Sports Coach UK

Developing UK Coaching Excellence

We are inspired by a belief that good sports coaches not only enhance sporting experiences, but increase and sustain active lifestyles too. This in turn brings enormous health and well-being benefits. Our vision is UK coaching excellence enabling every child, player and athlete to follow their dreams, have fun and fulfil their potential. We are a UK-registered charity, employing 50 staff members, based at our Headquarters in Leeds and at sites across England.

Working Together with our Partners

We support our partners to recruit, develop and retain the coaches they need to achieve their sports participation and performance goals.
Specifically, we;
•Support and challenge our partners to improve their coaching systems and grow their contribution to a cohesive UK coaching system.
•Develop coach learning and support that complements sports-specific programmes and aligns with public policy.
•Provide research and good practice that benefits coaching.

In England, we support 46 national governing bodies of sport and 49 county sports partnerships. In Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, we work with the three Home Country Sports Councils.

Our Impact

As the central agency for coaching, established by the sports councils in 1983, we maximise UK investment in coaching.
•provide a central source of coaching expertise
•implement cross-sport coaching initiatives
•share good practice between sports
•minimise inconsistencies in coaching across sports

The work we do is is vital to the work of:
•Sport England for increasing skilled coaching in schools
•UK Sport for nurturing high-performance athletes
•Youth Sport Trust for achieving participation goals in communities
•The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games legacy.<br />