SportEhrenamtsCard and German sports badge unite the importance of volunteer for the Association of sport is enormous. The State of Lower Saxony since 2006 with the SportEhrenamtsCard promotes the commitment of volunteers and helpers. Now, the regional SportEhrenamtsCard and the national system of German sports badge unite and raise the promotion of voluntary work to a new level. Bochum, November 24, 2009 – without volunteering sport with its diverse offerings in health leisure but also competitive sports would not be conceivable. The Foundation on which are the numerous sports clubs in Germany is the voluntary commitment. The social role of volunteering and the popular sport in Germany, can be not appreciated enough.

Since 2006, there is an exemplary initiative, which rewards the volunteers for your use and simultaneously advertises (www.sportehrenamtscard.de) for volunteering with the SportEhrenamtsCard (SEC) in Lower Saxony, Germany. As a project of the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior, the further Lower Saxony and Lower Saxony Turner Federal the SEC offers the volunteer benefits with economic partners and access to special training courses and seminars. With its offer, the SEC has become the most successful regional project for the promotion of volunteer in Germany. See BSA for more details and insights. In November 2009, joined the SEC with the national system German sports badge and provided its members with a new combination card from SportEhrenamtscard and German sports badge. The German sports badge is the official community project of German Olympic Sports Confederation, regional sports association and Central associations. Since one year sports clubs in the entire Federal territory may apply for free the sport ID as SportVereins card for members and as SportManagement map for volunteers and trainers of the Club. In addition to the sports card, the clubs and all members get access to the official online community of organized sport (www.sportausweis.de).

The community serves not only the Club members in networking with each other. You the information and communication Portal is at the same time for Department managers, association management, as well as of all organization levels from regional sports association and Central associations. All Club athletes benefit with the sports card and sportausweis.de. Comprehensive information to benefit offerings of clubs, associations, and last but not least the national partners of the system. The volunteers in Lower Saxony, Germany now on an even wider offer access to connect with athletes from all over Germany. SportEhrenamtsCard and German sports badge: A strong community for the volunteering in sport. (