Some good news - we have been successful in securing grant funding from the Orienteering Foundation and Scottish Orienteering Association to support a new paid position, Club Development Officer (CDO). This is a part-time post, working an average of 14 hours a week over 40 working weeks from April this year. We hope to extend the post by a further 12 months subject to funding. The CDO’s role will be to focus on orienteering in five key community ‘hubs’ of Forres, Elgin, Lossiemouth, Fochabers and Buckie. The intent is to capitalise on momentum that will be created by the Moray 2023 Scottish 6 Days this summer. The key areas the CDO will focus on are develop orienteering skills in young people leading to participation in Moray 2023, establishing regular family sessions in each of the five communities, identifying local young orienteers to become Young Ambassadors for Moray 2023, and coordinating communication and publicity of club events and activities during and after Moray 2023 in order to maintain awareness and interest of orienteering in the local community.
Please contact either Rob Parkinson (club@mor.scot) or Karen Fraser (finance@mor.scot) if you are interested in this exciting opportunity. Or do you know anyone who might be interested? If so, please encourage them to look at the details. Further information including how to apply can be found here.
Rob Parkinson & Karen Fraser
