Issued July 2016
Coaching Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin E-News
Welcome to the latest issue of the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Coaching Newsletter. This newsletter is designed to give you the latest news and opportunities in order to support you as a coach! This edition includes information about the latest funding opportunities, Sports Coach UK updates, coaching courses, NGB updates, coaching opportunities, current coaching news and much more. We want this newsletter to be a valuable resource to you, so if there is something extra you would like to see in it, or something you would like us to do differently, please let us know by emailing elliot.pottinger@energizestw.org.uk 01743 453495 info@energizestw.org.uk www.energizestw.org.uk @coachingSTW /EnergizeSTW
In this issue‌ Energize News Funding Opportunities Coach Education Coaching and Volunteering Opportunities Sports Coach UK updates
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Energize News
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Nominate now for an Energize Award! Now in its landmark 10th year, the Energize Awards recognise the people who are currently taking part, working or volunteering in sport or physical activity in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin. Awards for coaches/volunteersCoach of the Year Volunteer of the Year Young Volunteer of the Year Go to www.energizeawards.co.uk to nominate
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STW Coach Education Survey Education and training are extremely important for all coaches.
Energize are developing a training menu for local coaches/leaders/activators who deliver activity across STW and beyond. The benefits of training may include better understanding of the participants you coach, increased knowledge of how to engage with them and an enhanced ability to deliver better sessions. To organise these courses according to coaches demands, Energize are interested to know directly from you what you would like to attend. To have your say, please complete our survey (link below). N.b. as minimum standards training, Energize will definitely be running Safeguarding and Protecting Children and First Aid courses. Please contact Elliot with your interestelliot.pottinger@energizestw.org.uk
Complete the survey here
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Women Make Coaching Energize now have 63 female coaches signed up to the programme accessing FREE one to one support. The group ranges from complete beginner to vastly experienced coaches from all kinds of sports and activities. If you would be interested in joining you could be helped by Energize finding you coaching opportunities, providing funding for a qualification or you could join in with our events (see an overview of the first we held here) Here is the link for more information, and the link to sign up can found by clicking here.
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Towards an Active Nation On the back of the DCMS strategy published in December 2015, Sport England have responded with their outline of how they are going to work from 20162021. Towards an Active Nation covers some coaching aspects such as a focus on underrepresented groups in the workforce (e.g. women and girls and disabled coaches) and stresses the importance of coaches having softer personal communication skills as well as technical knowledge to be a ‘good’ coach. Take a look at the full report here. Pages 38/39 are particularly interesting if you want some insight on what is to come for the coaching landscape!
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Funding Opportunities
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Sported Boxing Grant Sported – the community sport charity – has secured £230,000 funding from Sport England to improve the sustainability of grassroots boxing clubs. The body’s Box On scheme will attempt to make local clubs more accessible to people from all backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on breaking down barriers for hard-to-reach groups, such as girls and those from challenging socioeconomic backgrounds. Clubs are also being trained to improve their own capability to secure grant funding by themselves.
More information can be found here
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SCUK Funding Guide The guide is an interactive PDF that allows the user to quickly identify the right funding for them. It includes the following key sectionsA handy top tips section and animation to help first time funding applicants to get their applications right Comprehensive funding listings for England that have been compiled by the England Coaching Network Funding information for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales direct from the Home Country Sports Councils Governing Body funding for those coaches affiliated to and working within key whole sport plan areas The guide can be downloaded from their website here.
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Get a funding boost with Go-Ride coaching bursaries The Go-Ride team is continuing its coaching bursary scheme in 2016/17. This initiative helps club volunteers to apply for a financial contribution towards attending either a Level 1 or Level 2 coaching course. Data from the recent Go-Ride Club survey revealed that 41% of Go-Ride Clubs with waiting lists say that this is due to a lack of coaches, whilst the additional support requested by clubs was heavily dominated by financial backing and coach development. The bursary scheme is open to all Go-Ride Club volunteers and will provide ÂŁ120 towards the cost of a Level 1 coaching qualification, or ÂŁ150 towards the cost of a Level 2 coaching qualification. View the details
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FA Coaching Bursary Applications opening soon The programme, which is available for both grassroots and aspiring professional academy coaches, is an initiative designed to support more coaches from under-represented communities with financial support towards taking the next step on their coaching pathways. Recipients will receive a contribution of more than 80% towards the cost of taking an FA course from 1 January 2017 through to 31 December 2018.
