The Coaching Landscape in London 2011/12

The Coaching Landscapein London 2011/12

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The Coaching Landscape in London 2011/12

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Introduction – The Coaching Landscape in London 1

Coaching Support to Governing Bodies of Sport 2

Coaching Delivery – PRO-ACTIVE London 7

Coaching Delivery – PRO-ACTIVE Central London 9

Coaching Delivery – PRO-ACTIVE East London 11

Coaching Delivery – PRO-ACTIVE North London 13

Coaching Delivery – PRO-ACTIVE South London 15

Coaching Delivery – PRO-ACTIVE West London 17

London Service Agreement to Support the Delivery of County 19Sports Partnerships’ Coaching Objectives

Overview of sports coach UK Workshops Provision in London 22

Appendix 1: The Mayor’s Legacy Skills Fund 23

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Introduction – The Coaching Landscape in London

As the lead agency for coaching, sports coach UK has been tasked with supporting thedevelopment of a Coaching System Support Network (CSSN) in England. The serviceprovision is aligned to support the County Sports Partnership Network (CSPN) to delivera set of coaching objectives.

This Coaching Landscape Report will provide an overview of key areas of service deliveryfrom 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012.

sports coach UK’s remit is to provide assistance to county sports partnerships (CSPs) inthe following broad areas:

• providing bespoke products and toolkits to CSPs aligned to the delivery of thegoverning body of sport Grow, Sustain and Excel programmes/activities

• providing ongoing support and training on a needs-led basis for 49 CSPs, includingregular support and quarterly meetings to support the achievement of coaching objectives

• supporting CSPs to develop a process for effective coordination of funding for coachingfrom national to regional level, linking into local demand

• providing Sport England with essential information to support the CSP performancemanagement process.

Local mechanisms have been established that best support the delivery of these services including:

• connecting governing body national priorities to regional delivery and attending the CSPgoverning body lead meetings hosted by Sport England

• regular liaison with PRO-ACTIVE Director lead for coaching and workforce

• regional coaching group in the form of Coaching for London

• regular regional Coaching Lead meetings

• regular contact with each PRO-ACTIVE Coaching Lead throughout the year

• formal contact with PRO-ACTIVE Coaching Leads each quarter to supportperformance management process

• establishment of a regional Service Agreement to support delivery of the coaching objectives

• training and CPD offer to PRO-ACTIVE Coaching Leads and core staff.

Each of these areas will be looked at in greater detail throughout the document.

In London, the Coaching Network Manager (CNM) provides technical support andleadership to PRO-ACTIVE Central London, PRO-ACTIVE East London, PRO-ACTIVENorth London, PRO-ACTIVE South London and PRO-ACTIVE West London todeliver the coaching objectives detailed below:

1 Support an increase in the number of qualified coaches based on the localworkforce development needs of a governing body.

2 Develop a local solution by which coaching data can be managed and tracked toprovide local intelligence to governing body.

3 Increase the number of governing bodies’ active coaches accessing needs-ledcontinuous professional development (CPD) opportunities.

4 Facilitate the establishment of a local support network for coaches to provide acommunity of learning.

5 Identify and promote funding schemes/grants that will aid local coaches in obtainingCPD opportunities at a reduced cost.

6 Create a pathway from the leaders programme into entry level coachingopportunities and CPD.

7 Support coaches seeking to increase their coaching hours by promoting theavailability of local coaching opportunities within a CSP area.

8 Provide employment and deployment guidance to coaching providers.

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Coaching Support to Governing Bodies of Sport

Archery GB

PRO-ACTIVE North London (PANL) through Sportivate has contributed £600 worth offunding towards coaching for one project and two coaches targeting 80 new participants.

PRO-ACTIVE West London (PAWL) is working with the London borough ofHammersmith and Fulham on a project to increase archery participation that also involvesfunding for coach development.

England Athletics

A regional meeting with PRO-ACTIVE Coaching Leads and England Athletics Club CoachSupport Officers was organised by sports coach UK in October 2011 to discuss theNational Engagement document and ways of working in the region.

PRO-ACTIVE Central London (PACL) supported Leadership in Running Fitness (LIRF)courses in February 2012, providing training for 80 new coaches who will aim to engage1200 new participants in regular activity

PRO-ACTIVE East London (PAEL) has negotiated and agreed for Level 1 course deliverythrough the East London Sports Coaching Academy (ELSCA).

PANL is focusing on developing new running groups through Parkrun and Run England.New Leaders in Running Fitness (LIRFS) have been qualified and delivering new RunEngland sessions in Haringey. The London Boroughs of Haringey and Waltham Forest havesigned up to workplace 5k Your Way events for their employees. Through Sportivate, £4396has been invested in athletics coaching since April 2011, and funding eight projects and 15athletics coaches in north London targeting 233 new participants.

PRO-ACTIVE South London (PASL) has supported St Mary’s University to run Level 1,Level 2 and Coach in Running Fitness (CIRF) courses. All of these coaches are activelycoaching in community schemes based at the university. Specific support was provided tothe south London network in organising safeguarding and equity courses.

PAWL has identified four Sport Makers as Jog Leaders in conjunction with Active Brunel.

Badminton England

PAEL has provided ongoing support for a women’s coaching and mentoring project in eastLondon. Inclusion of badminton in the ELSCA will result in 48 new Level 1 coaches and upto 16 new Level 2 coaches trained and deployed in east London.

PANL has support one new badminton Level 2 coach through the coaching bursaryprogramme and, as a result, 161 new coaching hours were delivered to 15 newparticipants retained in regular activity. Through Sportivate, £360 of funding has beenprovided to one project, with two coaches and a target of 32 new participants.

England Basketball

PACL has delivered a Level 1 basketball course that trained 15 new coaches. There hasbeen engagement with the London Development Officer and agreement to look atdelivering a Level 2 basketball course and then tracking the engagement of those coachesin community delivery.

PAEL has negotiated and agreed for two Level 1 courses to be delivered through ELSCA.

PANL has provided bursary funding to a new Level 2 coach linked to an Enfield club,delivering 106 new hours to 13 new participants retained in regular activity. ThroughSportivate, £4560 has been invested into coaching across six projects using nine coachesand targeting 322 participants.

PASL has supported the delivery of a Referee and Table course in March organised at St Mary’s University.

PAWL has Sport Makers conventions booked for colleges with the aim of creatingbasketball Sport Makers to help set up a regular college session and facilitate participantsfrom the college going into local clubs. There have been 24 courses covering coaching andofficiating set up during the year.

BaseballSoftballUK

PANL supported the delivery of a bolt-on Level 2 course delivered with TottenhamHotspur Foundation (THF) to qualify coaches in other sports with a BaseballSoftballUK(BSUK) coaching qualification. THF coaches are now implementing the the BSUKqualification within local sports participation projects linked to the foundation.

