Community Sports Coaches

Community Sports Coach Scheme


What is the Community Sports Coach Scheme?


The headline objective for the Community Sports Coaches Scheme is to establish 3,000 paid, qualified Community Sports Coaches working at a local level to increase the number and range of coaching opportunities according to strategic and local need. The scheme will result in:

• A step change in developing a career structure for coaching;
• An increase in the number of qualified coaches employed at a local level;
• Quality standards for the recruitment, employment, management and development of coaches;
• Managed, quality continuous professional development support for employed coaches; and
• High quality coaching with a focus on young people.

What is a Community Sports Coach?


A community Sports Coach:-

• Is a qualified Level 2 National Governing Body coach with the relevant experience for the coaching role;
• Is committed to continuous professional development;
• Agrees to abide by a code of conduct; and
• Has been checked by the Criminal Records Bureau.

Employed on a full-time or part-time basis by an employing body with minimum operating standards.

Local Perspective

Tees Valley Sport has been nominated as a partnership to deliver the Community Sports Coach Scheme. The partnership now have successfully employed full time coaches in Swimming, Rugby, Gymnastics, multi-skills and disability. These posts will be funded for three years. The number of coaches is set to increase with applications already been put forward for the part-time posts that are available.



The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will contribute up to 50%, to a maximum of £12,000 for a full time post, towards each coach with the remaining funding to be sourced by the partnership. Match funding can be from a number of sources including;

• Existing partner investment in coaching (linked to the delivery of the same outcomes as the scheme)
• Lottery funding
• Sponsorship; and
• Income generated by the Community Sports Coaches

For further information contact Jean Lordon, Chief Executive of Tees Valley Sport, on (01642) 342287 or the Sports Development Team.