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Bursaries

SkillsActive manages an ever growing number of bursaries across our sectors, details of which can be found on this page.

Nancy Ovens Bursary

Sponsored by SkillsActive and awarded by the Nancy Ovens Trust, the bursary is aimed at paid or voluntary coaches and leaders across all five sectors in the active leisure and learning sector.

Applications for 2008 are now closed, but you can find out more here.

Coaching Bursaries:

The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and Sport England have funding into sports coaching qualifications around the country with projects being managed by SkillsActive. Aimed at both aspiring and existing coaches, it will help them gain qualifications at level 1, 2 and 3 by subsidising courses which are recognised by the UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC).

Further information is available from the local county sports partnerships (CSP) involved, find out more in the sections below.

London Coaching Bursary

For more information on the London Bursaries click here while further information is available from the following flyers:

South West Coaching Bursary

For more information coaches and aspiring coaches are advised to find out more about bursaries in the region through their county sports partnerships:

Cornwall – Mike Thomas - mithomas@cornwall.gov.uk
Devon – Claire Lewis - claire.lewis@devon.gov.uk
Somerset – Jane Knowles - JKnowles@somerset.gov.uk
Dorset – Fiachra O’Mathuna - fomathuna@bournemouth.ac.uk
Wiltshire – Angela Crawley - angelacrawley@wiltshire.gov.uk
Wesport – Sarah Hawkins - sarah3.hawkins@uwe.ac.uk
Gloucestershire – Rhiannon Herbert - rherbert@glos.ac.uk

East Midlands Coaching Bursary