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Coach Education
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Boccia Leaders Course Aim
To introduce the necessary skills and knowledge required to be an effective boccia leader. The course has been designed to cover the important elements of delivering a boccia activity within the community. Outcome Introduce and teach the game of boccia, understand basic rules and the interpretation of rules Lead boccia sessions with an appropriately structured activity plan and in accordance with health and safety requirements Be aware of the needs of individuals and the empowerment of all players Teach basic skill practices to players Introduce creativity and fun sessions Have an understanding of the existing competitive structures to enable individuals to progress in the sport Target Audience The course is suitable for community workers, leaders and individual players. Including those involved with: Residential homes Sports clubs Schools County Sports Partnerships Duration 4.5 hours with a requirement to undertake a minimum of 2 hours follow on activity within a leadership capacity in order to achieve accreditation. Read more Read less When Saturday, 23 July 2016 from 10:00 to 14:30 Where North Shropshire College - Shrewsbury Road, Oswestry, SY11 4QB To book, please follow this link > 01743 453495 > info@energizestw.org.uk > www.energizestw.org.uk
Archery Instructor Course The Archery GB Instructor Award is the new entry level training course for people working in leisure, recreation and educational environments. The course is focussed on training learners to deliver fun and safe introductory archery sessions. Entry • You don’t need any previous archery experience. • You need to be 17 years old or above. About the course • The course will be delivered over 2 days - 9am-6pm on both days • There is a short practical assessment at the end. What next? • Confidently lead your own archery sessions! • Work with beginners of all ages and ability. • Use your training in leisure, recreation or educational environments. The course involves Shooting arrows ➤Delivering mini sessions ➤Selecting equipment ➤Setting up a range ➤Designing games.
When Saturday, 12 November 2016 at 09:00 - Sunday, 13 November 2016 at 18:00 (GMT) Where The Mary Webb School and Science College - Pontesbury Shrewsbury, SY5 0TG Sign up to the course here
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British Rowing Courses UKCC Level 2 Coaching Rowing Course dates: 18th and 25th September, 2nd and 9th October Booking closes:14th August Clean Sport Workshop Course date: 5th November Booking closes: 24th October Venue for both: West Midlands Regional Rowing Centre
Book your place via this link
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Coaching and Volunteering Opportunities
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Empathy for Special Children Roles Playleaders: £7.50 / hr whilst training raising to £9.50/hr Youth Leaders: £9.50/hr whilst training raising to £11.50 / hr
Senior Playleaders: £11.50/hr whilst training raising to £13.50/hr Location: Shropshire wide
Apply online via this link
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Shropshire Handball Foundry Location: Much Wenlock, Shipton and Broseley Payment: Potential paid progression, level 1 qualification will be funded
Start date: ASAP Contact: Ilona at shropshirehandballfoundry@gmail.co m
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Football Coaches Needed for New Activity Provider! Location: Shropshire wide
Commitment: Casual or ongoing depending on availability Criteria: Good experience, enthusiasm and reliability essential Contact Gary Sharples for more informationgarysharples26@googlemail.com
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Telford Tennis Centre Opportunities Children's Activity Instructor (ÂŁ7.20/h) Working in the holiday scheme to provide quality and consistent activities in a structured safe environment Tennis Coach (ÂŁ19.63/h) Coaches are expected to deliver consistent, high quality sessions that aim to develop and progress the skills of all ages and abilities of the pupils that attend.
You can apply for both by following this link
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Shrewsbury Basketball Club Coach Recruitment
Date Required: July (end of the academic year) Location: Shrewsbury Contact Iain Howard for more informationmrighoward@gmail.com
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England Lacrosse Development Officer/Community Coach England Lacrosse are searching for a Development Officer/Community Coach Officers are based in a local authority or county and support identified lacrosse clubs, working with the community and local schools recruiting players and coaching lacrosse.
