Membership & Communications blog – May 2024.
Getting ready for Paris 2024
2024 is a big year for Taekwondo and Para Taekwondo as the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics take place.
The Games will be a superb opportunity for all British Taekwondo member clubs to be a part of. There will be lots of people watching the Taekwondo action at the Games – and then looking for where they can give Taekwondo a go too! Your clubs will be the best places for them to try Taekwondo.
What you need to know
Taekwondo at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Paris 2024 will host the XXXIII Olympic Summer Games, from Friday 26th July to Sunday 11th August 2024. The Taekwondo events will take place between Wednesday 7th August and Saturday 10th August.
Para Taekwondo at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paris 2024 will host the Summer Paralympics from Wednesday 28th August to Sunday 8th September. The Para Taekwondo events will take place between Thursday 29th August and Saturday 31st August.
Access the free CIMSPA Digital Marketing Hub
Did you know you can use the CIMSPA Digital Marketing Hub to improve your digital marketing to engage, gain and retain more members?
The Digital Marketing Hub was created by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) and is a free-to-use service.
If you have used it, please do share your experiences with us.
Buddle – the new home for Club Matters
Sport England has introduced Buddle, made with grassroots sports clubs and community groups at its heart.
Buddle has a wide range of workshops designed to help clubs and community organisations get organised, be more inclusive, develop and grow, get help from people and deal with money matters.
Use of Social Media Policy
British Taekwondo’s Use of Social Media Policy is available to download.
British Taekwondo recognises the developing range of technologies used to interactively share, create, discuss issues and content as extremely positive. We encourage individuals and communities to use social media to promote themselves, their clubs, their achievements, and the world of Taekwondo.
However, British Taekwondo will challenge anyone using social media either intentionally or by association to insult, slander, create a risk to personal safety, abuse or attempt to deceive any individual, organisation or the sport of Taekwondo.
Social Media has become a way of life for many people. There are many individuals and organisations in sport making use of social media, however there are also potential risks associated with its use.
This policy aims to lay out an approach to the use of social media to make the most of the benefits while also laying out best practice to minimise the risks to individuals, groups and organisations.
Social networking can be a great tool to promote yourself, your club, British Taekwondo and Taekwondo in general if used in the correct way. For example, British Taekwondo uses Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn to share news and stories, provide videos and photos to its members and promote events and activities, instantly reaching an audience of thousands and potentially millions.
Communications tip for clubs
You may be aware of an online tool called Linktree.
If you’re not, it’s a free-to-use landing page where you can gather all of the associated to your club in one place. It’s particularly handy for adding to your Instagram profile if you have one as links can’t easily be shared in Instagram posts.
Some clubs without a website could also use it as an initial online presence and link to pages, posts, blogs, and accounts where people can find out more about your club.
The other nice thing about Linktree is that you can brand the page to really make it your own with logos, colour schemes, and thumbnail images on links.
Your stories
It’s brilliant to hear from a range of members who have shared their Taekwondo stories and successes with us.
We really enjoy hearing about and sharing stories about why Taekwondo is the activity for you.
It’ll be excellent to continue this, and we look forward to receiving regular contributions from across our membership.
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