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Women Into Coaching - London

Women Into Coaching - London (WiC) is funded by the London Learning and Skills Council's European Social Fund Objective 3 Co-Financed Pan-London Programme.

WiC produces a monthly e-zine in Adobe Acrobat format. The June 2006 [Adobe Acrobat Document opens in new window] and previous issues are available using the links at the bottom of this page.

The project is in the process of training over 90 women in sports coaching and leadership allowing all women to access accredited sport qualifications for free.

The disciplines on offer are:

Football
Rugby Union
Swimming
Gymnastics
Community Sports Leadership

WiC aims by December 2006 to have:

45 women qualified and accredited at Level I
50 women qualified and accredited at Level II
40 women to have attended a Women Get Set Go! course.
All women will attend a sportscoachUK workshop on Good Practice and Child Protection, Coaching Disabled Athletes and Equitable Coaching, which complements their final qualification.

In addition, all women will be linked to a personal mentor who will support their continuous professional development and will also receive assistance and advice regarding the exit routes available to them following the project's end.

Exit routes

Also, all women will be linked to a personal mentor who will support their continuous professional development and will also receive assistance and advice regarding the exit routes available to them following the project's end.

Click here for more information on the exit routes. [Microsoft Word Document]

Partners involved on the program are:

Strategic partners:

Sport England
Skills Active

Delivery partners:

London South Bank University
SportscoachUK
Amateur Swimming Association
Rugby Union for Women
The Football Association
Sports Leaders UK
British Amateur Gymnastics Association

In January 2006, WiC was awarded an additional £35,000 to offer and deliver 30 extra coaching qualifications to beneficiaries already on the program for free.

WiC monthly e-zine issues [Adobe Acrobat Documents open in new window]

2006 June - Issue 12
2006 May - Issue 11
2006 April - Issue 10
2006 March - Issue 9
2006 February - Issue 8
2006 January - Issue 7
2005 December - Issue 6
2005 October - Issue 4
2005 September - Issue 3
2005 August - Issue 2
2005 July - Issue 1

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