Sign Up: Women & Girls Coaching Academy

Just a reminder that you can still sign up to our Women & Girls Coaching Academy (WGCA).

WGCA has been formed to provide a dedicated space and support programme for females interested in coaching, with the aim of encouraging more women and girls to take up coaching roles.  In turn, by increasing opportunities for females to get into coaching we hope to create more role models for the future who may inspire the next generation of young female archers.

Currently, from our 59 AGB 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.

Also, this is the case on a national level.  In 2020, the number of female coaches in Scottish sport fell by nearly 4% from 2015-2020, to just over 27% of coaches being female compared with 72% male. (Reference, page 4: Women-in-Leadership-Full-Report.pdf) 

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 a Coach Education subsidy which covers minimum of 50% of course costs

• Partnerships with organisations that can support and provide expertise to the programme

  
  

Who is the programme for?

• Women & Girls – Dedicated opportunity for females in Scotland

• Age 15+ - Anyone aged 15+ as this is minimum age you can attend Archery GB Session Coach Level 1 Course.  If you are under 18 you need to be supervised by an adult whilst coaching, both while completing the training and once you’ve achieved the award.

• Becoming a Coach - If you are interested in becoming a coach and completing the qualification. Also, have you started your Level 1 course already? Not to worry, you can still join the programme

Why get involved?

• Dedicated space for women and girls, with programme participants coming together within a positive and empowering environment

• Be part of and lead the way in further enhancing the profile of women’s sport, specifically coaching archery

• Share learning, challenges and ideas as part of a female only network

• Be equipped with the necessary knowledge and tools to be an effective coach

• Gain an Archery GB Level 1 Session Coach course qualification and become a licensed coach

WGCA Programme Leader, Euan Murray shared his excitement at the new programme launching:

‘‘We are delighted to announce the launch of our new Women & Girls Coaching Academy (WGCA).  It is clear that females are underrepresented in archery coaching roles and I believe WGCA can help reduce barriers and address this issue.  We are looking forward to welcoming participants from across Scotland to come together, share ideas and inspire each other. 

Coaching is such a fulfilling role and a great opportunity to have a lasting impact on people you work with.  We believe there are potentially some excellent females coaches out there that could make a significant difference to archery and people in their local communities across Scotland’’

If you are interested in being a part of this new programme, sign up here.

Do you think you have the necessary skills to be a WGCA Mentor? To view the role descriptor see Event description and to apply, click here.