9 Oct 2025
Today we are shining the spotlight on the Women & Girls Coaching Academy (WGCA).
WGCA was set up with the mission of providing a dedicated space and support programme, with the aim of encouraging more women and girls to take up coaching roles.
The objectives of the programme include:
Space for women & girls to share their journey, inspire each other and reflect together on progress and challenges
Create a female coaching community within Scotland, bringing people together to support each other
Gain insight into challenges females face when getting into coaching and identify collective solutions to reduce potential barriers
Provide support through Coach Education subsidy which covers minimum of 50% of course costs
Partnerships with organisations that can support and provide expertise to programme
Currently out of the 59 Archery GB Licenced Coaches in Scotland, 19 are female (32%) which can be compared to the national average of females being 51%. This suggests that females are underrepresented within coaching roles.
On 20th October, the group will kick off their coaching journey with Module 1 of the Archery GB Session Coach Level 1 course with sessions running until early December
For 2026 we have some further workshops planned, exploring ways to inspire the next generation of young archers to pick up a bow!
We would like to thank the participants and mentors for their enthusiasm and passion, and look forward to seeing what the future holds.
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