Clubs, Coaches & Volunteers
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Club and Coach Education
The UK Vision for Coaching: "By 2012 the practice of coaching in the UK will be elevated to a profession acknowledged as central to the development of sport and the fulfillment of individual potential".
West Yorkshire Sport is committed to this aim and is supporting the valuable work of coaches across the region. More on our all new Coaching pages...
Clubmark
Clubmark is a cross-sport quality accreditation for clubs with junior sections. 60.5% of young people belong to a sports club outside school. It is vital that these clubs serve young people well. More...
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Courses for Coaches
There are a wide range of courses available to help you improve your skills and career in sport. More...
Quicklinks:
- All Courses
- Add a course to our diary
- Funding guide
Safeguarding Children in Sport
For information to help you ensure children and young people are safe at your club or away on trips, click here to look at our Safeguarding Children in Sport pages.
Step Into Sport
Step into Sport is a leadership and volunteering project, concentrating on training a new generation of volunteers, mostly aged between 14 and 19, but also the over 50s. The main aim is to coordinate more opportunities at a local level for young people and adults to become involved in leadership and volunteering through sport in their community.
Step into Sport builds on existing structures and programmes such as Junior Sports Leaders Award and Community Sports Leaders Award (CSLA) to encourage greater volunteer links between schools and clubs. More...
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Volunteers
Volunteers are the lifeblood of all sport organisations. There are many different roles that volunteers can play within sport - to find how you can become involved look at the links for local clubs, local bureaus and national organisations. More...
Find out more about Volunteering opportunities?
Latest Club, Coaching and Volunteer News
 | Looking for a Coach? WYS can help.2nd September 2010 West Yorkshire Sport has launched its new Coaching West Yorkshire website www.coachingwy.co.uk ... More... |
 | Change for Life Sports Club Update August 20102nd September 2010 An exciting and busy summer of development and planning following the confirmation of the ... More... |
 | Boost for sports coaching in West Yorkshire19th August 2010 West Yorkshire Sport is launching a new service to support sports coaches and clubs. Coaching ... More... |
| Boost for sports coaching in West Yorkshire19th August 2010 West Yorkshire Sport is launching a new service to support sports coaches and clubs. Coaching ... More... |
| Boost for sports coaching in West Yorkshire19th August 2010 West Yorkshire Sport is launching a new service to support sports coaches and clubs. Coaching ... More... |
 | Olympic recognition for Leeds coaching course12th August 2010 A Leeds disability tennis coaching course has achieved a major honour by becoming the first of ... More... |
 | New award produces next generation of RFL officials11th August 2010 More than 300 Young Officials have successfully completed a new training award since it was ... More... |
 | UK Coaching Awards 2010 - Nominations open10th August 2010 The UK Coaching Awards provides the opportunity to thank coaches and coaching organisations for ... More... |
Latest Club, Coaching and Volunteer Events
 | ASA NE Conference and ACM - Sep 11 201026th August 2010 ASA North East Region Conference and Annual Council Meeting 2010 Saturday 11th September ... More... |
 | July 2010 - Volunteering for leisure, sport, arts and culture23rd July 2010 A celebration of the amazing work being done by volunteers across the city and an opportunity to ... More... |
 | Sports Volunteer Fair in city centre22nd July 2010 People with an interest in sport and leisure are invited to come along to the Sport Volunteer ... More... |
 | London 2012 Open weekend - July 23-2521st July 2010 Open Weekend, supported by BP, is an annual UK-wide celebration counting down to the Olympic and ... More... |
 | Volunteer to join the debate30th June 2010 Voluntary sector representatives are invited to the prestigious council chambers at Leeds Civic ... More... |
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 | VolunteeringVolunteers are the lifeblood of all sport organisations. There are many different roles that ... More... |
 | Bright SparksWhat does your sport say about you?The Bright Sparks skills radar will help you to build a ... More... |