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Women into Coaching 2 - London

Fully-funded Coaching Courses - APPLICATIONS CLOSED

If you are interested in getting into coaching, click on the relevant sport and insert your postal address into the email to obtain more information.

Women into Coaching 2 – London, is an excellent opportunity for women and girls across London to gain sports coaching, leadership and management qualifications, especially if you are:

• considering a career in sports coaching, currently have no coaching qualifications but perhaps have gained coaching (voluntary/paid) experience at your club OR
• a practising coach looking to achieve their (UKCC) level 2 or level 3 coaching certificate.

The Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) launched the Women into Coaching 2 – London project, in October 2006. Course details and benefits on offer are available to download.

Are you eligible? Read on as a few restrictions apply....

• Minimum applicant age is 16 years old.
• If you are working, your employer must be based in London or you must be living in London: i.e. you must be paying your council tax (where applicable) to a London Borough.
• Funding cannot be used to support women working in the public sector / large enterprises or FE and HE students.
• You must not have received ESF funding for more than two consecutive years before applying for this project.
• You must commit to completing the coaching qualification and attending all courses and training sessions.
• You must provide us with documentation prior to starting your coaching course, this includes a passport copy (proving British Citizenship or right of abode in the UK) and a signed declaration from your employer (if applicable) confirming the size of the company you work for e.g. micro, small or medium enterprises only.
• Preferably, you should be involved in a club (depending on your particular sport) which, on completion of your course, may be able to support you to secure coaching placements.

In addition, successful applicants will have access to a personal mentor to support their coaching development. Following successful completion of the programme, WSFF will endeavour to assist beneficiaries in finding potential educational and employment opportunities.

Women into Coaching 2 - London is funded by the European Social Fund and the cost of all courses, travel to and from courses and childcare will be fully subsidised. WSFF is therefore seeking women who will be able to commit the time and effort needed to complete this programme.

All applications will be assessed by a panel and successful applicants will be informed as soon as possible. The courses run in early 2007 through until March 2008. Please do not delay in applying for this worthwhile opportunity.

Further course information is also available to download.

Women into Coaching 2 - Application Form

The deadline for this programme has now passed.

To download, simply click on the links and save it to your computer: right-click the link and then click on 'save target as...'

Download either a standard application form or a size 14 version of the application form

Completed application forms can be returned to the WiC2 team in the following ways:

By post to - Women into Coaching 2 - London , Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation, 3rd Floor, Victoria House, Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1B 4SE.

By fax, for the attention of Brittany Robbins, project coordinator, to 020 7273 1981.

Or email your completed application form to wic2applications@wsf.org.uk

Further questions about the application forms and the project can be emailed to wic2applications@wsf.org.uk 

News (updated May 08)

1. The Women into Coaching 2 - London project team and Partners would like to invite you to celebrate the successes and achievements of the women and girls recruited to this programme. Read on for details about this event ....

2. Women-only FA level 1 coaching courses

The FA is running a women-only, level 1 coaching course on the following dates -

Saturday 21st June 9am - 3.30pm (Child Protection and Emergency Aid)                 

Saturday 28th June 9am - 5pm

Saturday 5th July 9am - 5pm

Saturday 12th July 9am - 5pm

All of the above sessions will be held at Roehampton University, SW15, London.