PAWL has supported BSUK in recruiting potential coaches at Sport Makers events inUxbridge and Harrow.

Bowls Development Alliance

PANL has provided support through Sportivate, providing £240 for one project targeting acoach to deliver for 18 participants.

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Amateur Boxing Association

PACL has supported the Boxing Development Officer (BDO) to hold a boxing tutorscourse with 25 attendees in Lambeth. In partnership with community providersdeployment opportunities will be identified once the coaches are qualified. CommunityAction Zone in Lambeth has agreed to mentor new coaches, as has a boxing club inSouthwark. This project has since been replicated in Islington.

PANL have met with the BDO and has identified priorities linked to developing a new Boxcourse aimed at Level 1 qualified fitness instructors. A boxing tutors course was deliveredas part of the North London Coaching Conference; newly qualified Middlesex Universitystudents will be deployed into community sessions. Through Sportivate, £1360 has beeninvested across three projects utilising six coaches targeting 55 participants.

British Canoe Union

PANL has supported a business development project with Phoenix Canoe Club, which willlead to creation of new paid instructor/coaching positions. Through Sportivate, £480 hasbeen invested into coaching to support two coaches targeting 32 participants.

England and Wales Cricket Board

PAEL has met with Middlesex Cricket and agreed actions mainly around provision ofcourses and linking with multisport providers.

PANL has promoted Easy Cricket leaders through Sports Makers workshops andconventions. Through Sportivate, £2720 has been invested in coaching across four projectsutilising seven coaches targeting 256 participants.

PASL has attended Operational Management Group to discuss the coaching requirementsof Surrey Cricket.

British Cycling

PANL has supported five Breeze Cycle champions to become qualified. Two Level 2 cyclingcoaches have been qualified through the north London coaching bursary programme,delivering 268 new coaching hours to new participants. One coach from the Trax CyclingClub in Haringey, supported to complete a generic cycling course in 2011 through theNorth London Coach Bursary Scheme (NLCBS), is now being supported to gain a Level 2BMX qualification in exchange for delivery of new BMX sessions at the club.

PAWL has run two Breeze courses. British Cycling was linked with transport, health andsport from each borough in west London to discuss their cycling offer. The Londonboroughs of Brent and Hillingdon have taken up this offer, which includes increasing thenumber of lead rides for the boroughs. Training and support for this workforce will beoffered. British Cycling has received funding to run Young Leaders courses in Hillingdon andtherefore help lead at club sessions and cycling events.

British Equestrian Federation

PANL is providing support to two equestrian Level 1 coaches, through the local coachingbursary programme, who are linked to local clubs in exchange for the delivery of voluntaryhours and increasing participation.

British Fencing Association

PANL has supported the delivery of a Go/fence award at the North London CoachingConference in March 2012. Middlesex University students are now qualified and able tosupport the delivery of Change4Life clubs linked to local school sports associations andschool games organisers.

The Football Association (FA)

The sports coach UK CNM has attended a regional County Development Managermeeting to discuss engagement with football and how the CSSN can support The FA inachieving jointly agreed outcomes.

PACL has delivered a Level 1 football course in Lambeth, which trained 10 new coaches todeliver in the community. All these coaches are now working out of Ferndale FC. It isaiming to deliver eight Level 1/Level 2 football courses before July 2012 within furthereducation institutions to create 80 new coaches who will be working out of their owninstitutions or within local community groups

PAEL has negotiated and agreed for two Level 1 and one Level 2 courses to be deliveredthrough ELSCA.

PANL have qualified six new Level 2 coaches through the local coaching bursary, leading to817 new voluntary coaching hours being delivered. 72 regular participants have beenretained. Through Sportivate, £2380 has been invested in coaching across seven projects,utilising 14 coaches targeting 170 participants. The North London Coaching Conference

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provided the delivery of a football masterclass session to local coaches led by experts fromthe Tottenham Hotspur Football Academy.

PASL has been working with a Get into Football Officer to support Sport Makers andSportivate projects and has an NHS-funded programme that will put a percentage ofSport Makers through a Level 1 qualification. It is currently investigating how this could belinked to Just Play activity in the area.

PAWL has been supporting Middlesex FA deployment opportunities for coaches.

England Golf Partnership

A sports coach UK CNM supported the delivery of the pilot ‘Coach Manager’ workshopfor golf in October 2011, which was delivered to golf personnel from across the Londonregion. The content is currently under review nationally with golf.

PANL has provided support through Sportivate for £600 of funding towards coaching fortwo projects at Finchley Golf Club, utilising four coaches and targeting 48 new participants.

PAWL has Sport Makers conventions booked for colleges with the aim of creating golfSport Makers and running leadership courses to help facilitate participants from the collegegoing into local clubs.

British Gymnastics

The PANL Coaching Conference was held alongside a gymnastics club developmentconference at Middlesex University in March. CPD and courses over the weekend werepromoted to gymnastics clubs and coaches. A number of projects have been supportedthrough Sportivate; £2520 has been invested in a cheerleading project for coaching tosupport six coaches targeting 120 participants; £1127 has been invested across twoprojects, utilising two coaches targeting 64 participants; and £280 of coaching investmenthas gone into trampolining, utilising one coach and targeting 12 new participants.

PASL has organised a safeguarding course for gymnastics as a direct result of from thegoverning body’s identified need in South London.

England Handball

PANL has supported the delivery of Level 1 courses as part of the North LondonCoaching Conference. Through Sportivate, £1080 was invested in coaching within HaringeyHandball Club, utilising two coaches targeting 80 new participants.

PAWL has facilitated a link between QPR FC and England Handball to run a Level 1coaching course in return for running handball participation clubs. Sport Makersconventions were booked for colleges with the aim of creating handball Sport Makers andrunning leadership courses to help with a regular handball college session and eventuallyfacilitating participants to go into clubs; in particular eight Sport Makers in StanmoreCollege have been recruited who will all be running a taster session and supporting inSportivate-funded programmes as a result. A Level 1 coaching course was organised atBrunel University.

England Hockey

PANL has provided support through Sportivate, providing £360 of investment intocoaching utilising three coaches targeting 20 new participants.

British Judo Association

PACL has organised Level 1 and Level 2 judo courses in collaboration with British Judo tocreate 32 new qualified coaches who will be working as community coaches.

PAEL has an agreement in place that is progressing well and has addressed course needsthrough the London Coaching Month in March 2012.

PANL is providing support to increase the number of Level 2 coaches at Burnt Oak JudoClub in Barnet.

PAWL has Sport Makers conventions booked for colleges with the aim of creating JudoSport Makers and is running leadership courses to help set up a regular college session andfacilitate participants from the college to go into local clubs.

