The Community Sports Coach Scheme began in South Yorkshire in 2003. South Yorkshire was a pilot area for the phase 1 community coaches, and initially secured money from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for six full time coaches to be employed for the following three years.

The scheme as a whole aimed to establish 3000 paid full and part time coaches throughout the country by the end of 2006, in three phases. South Yorkshire Sport has since been successful in applying for phase 2 and phase 3 community coaches through the Regional Sports Board, and now has a total of 42 part and full time coaches in action around the county.

The scheme was established following the results of the Coaching Task Force Final Report (July 2002), which identified a number of issues relating to the employment of coaches in England, including limited opportunities for coaches to develop coaching as a career, few active professional coaches and a lack of professional development of coaches.

The Community Sports Coach Scheme aims to:

-  Create a step change in developing a career structure for coaching;

-  Provide an increase in the number of qualified coaches emp

loyed at a local level;

-  Provide quality standards for the recruitment, employment, management and development of coaches;

-  Provide managed, quality continuous professional development support for employed coaches; and

-  Provide high-quality coaching with a focus on young people. Details of our current Community Coach work force, including their hosting agencies,

geographical areas and sports as relevant can be found below:

For more information about the Community Sports Coach Scheme in South Yorkshire, please contact us on 0114 2235675