Current Workshop Programme
Click on the following links for information about
Our Workshop Programme
How to Book
Clubmark Workshops
Safeguarding and Protecting Children Workshops
Equity in Your Coaching Workshops
A Club For All Workshops
Coaching Disabled Performers
Other Coach Development Workshops
First Aid Workshops
Sport Specific (NGB) Courses and Awards
Skillbase - Workshops for Volunteers
Workshop Descriptions
Our Workshop Programme
Our own workshop programme has been arranged specifically around the feedback from received from clubs, coaches and volunteers. It also includes workshops we feel would benefit coaching in Staffordshire overall. If you or your club have any specific workshop requests or would like to know more about our current workshop programme, please contact us.
Other workshops, not currently on our workshop programme, may be available via neighbouring County Sports Partnerships, Local Authorities,
Schools, Colleges or National Governing Bodies of Sport may also
organise specific workshops.
Please contact us, and we will try to help.
Most of the workshops are certificated with the exception of one. Please check with the Education & Training Officer.
Please read on to check what workshops are on offer from now into 2009.
We would like to take this opportunity to
thank you for your continued suport for the
Education Programme.
How to book
For further information about our workshops please click here or contact our Education and Training Officer on 01785 619695 or sassotadmin@staffordbc.gov.uk
To download an application form click here and return it by post, together with payment (cheques made payable to Stafford Borough Council) to: Education & Training Officer, Sport across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford Borough Council, Civic Offices, Riverside, Stafford, ST16 3AQ. If you wish to pay over the phone please call us on 01785 619695.
All applications for the above workshops are run on a first come, first served basis. Once you have paid for your workshop and your place has been confirmed, you are obliged to attend the workshop.
Clubmark Workshops
Clubs that are working towards Club Accrediation will require attendance at the following workshops.
Safeguarding & Protecting Children
Equity in Your Coaching
A Club for All
For further information about Clubmark click here.
Your sport may also require attendance at a First Aid workshop, though the requirement varies from sport to sport. To see First Aid workshops click here.
Safeguarding and Protecting Children (sports coach UK)
Date: Tuesday 27 January 2009
Time: 6.15pm - 9.15pm
Venue: Newcastle Civic Centre
Cost: £20
Date: Wednesday 18 March 2009
Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Shobnall Leisure Centre
Cost: £20
Equity in your Coaching (sports coach UK)
This course is designed to be attended by sports coaches. It shares similar introductory material to the "A Club for All" workshop and it is important that the same person doesn't attend both courses.
Date: Wednesday 8 April 2009
Time: 6.15pm - 9.15pm
Venue: Newcastle Civic Centre
Cost: £20
A Club for All (running sports)
This course is designed to be attended by volunteers in a club, (possibly a club member, member of the committee or the volunteer co-ordinator). It shares similar introductory material to the "Equity in your Coaching" workshop and it is important that the same person doesn't attend both courses.
Date: Tuesday 27January 2009
Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Shobnall Leisure Centre
Cost: £20
PLEASE NOTE:
Coaching Disabled Performers
The Coaching Disabled Performers workshop is a requirement for clubs working towards Swim 21 Accreditation.
Date: Monday 2 March 2009
Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Newcastle Civic Centre
Cost: £20
Other Coach Development Workshops
Safe Practise, a guide to Health & Safety in a
School setting
This three hour support module is aimed at Coaches who are working with schools in Staffordshire. It coincides with the release of Association or Physical Education Safe Practise (AFPE) document, which is the document of reference for court cases relating to physical activity in schools. The current growth in the workforce supporting physical education and sport in schools, has raised the need to support these colleagues with the consistent messages in school settings.
Date: Monday 8th December 2008
Time: 10.00 - 1.00pm
Venue: Stafford Leisure Centre
Cost: £30.00
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To introduce the AFPE Safe Practice document used by schoolsØ
To update coaches on the most current guidance both generic and specific within school settingsØ
To investigate guidance for schools who wish to use coaches both in curriculum delivery and extended servicesØ
To provide an opportunity to discuss issues with the School Improvement OfficerThis course is delivered by a Local Education Authority tutor and is joint funded through the LEA and County Sports Partnership.
Other Workshops -
Tax Breaks for your Club
Date: Monday 26 January 2009
Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Channock Chase Leisure Centre
Cost: £20.00
How to Coach Children in Sport
Date: Wednesday 25 February 2009
Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Shobnall Leisure Centre
Cost: £20.00
Analyse Your Coaching
Date: Monday 19 January 2009
Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Shobnall Leisure Centre
Cost: £20.00
Valuing Your Sports Volunteers
Date: Thursday 29 January 2009
Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Staffordshire Moorlands House, Leek
Cost: £20.00
Coaching Methods & Communication
Date: Monday 16 March 2009
Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Cannock Chase Leisure Centre
Cost: £20.00
Funding For Your Club
Date: Tuesday 31 March 2009
Time: 6.15pm - 9.15pm
Venue: Newcastle Civic Centre
Cost: £20.00
Coach Manager Training
Date: Thursday 23 April 2009
Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Staffordshire Moorlands, Leek
Cost: £20.00
The Role of the Volunteer Coordinator
Date: Tuesday 12 May 2009
Time: 6.15pm - 9.15pm
Venue: Newcastle Leisure Centre
Cost: £20.00
Multiskill Workshops (sports coach UK)
There are three workshops available - Long Term Athlete Development -
FUNdamentals of Movement and Multiskill Clubs in Practice. These may be run on the same day (Multiskill Induction) or on two different days or evenings.
The Multiskill Clubs in Practice workshop is for coaches or teachers who are multi-skill trained or of an equivalent background. Delegates attending this workshop must have attended The FUNdamentals of Movement workshop and have achieved at least Level 2 coaching qualification.
- Long Term Athlete Development MS1
Date: Wednesday 11 February 2009
Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Stafford Leisure Centre
Cost: £20.00 - FUNdamentals of Movement MS2
Date: Tuesday 10 March 2009
Time: 6.15pm - 9.15pm
Venue: Newcastle Civic Centre
Cost: £20.00 - Multiskill Clubs in Practice MS3
Date: Monday 30 March 2009
Time: 6.15pm - 9.15pm
Venue: Newcastle Civic Centre
Cost: £20.00
Certificate in Community Sports Work Level 3 VRQ (Chartstage Training and Development)
Dates: Various dates in West Midlands
Cost: Free (fully funded courses available)
The course is designed to equip people working in community sport with the knowledge of how to work in the community in terms of leadership, running the right sports programmes, communication and engagement strategies, managing conflict and how to get the best out of your group or your staff. The course also looks at effective monitoring and evaluation and sustainability.
4 day intensive training course to complete entire qualification:
Day 1 Developing a Community Sports Programme - Planning, community consultation, multi agency working, relevant outreach in the community
Day 2 Leading a Community Sports Programme - Engagement strategies, building relationships, challenging behaviour, pathways to future development
Day 3 Concluding a Community Sports Programme - Dealing with unexpected outcomes, monitoring and evaluation, effective retention strategies, managing growth, exit strategies
Day 4 Run through Field Book and complete.
Contact Gareth Williams on 08451 307060 for further information and an application form.
Managing Behaviour in Sport - Workshop with (sports coach UK)
This workshop will to increase awareness of the behaviour of young people, helping coaches to create a supportive coaching environment that will promote positive behaviour and find appropriate solutions to deal with challenging behaviour.
(Please check sports coach UK for details of launch)
Autism and Sport (National Autistic Society)
Watch this space for details
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First Aid courses
Before applying for any workshop related to RLSS - Cricket Emergency Aid (3hour) or St John Ambulance Appointed Person First Aid (6 hour) workshops, please check with your National Governing Body to ensure they accept this qualification.
Appointed Persons First Aid
St John Ambulance (6 hour)
Date: Wednesday 11 March 2009
Time: 9.00pm - 4.00pm
Venue: Stafford Leisure Centre
Cost: (To be confirmed)
RLSS - Community Life Support (3 hour)
Date: Tuesday 17 February (note : CHANGED FROM 14.01.2009)
Time: 6.15pm - 9.15pm
Venue: Newcastle Civic Offices
Cost: £8.50
RLSS - Community Life Support (3 hour)
Date: Thursday 30 April 2009
Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Cannock Chase Leisure Centre
Cost: £8.50
Skillbase - Workshops for Volunteers
The Skillbase 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.
To obtain full details of the Skillbase training programme please click here.
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For further information about our workshops please click here or contact our Education and Training Officer on 01785 619695 or sassotadmin@staffordbc.gov.uk
To download an application form click here and return it by post, together with payment (cheques made payable to Stafford Borough Council) to: Education & Training Officer, Sport across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford Borough Council, Civic Offices, 3rd Floor, Riverside, Stafford, ST16 3AQ. If you wish to pay over the phone please call us on 01785 619695.
All applications for the above workshops are run on a first come first served basis. Once you have paid for your workshop and your place has been confirmed, you are obliged to attend the workshop.Cancellations & Transfers - PLEASE READ PRIOR TO BOOKING
Please note that delegates must give 5 working days notice prior to the workshop in order to receive a refund. If less notice is given, a refund is not normally granted but an alternative date is offered for the workshop.
Alternatively, delegates may transfer their place to another member as long as SASSOT is contacted prior to the change on the number above.