Exercise Movement and Dance Partnership

PANL has, through Sportivate, invested £4005 in coaching across five projects, utilising sixcoaches and targeting 193 participants.

England Netball

PACL has had discussions with the Netball Development Office (NDO) as part of theActive Workforce in Islington.

PANL has invested £2280 through Sportivate across three projects utilising six coachestargeting 75 people.

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PASL has supported a Young Netball Organisers and Youth Umpire Award course. Sevenpeople attended and the NDO has offered to support any leader who wishes to continuealong the coaching pathway.

PAWL has worked with England Netball to offer a Level 2 course predominantly for BrunelUniversity, promoted via Brunel University’s coach education programme to matchstudents’ needs. The intention will be to use the identified students from this course toshadow Netball Development Coach Coordinators (NDCCs) in Brent and Ealing. This willhelp to support further participation growth in Back to Netball sessions in these identified boroughs.

British Orienteering

PANL has been supporting the development of a new community orienteering club,helping to identify a newly qualified local north London coach to lead the sessions.

Rounders England

PANL through Middlesex University, is now delivering weekly sessions as part of its ActiveUniversities bid. A Level 2 course and preliminary umpire award were delivered atMiddlesex University to support this work. Return to Rounders sessions have beenestablished programmed in the London boroughs of Barnet, Enfield, Haringey and WalthamForest and at Middlesex University utilising the voluntary hours required to be delivered bythe new Level 2 coaches.

PASL has facilitated a meeting between the Rounders Development Officer (RDO) andCroydon College. Through the Sport Makers programme rounders is now an informalactivity at the college.

British Rowing

PAEL is progressing with a plan with London Youth Rowing and ensuring that developmentneeds were addressed as part of the London Coaching Month 2012.

PANL, through Sportivate, has invested £800 in coaching, to deliver one project targeting80 participants.

Rugby Football League

PACL has been promoting an Active Workforce Programme through the governing body,which is targeting coaches to attend specific workshops. As a result two community coacheshave attended CPD training on equity, with another three coaches attending safeguarding training.

PANL, through Sportivate, has invested £2700 across two projects through London SkolarsClub, based in Haringey, utilising four coaches targeting 170 new participants.

Rugby Football Union

PACL is promoting an Active Workforce Programme through the governing body, Hitzprogramme, which is targeting coaches to attend specific workshops. Three coaches haveattended safeguarding and equity courses to date.

PANL, through Sportivate, has invested £1395 in coaching across two projects utilising threecoaches targeting 70 new participants.

England Squash and Racketball

PANL is attending the North London Squash and Racketball Alliance meetings. Through thisthey have discussed a new approach to engage Sport Makers through Informal Racketballand the development of a central website, which the governing body could use to developteaching basic rules about the game so that Sport Makers can deliver informal activity in thesport. There has been support to the development of taster sessions delivered in localschools in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, leading to new coaching hours to createschool club link, with squash and racketball alliance clubs and School Games Organisers(SGO).Through Sportivate, £198 has been invested in coaching across two projects utilisingtwo coaches and targeting 28 new participants.

PASL, through the Active Celebration Bursary, has funded a UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC)Level 2 certificate for a coach who is currently volunteering 20 hours to adult participants.

British Swimming

PANL, through Sportivate, has invested £372 in coaching to support a project that will target10 new participants.

PASL, through the Active Celebration Bursary, has funded an ASA Level 2 award for a coachwho is currently volunteering 20 hours to adult participants.

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English Table Tennis Association

PANL has met the Regional Development Officer (RDO) and support is being provided topart-time interns to help with the development of table tennis, links to Change4Life clubsand the development of social table tennis sessions. Through Sportivate, £1590 has beeninvested in coaching, across three projects, utilising five coaches targeting 150 participants.

PASL was approached to find a coach to assist with disabled athlete talent identification. Acoach has been identified and referred to table tennis.

Lawn Tennis Association

PAEL has negotiated and agreed for two Level 1 courses to be delivered through ELSCA.

PANL, through Sportivate, has invested £2630 in coaching across four projects utilising fivecoaches targeting 85 participants.

British Triathlon

PACL has commenced discussions to provide specific CPD support for coaches.

PANL, through Sportivate, has invested £480 in coaching to deliver a project using twocoaches to target 30 new participants.

Volleyball England

PANL, through Sportivate, has invested £1620 in coaching, across two projects targeting 90new participants.

Great British Wheelchair Basketball Association

PAEL has supported the whole sport planning meeting and provided coaching-specificinput. There has also been negotiated and agreed provision of a Level 1 course through ELSCA.

PANL supported the delivery of a wheelchair basketball course as part of the NorthLondon Coaching Conference delivered in March.

British Weightlifters Association

PASL has facilitated the delivery of an Assistant Club Coach Award at Crystal Palace SportsCentre in direct response to a governing body need.

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Coaching Delivery – PRO-ACTIVE London(Pan-London Projects)

Capital Coaching

Capital Coaching is the electronic newsletter that has been designed and developed tokeep coaches in London up to date with the latest information from the PRO-ACTIVEpartnerships. During 2011/12 three issues of Capital Coaching were released to a databaseof around 4000 coaches.

Coaches Pledge

As part of the contribution to the legacy from The London 2012 Olympic and ParalympicGames, the Coaches Pledge has been developed to ‘turbo-charge’ participation in sportand physical activity, while raising awareness of the role of coaches and the impact thatcoaching can have on increasing participation in sport and physical activity.

The project has achieved Inspire Mark status and in keeping with the London 2012 Gamestheme, coaches can achieve gold standard (10+ hours), silver standard (5+ hours) orbronze standard (1+ hour).

The Pledge relates solely to new activity and does not include hours coached by way ofexisting relationships. Coaches can pledge voluntary coaching to clubs, communityorganisations and individuals.

To date 190 coaching hours have been pledged across London.

Inclusive Coaching Project

In April 2011, sports coach UK launched the ‘Inclusive Coaching: Disability’ workshop toreplace the existing ‘Coaching Disabled Performers workshop’. The new workshop featuresa practical session as a key element to providing in-situ learning for coaches. The addition ofthe practical element provided logistical delivery challenges and a number of courses werecancelled in London.

As a solution to this challenge, work commenced in the region to identify ways of providingthe workshop in the most effective way and a number of key delivery partners wereidentified as having the potential to provide both the workshop and the practical elementas part of a package.

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Disability Sports Coach and TottenhamHotspur Foundation were approached to become delivery partners and to take on asports coach UK licence to deliver this workshop.

Funding for the tutor orientation was provided through the Mayor’s Legacy Skills Fund andseven tutors were trained to deliver this workshop.

