sportscoach UK (scUK) works with many other
organisations to achieve this, receiving funding from both Sport England
and UK Sport as well as a covenant from its trading subsidiary, Coachwise.
scUK works throughout the UK, with regional offices throughout
England and in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in conjunction with the relevant
Home Country Sports Councils.
scUK offers a unique range of services
for all coaches, some of which include:
. Support and services to National
Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs)
. Two series of coaching workshops, Coaching Essentials and Develop Your
Coaching, which cover a wide spectrum of topics and aim to assist coaches
in increasing their knowledge and experience with out any formal examination
process
. Local Coaching Development, working
in all regions throughout England to offer assistance and increase
awareness
. Coaching for Teachers (CFT) and
Adults Other Than Teachers (AOTTs) programmes which provide support to school
teachers and those who may assist in the provision of sport in schools
. Membership Services provides a
comprehensive and competitive package for all coaches including insurance,
newsletters and a quarterly magazine
. Information services which provides
coaches, teachers, students and anyone with an interest in coaching with
support and assistance in finding answers to questions, assistance with
assignments or general enquiries regarding any scUK service
sports coach UK also works with many NGBs
to develop appropriate coach education structures and programmes. It also
works with other sporting organisations such as the UK and Home Country Sports Institutes,
the British Olympic and Paralympic Associations, Sporting Equals, the Youth
Sports Trust and the Womens Sports Foundation.
These partnerships help to develop coaching as an intrinsic part of sport,
from the school playground to the Olympic podium as well as making coaching
more inclusive.
Other scUK run programmes include
CoachXL and Women into High Performance Coaching
(WHPC). Further details of all courses and programmes
can be found at www.sportscoachuk.org
An extensive list of scUK publications
and coaching aids can be found by visiting the website of their trading
subsidiary Coachwise www.1st4sport.com
Coachwise also handle all scUK based qualifications, including the Football
Association approved Certificate in Coaching Football.
Contact:
sports coach UK
114 Cardigan Road
Headingley
Leeds
LS6 3BJ
Tel: 0113 274 4802
Fax: 0113 275 5019
E-mail: coaching@sportscoachuk.org
Website: www.sportscoachuk.org
Coachwise (1st 4 sport and
1st 4 sport Qualifications)
Chelsea Close
Off Amberley Road
Armley
Leeds
LS12 4HP
Tel: 0113 231 1310
SPORTS LEADERS UK (formerly BRITISH
SPORTS TRUST)
The Central Council of Physical
Recreation (CCPR) piloted the first sports leader award in 1981. It was
written to train more volunteers who would help at their local sports or
youth club. This initial award they named the Community Sports Leader Award
(CSLA). The award was very popular and in 1988 the CCPR created a charity,
British Sports Trust (BST), to administer the developments of the CSLA and
any future leadership courses. The BST is now independent of the CCPR and
in 2004 changed its operating name to Sports
Leaders UK.
The Basic Expedition Leader
Award (BELA) and The Higher Sports Leader Award (HSLA) were written in the
late 1980s and the latest leadership qualification, the Junior Sports Leader
Award (JSLA) was added in 1994. BELA candidates must be 18 years old on completion of the award but can
start their training at 17. The emphasis now is to teach leadership skills
that are required when leading low-level activities in the outdoors. The
award is very popular with The Duke of Edinburgh Award, Youth Services and
Outdoor pursuits Centres
JSLA caters for people as young as 14. It is predominantly taught in schools
and complements aspects of the PE national curriculum at Key Stage 4.
CSLA candidates must be over 16 years. The award is taught in Schools,
Colleges, Local Authorities, Prisons and Youth Clubs. Many adults enrol
on the CSLA.
HSLA candidates must be 18 years old on completion of the award but can
start their training at 17. The HSLA specialises on leading specific groups
such as the elderly, the young and people with disabilities..
Tutor training takes place
at regular intervals and locations around Britain each year. The BST also carry
out training in 21 Universities training undergraduate and postgraduate
students on PE and sports related courses. In March 2002 The BST was awarded
a license from the Professional Development Board for Physical Education,
acknowledging The BST as a quality provider of in-service PE training.
As part of
the Government's volunteer strategy, "Step into Sport". SL UK offers free tutor training
for all its awards in every local authority in England. As part of the project candidates
not only do sports leader qualifications but have the opportunity to do
sports specific awards offered by the National Governing Bodies of Sport
and have further help to sustain their volunteering in local clubs.
For further information on SL UK sports leader awards contact:
Sports Leaders UK
Clyde House
10 Milburn Avenue
Oldbrook
Milton Keynes MK6
2WA
Tel: 01908 689180
Fax: 01908 393744
E-mail: admin@bst.org.uk
www.bst.org.uk
YOUTH SPORT TRUST
The Youth Sport Trust is a
registered charity established in 1994 to build a brighter future for young
people through sport. Its mission is to develop and implement, in close
partnership with other organisations, quality physical education (PE) and
sport programmes for all young people aged 18 months to 18 years in schools
and their communities.
The Youth Sport Trust is committed
to ensuring that all of its programmes can be accessed by young disabled
people. Key features of the TOP programmes include:
. Resource cards
. Child-friendly equipment
. Quality training for teachers and deliverers.
The Youth Sport Trust believes
that all young people have the right to:
. Experience and enjoy PE and sport
. A quality introduction to PE and sport suited to their
own level of development
. Progress along a structured pathway of sporting opportunities
. The best teaching, the best coaching and the best resources
. Experience and benefit from positive competition
. Develop a healthy lifestyle
. Fulfil their sporting potential.
TOP Programmes
The Youth Sport Trust has created
a sporting pathway through a series of linked and progressive schemes called
the TOP programmes.
