We’ve invested £60 million in supporting Sports Coach UK up to 2008.
We fully support their belief that “great coaches equal great sport, at all levels of participation”.
Sports Coach UK
Sport Coach UK develops the standard of coaching across the UK and improves performance in sport by increasing the number of qualified coaches and establishing coaching as a profession.
It has developed:
UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC):
Coaching Certificates are delivered across fives sports: cricket, cycling, rowing, rugby union and swimming with 16 more sports in the pipeline.
Community Sports Coaches (CSC):
- 2289 Community Sports Coaches have been established
- Half a million top quality coaching hours have been delivered
- Over a million people have been coached
Coach Development Officers (CDO):
Sports Coach UK have created a network of 45 officers to recruit, train and retain coaches, establishing continual professional development for Community Sports Coaches.
Find out more:
Subscribe to UKCC’s monthly newsletter by emailing Sports Coach UK, writing “SUBSCRIBE” in the subject line.
Find out more about Sports Coach UK and access the Action Plan for Coaching.
Visit our Football Foundation page and find out if you can get at free coaching kit, funded by Barclays Spaces for Sports