Having successfully completed the tutor training and licence agreements, the deliverypartners are now offering the service across the region to organisations interested indelivering this particular workshop.

Inclusive and Active 2

As a result or the work with the Inclusive Coaching Project, support was provided byInteractive to ensure the strategic aims were in line with regional policy. As a result of thisrelationship, sports coach UK has now formally adopted Inclusive and Active 2.

London Coaching Month – July 2011

The PRO-ACTIVE London partnerships delivered a London Coaching Month in July 2011,which enabled coaches to access training and courses for as little as £5 utilising the Mayor’sLegacy Skills Fund in exchange for the delivery of voluntary coaching hours.

Courses on offer included a mixture of three-hour/half-day workshops (eg first aid, sportscience workshops, safeguarding and protecting children, disability inclusion training, coach manager training).

In total 26 courses were delivered across the five PRO-ACTIVE partnerships with 240people attending courses.

Learning from the experiences of others is important ina coach’s development. I have seen the benefits ofinclusive coaching through the work of the TottenhamHotspur Foundation. I believe the sports coach UK“Inclusive Coaching: Disability” workshop can benefitcoaches in the area of disability and inclusion.

Harry Redknapp, Tottenham Hotspur Manager

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London Coaching Month – March 2012

Following the success of the first month in July 2011 it was decided to run a second eventduring March 2012, again using the Mayor’s Legacy Skills Fund to provide subsidies forcourse provision.

Building on the strengths of LCM 2011 and taking into consideration the areas forimprovement, the following strategic outcomes were agreed for the second LCM:

• Raise awareness of the existing courses and training on offer to new and existingcoaches across London through a bespoke LCM marketing campaign and brand.

• Coordinate and provide new courses and training that are needs-led from local partnerintelligence and governing bodies.

• Increase the number of London coaches attending courses and training and accessingneeds-led CPD and qualifications.

• Increase the coaching impact on sports participation through accessing LCM-promotedtraining and courses.

• Raise the profile of the services PRO-ACTIVE partnerships and key partners canprovide for coaches in London.

Formal monitoring and evaluation are still being completed and initial data shows that 246individuals registered for access to the website and 73 unique opportunities were offeredthrough March 2012.

Talent Coaches Breakfast Clubs

sports coach UK, in partnership with the CSSN, is hosting a series of breakfast clubs toprovide targeted personal development for governing body coaches working with athletesin talent pathways. The clubs have been delivered regionally and will provide coaches with a unique opportunity to learn from experts and practising coaches at the cutting edge oftalent development, share good practice and discuss challenges and ideas. Two breakfastclubs ran in 2011/12:

• ‘Developing Talent’, delivered by Stuart Armstrong, sports coach UK Development Leadfor Talent, at Lord’s Cricket Ground, was attended by 24 coaches.

• ‘Practical Sports Psychology/Mindset’, delivered by Andy McCann from Sports Mind UKat Brunel University, was attended by 16 coaches.

In addition to these PRO-ACTIVE East London funded a third event using this format:

• ‘Winning after Winning’, delivered by Mark Lane, England Women’s Cricket Team HeadCoach, at Holden Point Olympic Viewing Gallery, was attended by 15 coaches.

Further breakfast clubs are planned for 2012/13 with support from the PRO-ACTIVE partnerships.

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Coaching Delivery – PRO-ACTIVE Central London

PRO-ACTIVE Central London (PACL) has a dedicated Coaching Development Manager(CDM) who is supported by one Partnership Manager. They are hosted by the Academy ofSport at London South Bank University and the coaching lead has had a dual role to play inalso leading the university’s coach development programme over the final six months of 2011/12.

There has been significant progress in working with governing bodies of sport with regularmeetings and strong working relationships developed with Badminton England, EnglandBasketball, the Amateur Boxing Association of England, British Judo, the Rugby FootballLeague, Run England and Triathlon England.

In particular the work with the Amateur Boxing Association has led to the delivery of aproject that identified a specific workforce target to increase the number of coaches incentral London by 15, with an aim to retain at least 10 of these. Latent demand for newcoaches in the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark was identified and workprogressed to organise and promote a boxing tutors course. In partnership withcommunity providers, a number of these newly qualified coaches have been deployed incommunity opportunities in central London. The Community Action Zone in Lambethagreed to mentor these new coaches and as a result there are now around 100 newcoaching hours being delivered on a weekly basis.

As a direct result of the CDM leading the university coach development programme a newActive Workforce’ programme was established and delivered, based on partners’ needs.There has been a significant increase in both the number of workshops and the attendanceat these workshops over the course of the year, with 639 delegate places being filled onActive Workforce workshops during 2011/12.

PACL meets quarterly with borough partners in order to establish a local needsassessment and also to identify local providers where appropriate. This has helped toestablish a new PACL workforce development group in order to address coaching andworkforce challenges. This also enables PACL to identify and promote any opportunitiesthat they may have. There is regular interaction with coaching providers including TheGreenhouse Charity, Arsenal Football in the Community, Fulham Football in theCommunity, Access to Sport, and Lambeth Sport Partnership and this enables regularpromotion of employment and deployment opportunities.

There is ongoing support provided to the Sport Makers programme to ensure there isconnectivity to the coaching pathway.

Contact for more informationGary Palmer, Coaching Development ManagerEmail: [email protected]

Key activities that have been highlighted for 2012/13 include:

• support offer for three identified governing bodies

• delivery of a comprehensive CPD offer including support to talent coaches

• delivery of the Legacy Makers programme.

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PRO-ACTIVE Central London – Recruiting into Coaching

John’s Story

‘John’ was sent to a young offender institution in 2008. Through his resettlement broker hewas introduced to the community team at Arsenal Football Club (AFC) as he was a veryaccomplished sportsman. Through release on temporary licence he was able to go to AFCand participate in work experience while still in custody.

After his release, he was offered opportunities of support and work with the communityteam. AFC and PACL provided free coach education training to enable him to develop as acoach. Over the course of a year he attended a number of training workshops including ‘FA Level 1, Fundamentals (Multi-skills)’, ‘First Aid at Work’ and ‘OCN Level 1 in Youth Work’.

He has now become an enthusiastic, well motivated young coach who delivers a numberof community sessions to a range of ages every week. He has developed a desire to be thebest that he can be, and he also wants to help others less fortunate than himself to avoidthe pitfalls that he encountered. In 2012, he returned to the young offender institution todeliver The FA Level 1 Coaching Award to young people. He continues to do well in thecommunity working with AFC having turned his back on the negative influences that ledhim to making mistakes in his earlier life.

