National Croquet Week (NCW) - A National Drive to Help Your Club
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- BHF National Croquet Week - 20th May - 28th May 2023
Session Materials From Info Sessions
See recorded YouTube session (first of 3 identical drop-in sessions for CA Clubs) covering information about the week, about the BHF, and some hints and tips.
Google Slides link (including useful click-through links on suggested formats, rule sheets).
General Notes
- This is a one-off 9-day event for 2023; NCW typically takes place around the 3rd full week in May.
- Clubs are free to organise own schedule/sessions within that week.
- Participating Clubs should share details with the CA so that the online listing of participating clubs and associated links can be kept up-to-date.
- Clubs are encouraged to try new ideas during National Croquet Week, e.g. invite schools/local interest or U3A groups/local companies to do a team building/intro session, or run fundraiser pay/play sessions.
- Marketing Committee plan to run an evaluation on the trial format after the event.
Key Contacts/Fundraising
CA Marketing Team leading on this are Annabel McDiarmid and Paul Hetherington. They are happy to help with any questions leading up to NCW, and to share best practices.
The BHF Fundraising Team supporting the CA are Vicki Carswell, James Rogers and Ben Lee. Vicki is happy for clubs to contact her direct to order BHF balloons and small banners to support your club's fundraising.
Information about how to transfer fundraising totals directly to the BHF post-event will be shared by email - bank details and CA reference number to use for all payments.
Useful Materials
Pre-Event Press Release Templates
The BHF and CA recommend informing local press/journalists around 3-4 weeks before the event.
Paul Hetherington is able to export lists of local press contacts in your area from a constantly updated press database. Contact him directly for this list.
Information on How to Use Eventbrite
See previously recorded webinar and step-by-step how-to.
Note from Beatrice McGlen (Nottingham) and Jon Diamond (Tunbridge Wells) on Eventbrite packages:
There are different packages in Eventbrite and it defaults to the more expensive 'professional' package. I wonder if you can alert people who view or have viewed the CA webinar that it is probably best to set their account to Essential unless they want some of the added benefits.
We recommend that on setting up an account and BEFORE setting up an event the user goes to 'organisation settings' and then 'package'. It will show Eventbrite Professional with a box on the right saying Change. Clicking on that will show the three packages Essential, Professional and Premium. Each one has a 'compare packages' button at the bottom. If the essentials package has everything required then select downgrade in the essentials box. Any events created AFTER changing this will attract a lower fee (49p+3.5%+VAT compared with 49p +6.5%+VAT). On a £5 ticket the fee is 98p with the professional package but only 80p with the essential package. The difference is clearly much larger on more expensive tickets.
Formats for public taster/group pay and play sessions
We recommend getting people on the lawns ASAP and letting them have fun, rather than spend too long demonstrating or explaining rules. Definitely don't teach them to play AC or GC!
See Fun Games on a Croquet Lawn for some suggestions on short quick games to run during public taster sessions, including printable downloads.
Sharing Your Success
- Clubs active on social media are encouraged to use the hashtags #bhfcroquetweek and #team60 when posting about their events.
- The CA are active on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram with the username @croquetengland. We will repost and share as much as can - so do tag us!
- We would love to hear how your NCW event went, and encourage you to submit a short piece for the Gazette/CA website.
- We will circulate a post-event survey to gather information about attendance and lessons learnt.
BHF Extra Information
- Purchasing/ grants and care for defibrillators please contact defibs#bhf.org.uk
- CPR and defibrillator training videos can be viewed on the BHF website https://www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/how-to-save-a-life
- For additional downloadable fundraising resources - https://www.bhf.org.uk/vfzone
- Hard copy heart health literature can be ordered here https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/publications
Archive material from 2020 NCW (if useful)
- 2020 Guidance Notes for Clubs - some tips gathered from previous years, or download as a PDF version.
- 2020 Press release: Template available to download from NCW2020 press release template v1.0.
- Poster artwork for 2020 National Croquet Week
Please see the NCW 2020 poster in JPEG format, with a separate link to a high-resolution PDF and PPTX version - the latter to let your club to insert own details into white box and print yourselves.
Visit your County Facebook page
Hertfordshire - https://www.facebook.com/HertfordshireCountyCroquet
Berkshire - https://www.facebook.com/BerkshireCountyCroquet
Buckinghamshire - https://www.facebook.com/BuckinghamshireCountyCroquet
Cheshire - https://www.facebook.com/CheshireCountyCroquet
Devon - https://www.facebook.com/DevonCountyCroquet
Dorset - https://www.facebook.com/DorsetCountyCroquet
Essex - https://www.facebook.com/EssexCountyCroquet
Glamorgan - https://www.facebook.com/GlamorganCountyCroquet
Gloucestershire - https://www.facebook.com/GloucestershireCountyCroquet
Kent - https://www.facebook.com/KentCountyCroquet
Lancashire - https://www.facebook.com/LancashireCountyCroquet
Middlesex - https://www.facebook.com/MiddlesexCountyCroquet
Norfolk - https://www.facebook.com/NorfolkCountyCroquet
Northamptonshire - https://www.facebook.com/NorthamptonshireCountyCroquet
Nottinghamshire - https://www.facebook.com/NottinghamshireCountyCroquet
Oxfordshire - https://www.facebook.com/OxfordshireCountyCroquet
Shropshire - https://www.facebook.com/ShropshireCountyCroquet
Somerset - https://www.facebook.com/SomersetCountyCroquet
Suffolk - https://www.facebook.com/SuffolkCountyCroquet
Surrey - https://www.facebook.com/SurreyCountyCroquet
Sussex - https://www.facebook.com/SussexCountyCroquet
Warwickshire - https://www.facebook.com/WarwickshireCountyCroquet
Wiltshire - https://www.facebook.com/WiltshireCountyCroquet/
Yorkshire - https://www.facebook.com/YorkshireCountyCroquet/
If your County is not listed but is represented at the Inter-Counties, please contact communications#croquet.org.uk to organise the creation of the Facebook page.
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