Your role will involve working with children and adults of different ages in a variety of environments as well as coaching Club teams such as U15, U18 and senior teams. If you are interested, the application form can be found here- Community-Lacrosse-DevelopmentOfficer
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Shrewsbury Athletics Club SAC are looking for volunteers who hold the UKA Coach or coach assistant qualification. The club need support withMonday and Wednesday evening activity, 68pm Venue- London Road Sports Centre Events- sprinting, middle distance running, hurdles, discus javelin and shot Contact allportian@outlook.com with your interest
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Gymnastics Coach: Shrewsbury School
Shrewsbury School are seeking a gymnastics coach available for the start of next academic year Start Date: September Time: 1.45-2.45pm Payment: dependent on experience Qualification: Preferably level 2 Please contact Elliot with your interestelliot.pottinger@energizestw.org.uk
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Volunteer Opportunities Perry RDA- Weds/Sat afternoon/evening Telford Chin Woo- various Bridgnorth CC- Friday evenings Bishops Castle- Friday evengins Shifnal CC- Friday evenings Please contact Elliot with your interestelliot.pottinger@energizestw.org.uk > 01743 453495 > info@energizestw.org.uk > www.energizestw.org.uk
SCUK and Partner Updates
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New afPE Poster: 'Making Physical Education Safe' The new poster shows commonly used examples to help explain how adults organise to PREVENT harm, INFORM about hazards and EDUCATE students about what safety involves. Teachers, coaches and volunteers can easily bring to mind many more such strategies that they use in everyday teaching and coaching which fit into these three headings. Download the poster
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New fitness qualification unveiled for elite training A new Level 4 strength and conditioning fitness qualification has been created to help fitness professionals and sports coaches to carve a niche in the competitive world of elite training. The REPs-aligned course, developed by training provider Strength and Conditioning Education, aims to equip graduates with the training models and business tools needed to work with elite athletes, open their own performance gym, and work as a performance personal trainer. The qualification outcomes are designed to enable professionals to perform a needs analysis of the performance activity and athlete. This include the ability to design, review and deliver a strength and conditioning programme to improve sports performance; and achieve training goals such as increased strength, power and endurance, coach Olympic lifting, speed, movement and mobility training. The first intake of the course began in April, with scholarships available for people who have previously gained qualifications or undertaken mentoring with Strength and Conditioning Education. View the full news item
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Global Coach Conference 2017 Liverpool has been recognised for its rich sporting and cultural history by securing the chance to host the International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE) Global Coach Conference in 2017. The conference is an annual event launched by the ICCE, an international organisation which leads and develops sport coaching globally. Its members seek to enhance the quality of coaching at every level of sport and give athletes around the world the chance to pursue excellence. The conference will take place from 30 July – 2 August 2017 in ACC Liverpool, a purpose-built venue that has been voted Best UK Conference Centre three years running.
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Hockey Hub launches for all your coaching needs The Hockey Hub is a one-stop shop, packed full of useful resources for coaches. Whether you coach beginners or work with young, talented players, there is relevant content available to suit everyone. Access the hub here
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Activator Impact report Activator workshops provide community sport and youth workers with the skills and ideas to introduce new activities to the groups they support. The workshops draw on the principles of teaching games for understanding, and they provide numerous activities to enable coaches to interact with the young people and understand their motivations. The sports specific Activator workshops, include: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Dance, Dodgeball, Football, Handball , Multi-Skill, Rounders, SmashUp!, StreetGolf, Street Rugby, Table Tennis, Tennis and Volleyball. Developed in partnership with National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) these workshops: Support an individual’s journey into sports leadership and coaching Provide new games and challenges to keep experienced youth, sport and community workers’ offer fresh Up-Skill the workforce and prepare sports deliverers for work in community settings To date over 9,000 learners have attended an Activator workshop from the StreetGames Training Academy – with high levels of learner satisfaction1 recorded. Download a copy
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Table Tennis England: Coaching Updates Table Tennis England have developed a Coaching Portal for coaches to register their credentials, purchase their licence and find coaching resources. They have released a list of Licenced Coaches on their website, so that schools, clubs and organisations can locate a qualified coach in their area. There are 17 coaching courses scheduled across the country over the next eight months. If you would be interested in obtaining a table tennis coaching qualification please follow this link The latest edition of the Coaching Magazine – The Winning Edge is now also available online. You can read it here
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To complete this issue, here are some inspiring YouTube clips/TV programmes featuring sport and physical activity!
More Women: Better Coaching – a video by Project 500 aiming to tackle the gender imbalance of the coaching workforce West Midlands Community Sports Awards- 22 minutes in to the clip, BBC Midlands Today promote that the nominations are now open! Energize Chief Executive Chris Child also talks about the importance of nominating to say thank you to people who make a difference! Getting in the SWIM of things: ASA- Swimming is a great activity for all. Find out how it can help you to stay fit and healthy, have fun with friends or recover from illness.
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