The Higher Education Dodgeball Activator (HEDA) scheme is our investment in the future of university dodgeball in the UK. The objective of the HEDA scheme is to empower driven ambassadors from each institution through training to ensure that dodgeball is integrated into each university’s sporting menu.
HEDA’s are individuals who want to support the sport and see dodgeball grow at all levels in their individual university. The HEDA team is made up of students who are active as both committee members and players in their institution’s university club (or working to set up a session/club with their sports officer/athletic union’s support in the case of universities new to dodgeball). There are up to two HEDA’s from each University that holds British Dodgeball education membership, with each activator acting as a key link between each institution and British Dodgeball. They will, simply put, help dodgeball to grow! This may be by providing important strategic guidance to university sports officers, students unions, athletic unions and club committees in order to support participation programmes to increase attendance, or encouraging engagement with development opportunities such as coach education and varying competitive opportunities to improve session quality, player development and team performance.
Role Information
This is a voluntary role with the following benefits provided in-kind to those who act as an institution’s HEDA for one full academic year:
- Level 1 Award in Coaching Dodgeball (or £70 towards a Level 2/3 Certificate in Coaching Dodgeball course if the Level 1 is already held)
- HEDA University Training Day – a day in the sports hall & classroom developing knowledge of promotion, marketing, growing participation, assistant refereeing and improving session quality.
- Introduction to Officiating Dodgeball – online course to support rules knowledge
- Access to HEDA Network – networking opportunity, further training & support from peers
- British Dodgeball HEDA apparel
- References – to support future employment
Applications open every March until May for the next academic year.