Sport & recreation

London Coaching Bursary

SkillsActive has secured £250,000 from the regional Learning and Skills Council (LSC) in London and Sport England (London) to subsidise coaching qualifications for a minimum of 400 of London’s sports coaches. Click here for the full story or visit www.skillsactive.com/coachingbursary to find out more with details of how to apply.

Facts and figures

• Sport generates £4.7bn in annual turnover and £1.6bn in annual value-added.
• Approximately 683,000 people participate in organised sports clubs.
• Residents spend £1.8bn annually on sports-related goods and services.
• 327 private health clubs in the region (19% of England) with a further 171 planned.
• 336 public sports centres (11% of England) with a further 96 sports centres planned.

Working in the London region

Jackie Hayhoe is the regional development manager for London. Jackie works closely with the Sector Skills Development Agency, Learning and Skills Council, the London Development Agency, Regional Sports Board, County Sports Partnerships and Regional Skills Forum to engage with employers and training providers and to assist in delivering the regional objectives of key partners and the Sport England London region plan for sport.

London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will have a significant impact on the sport on the sport and recreation workforce, both paid and unpaid staff. Currently SkillsActive is working closely with the London Development Agency and the Learning and Skills Council to identify how to address skills issues for the sector as they arise linked to the Games.

SkillsActive is a member of the 2012 Volunteer Strategy Group and is working actively to promote the skills and training requirements for volunteers to enable them to support the delivery of successful Games.

More information regarding the 2012 Volunteer Strategy should be available from November 2006 onwards.

Contact Information

Jackie Hayhoe
Regional Development Manager
SkillsActive
Castlewood House
77-91 New Oxford Street
London
WC1A 1PX
T: 020 7632 2016
E: jackie.hayhoe@skillsactive.com