The success of this story was the collaborative work between agencies that helped toremove the barriers that prevented John from making a positive impact in society. Byproviding him with access to subsidised, certificated and high quality coach educationopportunities, he was able to develop his confidence and skills, which in turn helped him tomake such a positive impact on the people he coaches.

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Coaching Delivery – PRO-ACTIVE East London

PRO-ACTIVE East London (PAEL) has a dedicated Coaching Development Manager(CDM) who is supported by one Partnership Manager. They are hosted by the Universityof East London and have provided technical support to the delivery of the East LondonSports Coaching Academy (ELSCA), which has been funded by the Olympic Legacy Park Company.

There has been significant progress working with governing bodies with signed action plansin place with Badminton England, British Judo, London Youth Rowing and Middlesex Cricket.Bespoke support has been offered to BaseballSoftballUK and Great British WheelchairBasketball Association. In addition to this brokering work has also been undertaken with anumber of governing bodies to secure their involvement in support of ELSCA.

ELSCA has been established to coordinate and increase higher education, furthereducation, CSP and National governing body provision of coach education and voluntarysports training across the six Olympic host boroughs. This will contribute significantly to theSport England objectives of increasing 14 years + participation and retention in sport, byusing peers to deliver not only to feeder schools, but within further and higher educationestablishments. It will also act as a brokerage service in placing these newly qualifiedcoaches in regular voluntary sports coaching and leadership placements. Through ELSCAthere has been an increase in the numbers of Level 1 and Level 2 coaches in east London.

The CDM has been involved in focused work with Queen Mary University to supporttheir current coaching and workforce challenges and developing the new CoachingStrategy for 2013–2017.

PAEL funded and delivered a successful East London Talent Coaches Breakfast Club inMarch 2012, using the sports coach UK branding and format to attract coaches from sixdifferent sports. The session, ‘Winning after Winning’, was delivered by Mark Lane, EnglandWomen’s Cricket Team Head Coach, and was facilitated by sports coach UK DevelopmentLead Officer for Talent Stuart Armstrong.

Ongoing support is being provided to the Sport Makers programme to ensure there isconnectivity to the coaching pathway.

Contact for more informationLaura Pierce, Coaching Development ManagerEmail: [email protected]

Key activities that have been highlighted for 2012/13 include

• focused support offer for a further 3–5 governing bodies

• continuing to develop and support the programme for talent coaches

• establishment of a ‘London Coaches Community’.

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PRO-ACTIVE East London – East London Badminton Mentoring Project

The East London Badminton Development Officer identified a discrepancy between thenumber of Level 2 female badminton coaches and the demand in the area for female-onlycoaching sessions due to the culturally diverse nature of the East London population. Thismismatch of supply and demand was restricting the opportunities for the CommunityBadminton Network (CBN) to expand the current badminton provision. Each coachrecruited was allocated a mentor to support them and help them develop their coachingskills so that they would be ready to complete a Level 2 qualification.

The project was established to fund five female Level 1 coaches to complete the Level 2qualification (25% Badminton England/75% Mayor’s Legacy Funding). After 10 weeks ofmentoring, the group also visited the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes toobserve high quality coaches deliver a session.

The PRO-ACTIVE East London CDM supported the planning stages of the project withlocal knowledge and data from surveys and needs analysis conducted in the area. The CDMcreated informal mentoring training and a mentoring pack for each individual and suppliedthe coaches and mentors with tools (eg Coach Observation and Quality AssuranceChecklists, Personal Development Plans (PDP) and Training Needs Analyses).

All five coaches have now completed the Level 2 course. Three have passed and two arewaiting to complete their assessment. All five coaches are actively coaching and will besetting up female-only sessions.

The joint approach was particularly useful when we were at the beginning ofthe project as documents such as a PDP, coaching analysis document andscenarios for coaches were made available. The project has provided us withan instant workforce that we know and can trust to deliver. The coaches haveall said the mentoring aspect helped their confidence immensely, and for someof them having a friendly face on the Level 2 course also helped them developduring that time. All the coaches are now volunteering and some have goneinto paid employment, which is a huge success.

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Coaching Delivery – PRO-ACTIVE North London

PRO-ACTIVE North London (PANL) has a Partnership Manager with a remit for coachingand a whole-CSP approach to the delivery of the coaching objectives. PANL shares astrong working relationship with Middlesex University and local partners when it comes tocoach education and development.

PANL has strength in the strategic management of governing body of sport needs.Coaching support has been provided to 31 governing bodies during 2011/12 and this hasincluded new and revised agreements with 11 governing bodies. Key successes include thesupport given to British Cycling and British Orienteering in identifying, training anddeploying coaches and leaders to support their key programmes.

In particular the work with British Orienteering has led to the development of a newcommunity orienteering club. Sessions are now being delivered on a weekly basis and thecoaches are being supported with CPD opportunities linked to Middlesex University andthe North London Coaching Conference as well as marketing and promotion of sessionswith local schools in Enfield and Barnet.

The North London Coaching Conference has been one of the highlights from 2011/12. 22 courses were offered over a weekend in March at the Trent Park Campus of MiddlesexUniversity with 221 coaches attending. The Mayor’s Legacy Skills Fund enabled participantsat the conference to obtain 75% off their course and workshop fees and the opportunityto provide great value through package offers such as three courses for £35. Many of thecoaches attending the conference are now delivering on local sports projects such asChange4Life clubs and supporting local governing bodies’ priorities and delivery.

Over the past 12 months local training needs have been gathered from partners andgoverning bodies of sport helping to contribute to the demand for over 80 courses andworkshops being delivered by Middlesex University, leading to the development of over900 individual coaches.

PANL has also helped to provided £192,000 of additional coach investment into NorthLondon during 2011/12 through:

• Sportivate – supported and funded 112 coaches across 23 governing bodies of sportand 64 new projects targeting 2505 participants aged 16+

• the Mayor’s Legacy Skills Fund – 857 coaches from north London (as of quarter three2011) have received up to 75% off their course or workshop fee in exchange fordelivering voluntary coaching hours.

Ongoing support is being provided to the Sport Makers programme to ensure there isconnectivity to the coaching pathway. Sport Makers who had completed 10+ volunteeringhours were offered free places at the North London Coaching Conference to provideadministrative support and to help document the event through feedback videos from the delegates.

Contact for more informationMatthew Eames, Partnership ManagerEmail: [email protected]


• continued strategic support to a number of governing godies

• support for workforce needs through PANL ‘GROW’ Social Enterprise Project

• the north London Coaching Conference.

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PRO-ACTIVE North London – North London Coaching Bursary Programme (NLCBS)

Since 2010 PANL has delivered its own coaching bursary programme, which links theoutcomes of coaching, Sport Makers and Sportivate together.

