South West District 101
Developing Culture, Recreation and Sport with Confidence

Community culture, recreation, and sport groups are the heart and soul of rural Saskatchewan. They have a long history and make a strong impact … when things are working. The reality is community groups struggle to find volunteers, there is never enough funding, and navigating the provincial culture/recreation/sport system is complicated.

We talk with dozens of community groups and hundreds of community staff and volunteers. We hear you when you say you need training, but it needs to be low-cost and online, on-demand, or close to home. We hear you when you tell us you want opportunities to network with other groups to compare notes and develop best practices, but it needs to work around seeding, harvest, and a long list of other volunteer demands. We know you feel overwhelmed.

Running a community group usually means you are volunteering for not 1, but more like 4 or 5 organizations. To keep all your community groups active and functioning, you are faced with no other choice. You open the museum, write the grant applications, chair the board, and try to attend as many networking events as your tight schedule and limited budget will allow.

We want to help you make your community culture, recreation, and sport experience a little bit easier.

We can help:

• Identify training, opportunities, and partnerships to deliver local programs.
• Connect with provincial culture, recreation, and sport programs and governing bodies.
• Find funding opportunities.
• Support volunteer development.
• Refine board best practices.
• Support your unique challenges.

Every year, our Community Consultants meet with community leaders, volunteers, and organizations leading culture, recreation, and sport programs and activities. We focus on three easy topics for discussion, where you are right now, where you want to go, and how we can help you get there.

You could struggle, letting your group face challenges alone or dissolve your organization because it doesn’t feel like a future is possible.
Heck no!

Book a meeting with one of our Community Consultants. We can meet one on one, with your board, with your group, or with lots of community groups. We’ll drive to you! We’ll even bring cookies. We can also meet virtually (cookies not included).

Hey, would you do us a favour?

Don’t keep this information to yourself. Share it with the many culture, recreation, and sport groups that make your community thrive!

We look forward to hearing from you and can’t wait to get to work!