Workshops and Courses
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The New Coach & Volunteer Workshop Programme 2009
Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent coordinates a comprehensive programme of sports coach UK, runningsports and First Aid workshops for all clubs, coaches and volunteers to access. We aim to offer a wide variety of workshops on topics such as child protection, disability, equity, mentoring, communication, funding and fitness.
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Coaches need to keep up to date with the way they coach. We offer all coaches the opportunity to access a whole range of general coaching workshops. Unless stated otherwise, each workshop is suitable for all sporting activities and the tutor will tailor the course, wherever possible, according to the delegates needs.
For clubs aiming to achieve Clubmark, we would encourage their members to attend the following workshops: Safeguarding and Protecting Children, Equity in Your Coaching, A Club For All and a relevant First Aid qualification.
All workshops are tutored by accredited tutors. All attendees will receive up to date knowledge surrounding the topic area, as well as recieving a handbook, resources and the chance to express any concerns/issues they may have.
Runningsports
Created and funded by Sport England, Runningsports support sports volunteers and the people who manage them, and do everything in their power to make sure clubs not only survive, but also grow and thrive. Whatever sport you're involved in, whichever level you work at, there is huge number of resources that can help you save time, access funding, attract more members. What's more, much of the help they can give you is FREE.
For more information on Runningsports please click on the logo below.
Sports Coach Uk
sports coach UK is a charitable organisation and is the lead agency for development of the UK Coaching System. sports coach UK is dedicated to guiding the development and implementation of a coaching system, recognised as a world leader, for all coaches at every level in the UK.
For more information on Sports Coach Uk please visit their website by clicking on the logo below.
Clubmark Clubs - Minimum Operating Standards
All clubs working towards Clubmark accreditation must attend, if they haven't already, the following workshops:
- Safeguarding and Protecting Children Workshop (formerly Good Practice and Child Protection)
- Equity in Your Coaching Workshop
- A Club For All
- A First Aid course
The Equity in Your Coaching and A Club for All workshops have similar content and outcomes but have two different target audiences. Equity in Your Coaching should be attended by the coach, whereas A Club for All should be attended by another club member.
The Safeguarding and Protecting Children Workshop and First Aid qualification need to be renewed every 3 years. Your NGB may require the A Club For All and Equity in Your Coaching certificates to be renewed every 3 years.
Football coaches & clubs should access their sports own workshops where appropriate eg. child protection and the Charter Standard. All other coaches & clubs will need to access the Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent programme.
Governing Body Awards
These are run by sports national governing bodies (NGBs) and range from Level 1 (Assistant Coach) to Level 5 (National Coach). There are a number of courses (mainly Level 1 and 2) offered in or close to Staffordshire. Please click here or contact the relevant NGB for details of courses.
Skillbase
This project aims to provide affordable, accessible training, meeting the needs of the voluntary and community sector, however the workshops are open to all including private and public organisations.There are a wide variety of training workshops including IT skills, Negotiating Skills, Basic Health and Safety, Volunteer Management skills, training for committee members and trustees, Time management and Conflict awareness
The project is funded by the Big Lottery Fund until 30/04/09 enabling SDVS members, Community Council of Staffordshire members and Chase CVS members in Stafford Borough and Cannock Chase District Band 1 price.
All voluntary and community organisations who are not members but work in Stafford Borough and Cannock Chase District will be charged the Band 2 price. All other parties will be charged the Band 3 price.
To obtain full details of the Skillbase training programme please click here.
Consultancies
There are consultancies that provide training courses and workshops for sports organisations and professionals. Examples of these are:
Sport Structures Limited offer workshops aimed at supporting sports organisations based on our experiences in working with NGBs and CSPs. www.sportstructures.com
Sportworks offer courses designed to meet the training needs of sports development professionals. www.sportworksuk.com