·
TOP Tots Helping children aged
18 months to 3 years experience physical activities and games
·
TOP Start Encouraging 3 to 5
year olds to learn through physical activity
·
TOP Play Supporting 4 to 9 year
olds as they acquire and develop core skills
·
TOP Sport Providing 7 to 11 year
olds with opportunities to develop skills in a range of sports
·
TOP Skill Challenging 11 to
14 year olds to extend their sporting skills and knowledge
·
TOP Link Enabling 14 to 19 year
olds to take a lead in the organisation of sport (Young people between 16
and 19 years of age can build upon their involvement in TOP link by participating
in the Step Into Sport volunteering programme)
·
TOP Sportsability Creating
opportunities for young disabled people to enjoy, participate and perform
in PE and sport
Sir John Beckwith Centre for
Sport
Loughborough University
Leicestershire
LE1 3TU
Tel: 01509 226600
Fax: 01509 210851
www.youthsporttrust.org
1st Floor
73 Collier Street
London
N1 9EB
Tel: 020 7278 7205
Fax: 020 7278 7289
School Sport Co-ordinators
Initiated through a partnership
between Sport England, Department for Education and Skills (DfES), Department
for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the New Opportunities Fund and the
Youth Sport Trust, school sport co-ordinators (SSCos) work within partnerships
of schools to improve and increase opportunities for young people to compete
and take part in a wide range of co-ordinated PE, school sport and out-of-school-hours
(OSHL) learning activities. The partnerships are a key element of the Government's
drive to implement the entitlement of two hours high quality PE and sport
each week in and out of school for all children.
Partnerships are working to
develop the talents, enrich the lives and benefit the health of children
right across the country. The Youth Sport Trust provides support to these
partnerships in initiating and delivering their development plans and produces
resources to guide partnerships through various stages.
The partnerships consist of
SSCos, primary link teachers (PLTs) and a partnership development manager
(PDM).
Sports Colleges
The Sports Colleges initiative
is part of the specialist schools programme run by the DfES. The Youth Sport
Trust is funded by the DfES to provide support to secondary schools wishing
to apply for Sport College status and to work with them
once designated. To date, 201 schools have been awarded Sports College status and this figure is
set to rise to 400 by the year 2005/6.
Nike/Youth Sport Trust Girls in Sport Partnership
This partnership with Nike
is concerned with developing girl-friendly forms of PE and school sport.
It aims to help teachers consider how they might encourage more secondary
aged girls to take part enthusiastically in PE and sport and how to put
those ideas into practice. The partnership also encourages schools to work
with their local education authorities (LEAs), local sports clubs and national
governing bodies of sport (NGBs) in implementing their action plans.
Gifted and Talented Support - Junior Athlete Education (JAE)
The Youth Sport Trust's Junior
Athlete Education programme aims to help schools support gifted and talented
young sports people. Conceived to support the DfES/DCMS National Framework
for Gifted and Talented Sports People in Schools strategy, it provides a
vision for the way in which we as a nation support and develop talented
sports performers by working within education, and in partnership with external
agencies like NGBs or local clubs. Asked by the DfES and the DCMS to develop
this framework, the Youth Sport Trust is working with Sports Colleges, SSCo
partnerships and NGBs to explore ways in which a more co-ordinated approach
towards communication, development and support can improve opportunities
for young people to excel in sport and in their academic achievements. JAE
also enables Excellence in Cities schools to provide a more consistent and
co-ordinated support for talented pupils within gifted and talented provision.
Dreams and Teams
A highlight of the Youth Sport
Trust international work has been the partnership with the British Council,
establishing the project Dreams and Teams. This exchange programme with
schools overseas involves a number of Sports Colleges and aims to develop
a global network of young leaders. For more information, please visit: www.britishcouncil.org/education
Zoneparc
In partnership with Nike and
the DfES, the Youth Sport Trust supported the development of Zoneparc, a
playground improvement project. By introducing innovative break time activities
and playground management systems we have been tackling social exclusion
and increasing activity levels of young people.
Each school's playground is
redesigned into three colour-coded, fun activity zones and each receives
a range of equipment and resources plus training for break time supervisors
and support staff. A number of pupils are also appointed as Zoneparc players
and help to organise activities in the playground.
Sporting Playgrounds
Sporting Playgrounds, launched
recently by the DfES builds on ideas developed in the Zoneparc project.
Sporting Playgrounds will target 470 schools in 27 LEAs, all with high levels
of deprivation and youth crime, which are working to develop their schools'
sporting infrastructure. The Youth Sport Trust acts as a consultant to this
programme helping schools formulate their plans.
STEP INTO SPORT
Following the publication of
A Sporting Future For All - The Government's Plan for Sport, in March 2001,
the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and the Home Office
Active Communities Unit announced a new drive to support the development
of a leadership and volunteering project for young people aged 14 to 25
and older adults (50+) over the period 2002 to 2004.
The Sports leaders UK, Sport England and the Youth
Sport Trust have been contracted as the consortium to manage this project,
building upon their current work within the area of leadership and volunteering.
The Step into Sport leadership
and volunteering project has been designed to establish a simple framework
of co-ordinated opportunities at a local level, to enable young people and
adults to begin and sustain an involvement in leadership and volunteering
through sport.
This project recognises the
key roles that local partners and national agencies can play in developing
clear pathways of opportunities to train, support
and deploy young people and adults into appropriate, safe and rewarding
sports leadership and volunteering activity.
Working with local partnerships
of schools, together with local education authorities and the 45 County
Sport Partnerships, the British Sports Trust, Sport England and the Youth
Sport Trust aim to support developments in physical education (PE) and school
sport and to create opportunities for volunteers to be deployed and supported
in sports clubs across the country.
Step Into Sport Project Aims
Over the next two years the
project will:
