The Coaching Standards Group that met on 24 October awarded UKCC endorsement to 3 more sports. Badminton (L1), Triathlon (L1) and Hockey, the first sport to achieve endorsement at levels 1 - 3 are all to be congratulated on their success.

October 2006

Sports Gain Endorsement

Rugby League (Levels 1 and 2) , Squash (Level 1) and Tennis (Level 1)  have all been successfully endorsed by the UK Coaching Certificate.

You can read what they had to say here.

New LSC Statement of Priorities

The Learning Skills Council (LSC) has announced that it will give priority to the development and qualification of employed and volunteer coaches in line with some of the key actions outlined in the UK Action Plan for Coaching.

The announcement, made on the 18th of October, is the culmination of a series of discussions held between the LSC, sports coach UK, SkillsActive and DCMS. It underlines the value of the UKCC and credits the hard work that key stakeholders have invested in its development to date.

It stills remains to determine how sports will access the LSC funding stream and SkillsActive and sports coach UK are setting up a focussed working group to investigate the optimal contracting arrangements with the LSC. The group’s analysis will take into account the recently announced Regional Coaching Centres initiative and the pending National Skills Academy and it is envisaged that sports will be able to benefit from September 2007.

As we move forward, it will be crucial that governing bodies of sport have regionalised workforce development plans to justify the continued investment in coaching.

This is an exciting time to be part of the coaching community…

You can read a press release on this news here LSC MAKE SPORT A FUNDING PRIORITY.pdf

British Swimming Qualifications Gain Accreditation
Level One coaching certificates in diving, synchronised swimming and water polo have been approved and follow swimming to become the fourth British Swimming qualifications to join the national scheme. Read the Amateur Swimming Association press release here.

September 2006

Amends have been made to the level 4 and 5 delivery targets. Full details can be read in this document. Level 4 + 5 Amends Sep06.pdf
If you are a representative of a sport and require more information please contact your sports coach UK Relationship Manager.

March 2006

Read the latest UKCC press release about the successful endorsement of the 1st 5 UKCC sports! UKCC Press Release.pdf

February 2006

sports coach UK’s Chief executive Pat Duffy recently made the following statement on the issue of sustainable funding:

“Sustainable funding and the UKCC has been of concern to governing bodies over the recent months. In order to address these concerns a meeting involving SkillsActive, sports coach UK, Sport England, DCMS and a number of the phase 1 UKCC sports governing bodies was attended in November 2005. As a result of the meeting a three-stage approach to tackle the problem was proposed as follows: 

a)      Short term identification of sustainable funding issues

b)      The necessity to seek a policy change on the criteria associated with sustainable funding

c)       A look at the overall funding framework for coaching – to ensure that the appropriate capacity exists for the development of robust and sustainable coaching and coach education systems in sports’ governing bodies.

Work is ongoing across these 3 areas with the aim of identifying a clear course of action in the near future”.

Congratulations!!
The first 5 sports involved in the development of UKCC qualifications are successfully endorsed
read more here.

October 2005

• Level 4 and 5 Updates and the latest from the endorsement panel can be read here
• Future UKCC forum and clinic dates have been amended. Please check here for latest details.

September 2005

• sports coach UK are pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Reid to the Solutions team. Paul will be responsible for coach education workforce management and  development. At present Paul is an RFU level 3 coach, tutor and trainer and also part of the Rugby Union Mentoring Programme.

August 2005

• A phase 3 forum has been arranged for September 15th. Details available here
• Resources, presentations and an overview of the recent Resource Development forum are available to view

Assistant Coach Education Manager Alan Rapley believes the UKCC will keep British Swimming at the forefront of teacher and coach education.

"British Swimming has always been a leader in sports education and by working towards the UKCC it allows us to improve on good practice and make it great practice. The challenge has been to get all four sports to a level where they can be endorsed and we can provide the resources."