Ms Louise Keane:

We are at the stage where we are developing the actions out of the strategy. Initially, we did research to help inform the strategy. We surveyed our members and we spoke to external bodies and to our staff, from national level down to staff who are working in our clubs. That has informed our strategy and given us a strong basis to start from.

We currently have a variety of options for training. I run workshops across the year in a webinar format but we are also developing a series of e-learning courses as well. One of those directly relates to rule breach, but a second one is a general DEI e-learning course for our members. This is a modular based e-learning course that people can dip in and out of to find the topics and areas they feel are most relevant to them which they want to learn more about. The idea of that is it is our opportunity to educate our members in the easiest way for them. There is so much pressure on our volunteers at this stage. There are so many responsibilities and educational pieces coming from across our department. It is to make it as easy for them as possible that they can do it at a self-paced format. The idea is that is how we are bringing our education to them.