Coach Education in Disadvantaged Communities Workshop

1. Coach Education in Disadvantaged Communities Workshop Simon Kirkland www.sportstructures.com

2. Workshop Outcomes • Describe the profile of coaches in areas of deprivation • Identify how to recruit potential coaches from deprived / disadvantaged communities • Create a coach development model for your organisation • Explore methods to measure success • Plan for a broader coach workforce www.sportstructures.com

3. Workshop Outline • Session 1 – Describe the Profile of Coaches in areas of deprivation • Session 2 – Create a coach development model • Break • Session 3 – Methods to measure success • Session 4 – plan for a broader workforce www.sportstructures.com

4. Quiz • How many people coach sport in the UK? • What % have a coach qualification? • What % are paid? • What % are full time? • What % of coaches are from a minority ethnic background? • What are the seven factors which are considered to contribute towards deprivation? • Identify the three main categories for community? • List the regions in order of the most deprived in England (Sport England regions) • What is community cohesion? www.sportstructures.com

5. Quiz answers • Number of Coaches: 1.2 million • Number with qualification: 38% (470,000) • Number paid: 19% (230,000) • Number full time: 5% (60,000) • What % of coaches are from a minority ethnic background? 5% (2004) • What are the seven factors which are considered to contribute towards deprivation? • Income • Employment • Health deprivation and Disability • Education Skills and Training • Barriers to Housing and Services • Crime • Living Environment • Identify the three main categories for community? Wilmott (1986) provides insight into communities through identifying three main categories of community: • Interest communities – people that share interests ie. Sport • Place communities – people within a limited geographical boundary ie. Neighbourhoods • Communities of attachment – people with a sense of belonging ie. religion www.sportstructures.com

6. Quiz answers • List the regions in order of most deprived in England? • North East • North West • Yorkshire and Humberside • West Midlands • London • East Midlands • South West • East • South East • What is community cohesion? • Community cohesion incorporates and goes beyond the concept of race equality and social inclusion. A cohesive community is one where: • there is a common vision and a sense of belonging for all communities the diversity of people’s different backgrounds and circumstances are appreciated and positively valued • those from different backgrounds have similar life opportunities and strong and positive relationships are being developed between people from different backgrounds in the workplace, in schools and within neighbourhoods. • Community facilitation and conflict resolution are ways of developing a more cohesive community. (Factsheet No 15: Community Cohesion and Neighbourhood Renewal) www.sportstructures.com

7. Coach Profiles Working Individually • Draw the profile of your present coach workforce • How does your organisation currently recruit coaches? • draw this process www.sportstructures.com

8. Scenarios • What are the issues and barriers? • What can you do to overcome the issues & barriers? www.sportstructures.com

9. Understanding Issues & Barriers Definitions Issues – personal problems, esp. difficulties or disagreements with someone or something (Webster’s New Millennium Dictionary of English 2007) Barriers - anything that restrains or obstructs progress (dictionary.com, 2007) www.sportstructures.com

10. How to recruit potential coaches from disadvantaged communities In pairs, discuss • How to engage with deprived/disadvantaged communities – with the aim to identify and recruit potential coaches • Draw the profile of a coach from a deprived/disadvantaged community • What additional support will they require? • Now compare this with your current coach profile • Feedback to the rest of the group www.sportstructures.com

11. Coach Recruitment • Target communities • Work with existing agencies • Specific marketing • Candidate focussed www.sportstructures.com

12. Sport Structures Coach Education for Disadvantaged Communities www.sportstructures.com

13. Create a Coach Development Model • In groups agree and list; • Pre-coaching qualifications and training needs • Create a new coach development model for your organisation • Feedback to the main group www.sportstructures.com

14. Basic Info Coach research Need analysis SCUK Courses Business skills Data Collection CSLA SCUK Courses Mentoring NGB Awards Professional Development The Coach Intervention programmes NGB Awards Mentoring Basic skills Education resources Education resources Conferences Deployment Voluntary placement Paid employment Community Sports Coach Sports Structures LtdCoach Development Model www.sportstructures.com

15. Exploring Methods to Measure Success Monitoring Success of the coach development model • Sports development team • Involvement of key partners e.g. tutors, trainers, work placement organisations • Direct feedback from the new coaches • Case studies from the coaches and line managers How are you going to evaluate? In groups suggest ways in which you can evaluate success www.sportstructures.com

16. Key Performance Indicators • Essential to be realistic when setting your output indicators • Remember that outcomes are not so easy to measure, but can be extremely powerful • Limit the number of indicators • to collect only relevant information • be realistic about time and resources • Make the indicators useable • do they actually measure what you need to show funders? • are they easy to measure? www.sportstructures.com

17. What’s next? Individually • Write a list or plan of what you are going to do differently……………… www.sportstructures.com

18. Plan for a broader Coach workforce www.sportstructures.com

19. Workshop Outcomes • Describe the profile of coaches in areas of deprivation • Identify how to recruit potential coaches from deprived / disadvantaged communities • Create a coach development model for your organisation • Explore methods to measure success • Plan for a broader coach workforce www.sportstructures.com

20. Questions? www.sportstructures.com