Coaches are supported through either Level 1 or Level 2 courses in exchange for themattending a Sport Makers workshop and delivering at least 10 new voluntary coachingsessions targeting new participants aged 16+ within a local sports club of their choosing.

To date, 54 coaches have been supported through the programme across 16 governingbodies; 262 new sessions have been delivered; 234 new 16+ participants have beenretained for a minimum of six sessions; and 2955 new coaching hours have been delivered.

The coaching bursary has had a great impact with local coaches such as Mario Smoltzywho was supported via the bursary through his Level 2 generic cycling in 2010/11. Thishelped him to set up the Trax Cycling Club at Lordship Recreation Ground in Tottenham,Haringey. Mario was supported through the bursary again in 2011/12 to gain his Level 2BMX-specific course. This has enabled him to start new a new BMX club linked to TraxCycling Club and provide BMX coaching to a wide range of young people and adults fromthe local area on a weekly basis.

The bursary has been brilliant and enabled me to gainthe qualifications required to start the club two yearsago and develop a new BMX club this year. I’vereceived good support and been able to learn fromother coaches on the courses.

Mario Smoltzy

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Coaching Delivery – PRO-ACTIVE South London

Sport Makers and coaching are exceptionally well connected as the CWM leads on bothareas. Therefore ongoing support is provided to the Sport Makers programme to ensurethere is continued connectivity to the coaching pathway.

Contact for more informationBrian Thomas, Coaching and Workforce ManagerEmail: [email protected]

PRO-ACTIVE South London (PASL) has a Coaching and Workforce Manager (CWM) wholeads on coaching with support from the CSP core team. They are hosted by the LondonBorough of Croydon and have strong relationships with local partners and key governingbodies of sport. The customer-centred approach employed by PASL ensures that they areable to develop long-term benefits for coaching in south London.

There has been progress working with governing bodies of sport during 2011/12 withsupport being offered to eight sports throughout the year. Specific workforce interventionshave taken place with England Athletics, England Basketball, British Gymnastics, English TableTennis Association and British Weight Lifting.

The work with the English Table Tennis Association (ETTA) was a result of a direct requestto PASL to find a coach who would be able to assist with talent identification for disabledparticipants. Using the extensive network that PASL has, a coach was identified andreferred to the ETTA. As a direct consequence of this the coach will now be receivingdirect financial support from the ETTA to pursue formal coaching qualifications.

PASL provided administrative support and led the London Coaching Month in July 2011,with particular success coming in the form of the support provided to British Gymnastics inachieving minimum standards for deployment for many of its coaches.

Work initiated with Old Elthamians Cricket Club has been identified by the England andWales Cricket Board as best practice in working with young leaders. A leaders supportprogramme was initiated and funded through the Mayor’s Skills Legacy Fund that has seen100 young leaders receiving training during 2011 and a return of 2000 voluntary hoursgiven to London. The young leaders have been recognised at Lord’s and the ECB is lookingto roll out the programme nationally.

The CWM has provided direct support to St Mary’s University in delivering on coacheducation support programmes, in particular, the coaching month that the university runs inJanuary. In addition to this, support has also been given to the pilot further educationproject that has been running in Kingston and Richmond Colleges.

NHS South West London has commissioned PASL to deliver the ‘Active Celebration’project to increase sport and physical activity levels in Sutton and Merton in the build-upto, during and post the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. As part of this project, PASLhas been supporting a Coach and Instructor Bursary since December 2011.


• focused work with up to five governing bodies of sport

• delivery of a needs-led CPD offer for coaches

• an offer of mentoring support to coaches and governing bodies.

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In December 2011 the publication of the Sporting Equals Insight Report into black andminority ethnic groups (BME) Coaching in Sport confirmed that BME coaches make up 3%of coaches in England. This developed the idea for a BME project in south London and anapproach was made to the Volunteer Centre Merton resulting in the conception of theBAMER Project.

The goal of the project was for young people to be recruited as Sport Makers and then begiven an opportunity to pursue coaching qualifications with a view to eventually coachingwithout supervision within BME communities within the London boroughs of Sutton andMerton. In order to ensure adequate support was in place tutors were chosen who couldoffer mentoring support and advice beyond the formal coaching qualification stage.

With funding from NHS and the Mayor’s Skills Fund, London South Bank University wascontracted to deliver Young Netball Organiser and Youth Umpire Awards that werecompleted by seven young people and also a Level 1 football coaching qualification thatwas completed by 14 young people.

Between March 2011 and March 2012 approximately 20 BME coaches in Merton receivedMayor’s Skills funding. As a result of the BAMER Project 21 coaches received funding topursue coaching qualifications representing a 100% increase in BME coaches in Merton.

The young BAMER participants will continue to receive direct mentoring in the form ofstructured sessions and support. Toni Wiltshire, netball tutor and mentor, was delighted tobe involved with the project and said: ‘This project is more than just a coaching award, it’sabout direct support and life skills and I’m looking forward to the next steps in supportingthese young people.’

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PRO-ACTIVE South London – Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic group (BAMER) Project

The project was a great experience, enabling me tomake new friends and giving me different life skills touse in later life. I’d like to continue coaching and do myLevel 2 so I can coach unsupervised and eventuallyget into football management.

Duane Adekoya, project participant

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Coaching Delivery – PRO-ACTIVE West London

PRO-ACTIVE West London (PAWL) has a Coaching and Leadership Development Officer(CLDO) who leads on coaching. They are hosted by Brunel University and support thedelivery of the Sport Makers programme and Active Brunel, which is part of the ActiveUniversities Programme.

There has been progress in working with governing bodies of sport during 2011/12 withagreements in place with England Athletics, BaseballSoftballUK, British Cycling, EnglandHandball and England Netball.

The work with England Netball has led to a Level 2 course being delivered, predominantlyfor Brunel University, at Harlington Sports Centre and promoted via Brunel University’s’coach education programme to match students’ needs. The intention will be to use theidentified students from this course to shadow Netball Development Coach Coordinator(NDCC) in Brent and in Ealing. This will help to support further participation growth inBack to Netball sessions in these identified boroughs.

Through the Break into Coaching project PAWL has worked with Interactive to provide anopportunity to support a number of disabled people in accessing coaching qualificationsand employment within sports coaching in west London.

Local support has been provided to the London Boroughs of Brent and Hillingdon, whichboth offer CPD programmes for coaches. These programmes have been advertisedthrough the west London coaching network and have resulted in 370 delegate places beingfilled on course in 2011/12.

As Brunel University is a training camp for The London 2012 Olympic and ParalympicGames, PAWL recognised a need to support talented coaches. Working with BrunelUniversity and Athletics Canada, PAWL organised and hosted ‘An Evening with CanadianParalympic coaches’ which was an interactive seminar that aimed to inspire and enlightencoaches across the west London area. More than 30 coaches attended the event, whichprovided them with an opportunity to pose questions to the Canadian coaches, as well asgain an insight into the life of a Paralympic coach. Many of these coaches have since goneon to attend the Talent Coaches Breakfast Clubs being run in London.

