As Coventry Wheelchair Basketball Academy expanded to encompass four national league teams, the club was on the lookout for a solution to streamline the management of its memberships, fixtures, training, and communications. After a year of using the Spond app and nine months of being on Spond Club, they’ve found their solution.

Tasked with coordinating several teams, fixtures, training sessions, and communicating with members, coach Chris Hassell realised that using different communication channels was inefficient and could potentially compromise safeguarding and GDPR compliance. The situation became increasingly complex, especially considering the club’s ambitious plans to launch a junior team and two lower league teams.

“Spond has been a game-changer for us. It’s simplified our operations and made managing our teams, fixtures, and communications a breeze.”

After previously using Spond’s team management solution, which is designed to simplify life for coaches and admins at grassroots clubs, Chris and his fellow coaches decided to make a full switch to Spond. Now, Coventry Wheelchair Basketball Academy uses Spond exclusively for all fixtures, training, and communications. Members are informed of their schedules and updates via Spond, and the app’s traceability feature gives the club confidence in knowing who will turn up for each match. This feature also allows them to invite players to fill any gaps if necessary.

Spond’s safeguarding and GDPR-compliant features have proven crucial for the club, especially since they have junior members in their senior teams. All codes of conduct and policies are stored in Spond, and users must confirm that they have read them, creating a digital paper trail and ensuring that the club adheres to best practices for the welfare and protection of all its members.

“The club committee can now manage all of our squads and members from a single interface.”

Chris said: “Spond has been a game-changer for us at Coventry Wheelchair Basketball Academy. It’s simplified our operations and made managing our teams, fixtures, and communications a breeze. We love the fact that it’s safeguarding and GDPR compliant, and it’s made the process of annual membership renewals much more efficient.

“We moved over to the Spond Club solution after three months, which means that the club committee can now manage all of our squads and members from a single interface. It’s allowed us to focus more on our sport and less on administrative tasks.”

The adoption of Spond has been transformative for Coventry Wheelchair Basketball Academy, offering Chris and his fellow coaches and admins the efficiency and flexibility they need. Their experience demonstrates the potential of Spond to revolutionise the management of wheelchair basketball clubs, making it an essential tool. Chris highly recommends Spond to other coaches, showcasing the significant benefits it brings to sports clubs and their management.

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