10 Oct 2024
This Scottish Women & Girls in Sport Week, Scottish Student Sport (SSS) are thrilled to unveil a new project designed to support female coaches across Scotland’s universities and colleges.
The SSS Women & Girls Coaching Project will run for the first time, bringing student coaches, and aspiring coaches, together for a series of masterclasses aimed to support a heavily underrepresented group in sport.
Developed alongside coach development experts and with the support of Governing Bodies including Scottish Rowing, this is a first of its kind project which will foster learning and collaboration across coaches from multiple sports and backgrounds.
Across Scottish tertiary education, 44% of students participating in sport identify as female. However, between 2015-20, only 27% of coaches were female. You can learn more about the need for the project, and its aims here.
Commenting, Project Leader Jo Foster said:
“We hope that this project will allow Women and Girls to not only develop tangible skills to add to their coaching repertoire, but also a safe space for personal development alongside like-minded individuals that will outlast the initial project year.”
To find out more or apply to the programme, click here.