We recommend that players obtain their own personal accident insurance
 Do you want us to investigate bulk purchase of insurance? Additional fee required if used.
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SOUTH LEAGUE 2016-17
- 11 teams participating compared to 7 teams last year!
- 3 new teams entering SNL for the first time
- New 2nd Division launched, with 5 teams entering
- Cost saving for teams on tournament fees
- South League turned a small profit, meaning costs are neither too
high or too low & leaving a little investment available for future
development
ALL IN ALL, A GOOD SEASON!
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SOUTH LEAGUE 2017-18
Top priority for 2017-18 is to improve standard of ref’ing
With help from experienced players in the area, intention is to:
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Seek out any qualified non-playing refs to help referee some games in return for
expenses
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Look to organise a refereeing course in the region and encourage as many teams
to attend as possible
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To raise the standard of ref’ing in the region to positively impact the standard of
play, and enforce the ethos of friendly competition
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To consider what changes can be made to the current structure to ensure all
matches are well ref’d, and to encourage teams to participate fully in making the
league the home of top quality Floorball
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MIDLANDS LEAGUE 2016-17
- Brand new venue – St George’s Park
- Much better atmosphere and nicer surface to play on
- More expensive and harder to get to
- 9 teams participating compared to 15 teams last year
- Not counting Norwich, who seemed enthusiastic to start but
only turned up to one tournament
- Lack of teams probably due to venue change and cost increase
- Playing standard increased on average
- Mainly at lower end of the league.
- Not much competition for the higher teams
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MIDLANDS LEAGUE 2016-17
- Refereeing standard still an issue
- Targeted regional courses might be easier to fill
- Made a loss this year
- Tried to keep costs to minimum
- Too few teams to cover costs and not increase
fees too much
- Something will need to change here next year
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RECRE LEAGUE 2016-17
- Also at a new venue - Cotswolds
- Cheap but not easy to access, especially for London teams
- Potential to host some at Newbold College next year
- Always hard to organise around university term dates
and all other tournaments
- Large number of potential teams are Uni teams
- League covers costs even when only a few teams play
- Always played in a friendly inclusive spirit!
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MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT
ACHIEVEMENTS 2016/7
• Formed a partnership with Premier Sport
– PS are the UK’s largest sports coaching organisation for schools
• Published a guide on how to start/run a club
– Many people ask how to start a club, many existing clubs shut down
– The document contains best practice for new & existing clubs (grants etc)
– Available on the UKFF ‘downloads’ page
• Support individual new clubs to start up
– Creation & loan of start up kits to adult and youth teams
– Dunblane, Basingstoke, York Uni, Camberley Primary School, Sparta adults
• Collecting & publishing contacts for all teams
– New teams contacted e.g. Streatham Ice Hockey, Deeside Ice Hockey
– Making it easier for people who want to play floorball to find a team where
they live
– Now available as a pdf on the website
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MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT
MANIFESTO 2017/8
• Attempt to find a business to sponsor floorball
– Premier Sport Ltd are willing have staff trained and run taster sessions
– Funding needed for the first few sessions and for coaching
• Coordinate short coaching courses
– Requested by Premier Sport and new clubs
– A full Level 1 coaching course takes 2 days so not suitable
– New course to fit in with Sport England ‘activator’ format to allow recognition
• Support more new clubs to start up
– Creation & loan of start up kits to adult and youth teams
• Promote awareness of floorball at a national level
and support regional awareness
– Promo collateral, websites, events, coordination amongst youth managers
– Ice Hockey case study to promote floorball to ice hockey clubs
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Ice Hockey Clubs Campaign
WE ALREADY KNOW:
Ice hockey players
have to train at crazy
times of day & ice
time is expensive
Floorball can improve
stick handling skills
Find your nearest ice
hockey club
Call them and email
the case study poster
from the UKFF
downloads page
Invite them to your
training sessions to
pick up new/skilled
players for your
floorball team
Let us know how it
goes!
Stick handling training video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V6XB0KmYkk
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