Sport Makers and coaching are exceptionally well connected as the CLDO leads on bothareas. Therefore ongoing support is provided to the Sport Makers programme to ensurethere is continued connectivity to the coaching pathway.

Contact for more informationJemima Morris, Partnership Manager (currently CLDO post is vacant)Email: [email protected]


• specific support to a number of governing bodies

• delivery of a coaching conference

• provision of informal CPD opportunities including supporting talent coaches.

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PRO-ACTIVE West London – Break into Coaching

PAWL worked with Interactive to apply to Access into Volunteering to ensure that 12disabled people had effective support in accessing coaching qualifications and employmentwithin sports coaching in west London.

The long-term goal was to qualify 12 coaches who, through the Break into Coachingprogramme, would be recognised as professional coaches and become more employableonce they had completed the programme.

The coaches would be up-skilled to be a Level 1 coach in their chosen sport, and providedwith a link to a local sports club in west London, where they would deliver voluntary hoursover a 12-month period.

During this time they gained valuable experience within sports coaching and wereprovided with access to various CPD opportunities, which were jointly funded by Breakinto Coaching and linked to the Mayor’s Legacy Skills Fund.

Two coaches progressed from a Cycling Ride Leaders course to a Level 1 British Cyclingqualification. This meant the coaches were able to set up and lead local cycling groups inBrent, resulting in three regular cycling group sessions with the charity MIND, which workswith people with mental health issues.

Following on from his achievement of gaining a Level 1 tennis qualification, Ben Lamperthas recently applied to study for a Level 2 tennis qualification. Ben will use this qualificationto set up a new tennis group within the club he is now employed under resulting inincreased adult participation at the club.

The Level 1 coaching has helped us ride to a much higher standard, which wehave passed on to the group at MIND. Also through you, we now have part-time paid employment with Sky. It has also opened the door to full-timeemployment and various volunteer opportunities, which would not have beenpossible without the funding and support.

Eddie Murphy, one of the coaches involved in the cycling scheme

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London Service Agreement to Support the Delivery of CSP Coaching Objectives

The service agreement was developed during the first two quarters of 2011/12 and hasbeen in place from 1 October 2011. It is spilt into the five key areas of:

• Consultancy

• Connect

• Advocate

• Lead

• Support.

Sub-regional consultancy days have been established and delivered with each of the PRO-ACTIVE Partnerships:

– PRO-ACTIVE Central London has received 28 hours of support.

– PRO-ACTIVE East London has received 28 hours of support.

– PRO-ACTIVE North London has received 21 hours of support.

– PRO-ACTIVE South London has received 26 hours of support.

– PRO-ACTIVE West London has received 22 hours of support.

• In addition to this specific sub-regional support, regional support has been providedthrough regular Coaching Leads meetings. Eight meetings have been held, totalling 29hours of group support.

• In the final quarter of 2011/12 enhanced support was offered to all of the PRO-ACTIVEPartnerships to commence development of suitable impact measures for the coachingdelivery plans.

This included:

– a session delivered by sports coach UK Information Manager John McIlroy on theuse of case studies in demonstrating impact

– an ‘Understanding Impact’ workshop delivered at the CSPN conference by Blue Skylooking at how to interpret and measure impact

– detailed discussions with each PRO-ACTIVE Coaching Lead during end of yearreviews around understanding and demonstrating the impact of work in the past 12 months.

• A ‘Huddle’ website was established to enable the Coaching Leads to access and shareinformation on governing body engagement.

• A series of engagement papers have been developed and produced by sports coach UKto guide the work with governing bodies and these have all been placed on the Huddle site.

• Specifically, new engagement plans for England Athletics, The FA, ETTA, England Netballand England Golf Partnership have been released in the past 12 months.

• A local engagement event with staff from England Athletics and Run England wasorganised to enable discussion to take place regarding coaching support.

• The CNM has attended an FA County Development Officer stakeholder meeting todiscuss coaching and promote the role of the PRO-ACTIVE Coaching Leads.

• The CNM has regularly attended the governing body forum in London and also anumber of Sport England-led meetings with PRO-ACTIVE governing body leads andsports to ensure that coaching is a focus of these discussions.

Consultancy

1 Establish sub-regional consultancy days with coaching leads that have a clearpurpose and agenda

2 Working with the Coaching Leads, develop an appropriate mechanism that willsupport the measurement of the impact of coaching on participation locally.

Connect

1 Provide a connection between governing bodies’ national/regional coachingpriorities and agreed local coaching priorities.

2 Establish a governing body Coaching Leads annual meeting to provide updates;interaction; good practice and training.

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• sports coach UK has developed and released the ‘Coaching System Support NetworkOffer to 46 Governing Bodies of Sport’ which has been promoted to the governingbody of sport’s forum, key staff within the PRO-ACTIVE Partnerships and is alsoavailable on our website

• The Coaching for London regional group was disbanded in its physical sense inNovember 2011 as it was felt among key partners that the group was not playing astrong enough role in advocating coaching. The physical group has since been replacedwith a virtual network to which bi-monthly eUpdates are sent. To date eUpdates havebeen produced and sent in January and March 2012.

• Continuing to advocate to governing bodies direct contact with the PRO-ACTIVEPartnerships and a greater level of detail of workforce requirements (eg at boroughlevel to ensure the right PRO-ACTIVE Partnership is being engaged). This continues tobe through national relationships with the sports coach UK Governing Body Support Team.

• To have worked with the PRO-ACTIVE Partnerships to ensure that there is anopportunity to promote the work of the Coaching Leads and suitable representation atthe UK Coaching Summit on 28/29 May 2012.

• The CNM has completed the Community Sport Consultation document that wasissued in March looking at the future of the provision of sports services in London.

• Talent Coaches Breakfast Clubs were successfully piloted during February and Marchwith 34 coaches attending the two sessions. Planning for the 2012/13 programme hascommenced with a greater level of input and support from the PRO-ACTIVE Coaching Leads.

• Industry updates are sent to the PRO-ACTIVE Coaching Leads on a weekly basis.

• Industry-specific information and guidance continue to be openly available on theresource bank on the sports coach UK website.

• Four CSSN Funding Guides have been produced and distributed across England to keypartners. Included within the guide has been information specific to funding that isavailable within London.

• Ongoing support around content and promotion of the two London Coaching Months(July 2011 and March 2012) have been provided as support to the review andevaluation of the March 2012 event is planned through additional support from thesports coach UK research team.

