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Sport England over the
last week have announced an under spend, and this money is to
be used to direclty support the development of Coaches. Sport
England in conjunction with Sports Coach UK and Skills Active
have been successful in gaining approval in directing this under
spend to coaching, which is welcomed by all Governing Bodies.
A total of 46 Governing
Bodies have been asked to submit bids for this grant to support
their work in building the Coaching System in line with the UK
Coaching Framework. Judo, together with a number of Governing
Bodies has been successful in receiving a small grant to support
key work in their Coaching System development. The work being
undertaken by the National Source Group for Judo has been largely
focused on the development, endorsement and piloting of the Assimilation
programme. This, together with other major targets on the UK Coaching
Framework, has been the priority for the NSG in order to meet
the March 31st deadline. As a result, Judo are grateful that the
first 3 Assimilation pilot courses, (one to be held in the North,
Midlands and South), can be supported by this under spend as part
of a National Coaching Bursary. Future funding opportunities for
existing coaches wishing to Assimilate to and gain UKCC status
should be available and we are currently working at both local
and strategic level to ensure that we communicate these opportunities
to coaches in the future.
As this is a financial
under spend, the timescales are very tight – a matter which is
completely out of our control. This under spend has to be utilised
prior to the end of the financial year. We have worked tirelessly
over the last week to ensure that we have been successful in obtaining
this grant and also to put the necessary processes in place to
implement this. Please bear with the team as they try and manage
this in the challenging circumstances to ensure that we can fully
utilise this opportunity.
Brief Details:
- There will be three pilot Assimilation courses held shortly
– North, Midlands and South, with a maximum of 24 candidates
per course.
- Candidates as part of the pilot process will be asked to provide
feedback both formally and informally on the Assimilation programme
to support the review of the programme prior to full implementation,
this will be vital to the process.
- Candidates undertaking the Assimilation pilots will complete
the UKCC Level 2 and subject to all parts of the Assimilation
programme being completed and necessary paperwork being satisfactory,
candidates will gain the UKCC Level 2 with their BJA coaching
status updated.
- Candidates must be as a minimum an existing licensed BJA Club
Coach or above.
- Candidates MUST commit to completing the full Assimilation
programme and gaining UKCC Level 2.
- There are currently two Assimilation programmes that have
been developed – Model 2 is what will be piloted. This model
is as follows:
- Pre-course pack
- Attendance Day 1
- Eight week gap for extended study (Approximate)
- Attendance Day 2
- The cost for Assimilation will be £200 which must be paid
in full – the coaching bursary being awarded to candidates is
for £132 and this will be refunded directly
to the candidate once they have received their pre-course pack.
The National Coaching Bursary is being managed by Skills Active
NOT the BJA and Skills Active will have conditions
of grant that candidates will need to sign up to.
- Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis
for the region that candidates have specified or where necessary
their second choice region if candidates have indicated they
are willing to travel.
- Candidates MUST agree to providing and sharing feedback with
Dave Duffy as National Coaching Manager as part of this process.
Please see click here
for full details. Please click here
for an application form. Candidates should use the supplied application
form when applying as part of this process.
We STRONGLY urge candidates
wishing to undertake Assimilation to be creative in finding ways
to be part of this opportunity and if there are any further questions
then please contact Nicola Burlingham-Hall on nicolabh@britishjudo.org.uk
or phone 01509 631678.
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