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Grow the sport, don't just govern it.

A development manager for your sport, without the hire.

Wovn is a software platform that turns a sport governing body's strategic priorities into a plan and the groundwork to deliver it, across its regions and clubs.

Built for the boards of national and regional sport governing bodies.

Your board sets the direction. Accreditation. Funding. Coaching growth. The list is the easy part. The work behind each line needs knowledge nobody on the board has, and no volunteer has the evenings to go and get it.

Wovn does the groundwork and puts the next step in front of the right person, so the work finally moves. Your board stays in control of every call.

Strategic plan
Board priorities · 2026
Board approved
  • Accreditation renewal
    14 tasks built
  • Sport England funding bid
    Drafting
  • Coaching pathway
    In review

Carries to your regions and clubs

The problem

The work that never gets done.

Most sports don't need more strategy. They need someone to take the strategy they already have and actually action it.

That used to mean a hire you couldn't afford. It still does, unless you use Wovn.

What Wovn does

Your board's list, turned into work that gets done.

One continuous flow, from a line on the strategy to the groundwork for delivery across your regions and clubs.

01You decide

Takes your strategic goals

Accreditation. Funding bids. Coaching development. Whatever's on your board's list.

Renew accreditationWin Sport England bidGrow coaches +20%
02Wovn does the groundwork

Builds the work behind them

A plan grounded in how your governing body operates, what comparable sports have done, and what funders are looking for right now.

  • Map current standards to gaps
  • Draft the funding case
  • Build coach recruitment plan
03Your network delivers

Keeps your whole network aligned

Priorities set nationally carry down to your regions and clubs, so one decision gives you whole-network visibility.

National board
your regionssynced
your clubssynced
Why it's more than AI

Every governing body has the same AI tools. The difference is what's underneath.

Wovn is built on maintained knowledge of how sport governance actually works in practice, and it remembers your board's history.

Maintained domain knowledge

Accreditation processes, funding landscapes, and what's worked for comparable organisations. Kept current, not guessed.

Memory of your board

What you've tried, what assessors said, and where each initiative stands. Wovn picks up where you left off.

Generic AI starts cold every time. Wovn doesn't.

Who it's for

National and regional sport governing bodies running on volunteer boards.

If your organisation is making real strategic commitments, accreditation, grants, participation growth, and the work behind them keeps slipping, Wovn is built for you.

Common questions

What governing bodies ask before they start

  • What does Wovn do?

    Wovn turns a governing body's strategic priorities into the concrete groundwork behind each priority, across its regions and clubs.

    Accreditation, funding bids, coaching growth. Wovn builds the tasks, drafts, and follow-through behind each line. Progress stays visible at every tier, without adding a full-time hire.

  • How is Wovn different from using ChatGPT?

    Wovn is built for sport governance with maintained domain knowledge and memory of your board's history, not a blank chatbot session each time.

    Generic AI starts cold on every prompt. Wovn carries accreditation processes, funding landscapes, what assessors said last time, and where each initiative stands — so the work continues rather than restarting.

  • Who is Wovn for?

    Wovn is for national and regional sport governing bodies whose boards set real strategic commitments but lack the staff to deliver them.

    If accreditation renewals, grant applications, and participation growth keep slipping because nobody has the evenings to do the work, Wovn is built for your organisation.

  • Does Wovn replace our membership system?

    No. Wovn is a sport governance platform for turning strategy into the work behind the plan; it is not a membership or registration system.

    Wovn sits alongside the tools you already use for members and clubs. It focuses on the strategic work behind the board's plan, the tasks, documents, and follow-through that membership software was never designed to handle.

If this sounds like your organisation, let's talk.

We're working with a small number of governing bodies in the early cohort. If you'd like to understand whether Wovn is a fit, get in touch.