• Inclusive Coaching Workshop orientation and licensee processes are complete with theLondon Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Disability Sports Coach and TottenhamHotspur Foundation to provide a practical solution to the delivery of this workshopwithin London.

• sports coach UK has nationally adopted the Inclusive and Active 2 Strategy as a result ofthe work with the Inclusive Coaching Workshop in London.

Advocate

1 Coaching lead for London to policymakers and specifically escalate blockages tocoaching development in London to Sport England.

2 Working with governing bodies of sport to develop and promote benefits that willencourage coaches to sign up to CoachWeb.

3 Raising shortages in tutor workforces with relevant governing bodies so thatsolutions can be developed.

Lead

1 Regional lead and coordination of London-wide coaching projects.

2 Create a single point of information for environment-specific support materials.

3 Provision of required detail to allow regular updating of national funding forcoaching document.

4 Coordination of an end of year coaching review for London highlighting evidenceof governing body support and impact of CSP coaching support.

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• Support has been provided to London Youth Games Limited to become a licensedworkshop partner to deliver safeguarding training to volunteers supporting the School Games.

• A Workshop Organisers Session was planned for 1 March 2012 but subsequentlycancelled due to lack of interest.

• Seven CPD opportunities have been offered to PRO-ACTIVE Coaching Leadsthroughout 2011/12, totalling an offer in excess of 40 hours of industry-specific trainingat no additional cost to the CSPs:

– April 2011: Assessment day for Certificate in Tutoring Sport (CTS) provided toenable staff to become industry-standard qualified.

– April 2011: Two-day Coaching Lead conference, topics included themed networkingwith strategic partners; workshop taster sessions and a review of what has workedwell/best practice and impact of the CSSN.

– December 2011: Understanding participation workshop (six-hour workshop co-delivered by Sport England and sports coach UK).

– February 2012: First Steps orientation (tutor orientation provided to enableCoaching Leads to deliver training at a local level for leaders/Sport Makers interestedin following a coaching pathway).

– February 2012: Supporting Coaches (formerly Coach Manager) re-orientationprovided in order to update and train Coaching Leads on new content and course material.

– February 2012: Informal CPD opportunity; linking talent development to CSSNdelivery was provided following the Talent Coaches Breakfast Club at Lord’s Cricket Ground.

– March 2012: Coaching strand incorporated into CSPN conference, the main focuswas around measuring impact and planning how to measure impact effectively.

• sports coach UK has provided sponsorship to the PRO-ACTIVE London Awards andwill be ensuring that the Coach of the Year winner will automatically be nominated forthe UK Coaching Awards in November 2012. A member of the sports coach UK Boardalso attended the judging panel for the award.

• The following products have been made available to the coaching leads:

– Coaching Children Curriculum

– Coaching Disabled People position paper

– Coaching in the UK Presentation – Research Information

– Coaching Participation Curriculum

– Developing a Coaching Strategy (hard copy resource guide)

– Employment Status for Coaches: A guide for employers/deployers of coaches(HMRC guidelines)

– Information on Participant Modelling including case studies from Swimming, Netballand Gymnastics on how it is shaping their participation work

– Safeguarding Disabled Children Briefing

– Coaching Factsheet

– Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults policies

– Training needs analysis (TNA) and personal development plan (PDP) training tools(hard copy resource guide)

– Working with case studies guide.

Support (and Products)

1 Provide information on Partner Training Offer to CSPs.

2 Support the PRO-ACTIVE London Awards and other regional events as deemed necessary.

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Overview of sports coach UK Workshop Provision in London

As part of the wider provision of sports coach UK, 228 workshops have been run inLondon during 2011/12, with 2392 delegate places on the workshops.

The workshop provision is broken down below.

In addition to the open workshop programme that is available, there are a number ofagencies in London that now have Licensed Workshop Partner status and therefore delivervarious sports coach UK workshop titles using their own tutor workforce. The currentLicensed Workshop Partners are below:

• Bromley District Cricket Coaching

• London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

• London Youth Games

• Middlesex Cricket Board.

Workshop Title Times Run

A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches 4

An Introduction to the FUNdamentals of Movement 2

An Introduction to Long-term Athlete Development 2

Analysing Your Coaching 3

Coaching Children and Young People 3

Coaching the Whole Child – Positive Development Through Sport 1

Equity in Your Coaching 28

How to Coach Disabled People in Sport 19

Inclusive Coaching: Disability 9

Multi-skill Club Induction 2

Positive Behaviour Management in Sport 6

Safeguarding and Protecting Children 144

Safeguarding and Protecting Children 16–18 Years Old 2

Safeguarding and Protecting Children 2: Reflecting on Practice 3

Total number of workshops 228

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Appendix 1: The Mayor’s Legacy Skills FundThe Mayor’s Legacy Skills Fund is a training and development investment initiative that hasbeen led since 2012 by SkillsActive. The intention has been to build the capacity and skillsof Londoners working and volunteering in the sports sector in the lead up to, and beyond,The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A snapshot of the investment into the region in terms of focus governing bodies of sportcan be seen in table 1 and per London Borough in table 2.

Table 2: London Borough Breakdown (at the end of Q3 – December 2011)

Sport Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

AccessedCPD

FundingAllocated

Athletics 46 10 0 0 2 £9375

Badminton 40 16 0 0 2 £12,830

Cricket 69 40 0 0 1 £26,214

Cycling 1 31 0 0 1 £12,245

Equestrian 43 11 12 0 180 £10,980

Football 372 260 3 0 43 £130, 685

Golf 0 0 0 0 0 –

Gymnastics 179 56 3 0 6 £56,910

Hockey 0 3 0 0 0 –

Netball 16 8 0 0 0 _

Rugby league 0 0 0 0 0 –

Rugby union 18 6 0 0 22 £217, 500

Swimming 476 303 6 0 4 £347, 925

Tennis 57 16 0 0 1 £19, 090

Totals 1458 783 39 0 311 £651,014

Table 1: Investment per focus governing body (as of end Q3 – December 2011)

Borough Number ofRecipients Borough Number of

Recipients

Barking and Dagenham 75 Hillingdon 269

Barnet 268 Hounslow 124

Bexley 82 Islington 111

Brent 173 Kensington and Chelsea 74

Bromley 463 Kingston upon Thames 97

Camden 159 Lambeth 342

City of London 154 Lewisham 145

City of Westminster 224 Merton 86

Croydon 166 Newham 156

Ealing 288 Redbridge 121

Enfield 332 Richmond upon Thames 168

Greenwich 212 Southwark 159

Hackney 235 Sutton 236

Hammersmith and Fulham 145 Tower Hamlets 135

Haringey 91 Waltham Forest 166

Harrow 130 Wandsworth 112

Havering 164

Total 5862

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