Community Sports Coach Scheme

What is the Community Sports Coach Scheme?

The main idea of the Community Sports Coach Scheme is to get 3,000 paid, qualified Sports Coaches working in local communities across England. The scheme will result in:

• Developing coaching as a career structure
• Increase the number of qualified coaches at a local level
• Improving quality standards for the recruitment, employment, management and development of coaches
• Provide high-quality coaching with a focus on young people

Which means doing what?

Developing a pool of high-quality Community Sports Coaches that will not only enhance the quality of existing activity but also provide the opportunity to create new activity. This pool of Community Sports Coaches will work as a team across a range of clubs, schools and local authorities, based on an identified need to ensure that the maximum number of young people benefit. Creating a world-class coaching system with a strategic approach to recruitment, employment and deployment, training and development, retention and communication

What is a Community Sports Coach?

A Community Sports Coach is a qualified National Governing Body coach with relevant experience, who is committed to continous professional development  and has been checked by the Criminal Records Bureau.

What will they do?

Employed on a full or part-time basis the Community Sports Coaches work across schools, clubs and local authorities to:

• Coach young people providing a high-quality, enjoyable experience
• Develop the FUNdamentals (Agility, Balance, Co-ordination) and sports skills across a number of physical activities and sports.
• Help to keep young people in sport and providing guidance on progression opportunities.

Whats happening in Wychavon?

Wychavon are leading the way once again, we have managed to secure funding to employ 1 full time (37.5hrs) and 9 part-time posts (8hrs), they include:

• 1 x Multi-Skills (football bias)                          Full-time
• 2 x Girls Football                                               Part-time
• 2 x Basketball                                                    Part-time
• 1 x Rowing                                                         Part-time
• 1 x Rugby...........................................................Part-time
• 1 x Gymnastics                                                 Part-time
• 1 x Belboating/Canoeing                                Part-time
• 1 x Athletics                                                       Part-time

Who pays for all this?

Working with the Sports Partnership Herefordshire & Worcestershire, Wychavon managed to secure funding from a range of sources including:

• Children's Fund
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• National Governing Bodies (e.g Football Association)
• Evesham and Droitwich Specialist Sport Colleges

Want more Information?

Visit the Community Sports Coach Scheme website communitysportscoachscheme@sportengland.org

or contact:

Mark Williams
Sports Development Officer
Telephone: 01386 565229 or 07778 464622 between 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday
Email: mark.williams@wychavon.gov.uk

or

Tim Brown
Community Sports Coach
Telephone: 01386 565578 or 07973 780456 office hours vary
Email: tim.brown@wychavon.gov.uk