Our Research
Research reports, including on the experience of being coached and coaching in the UK
Coaching in the UK
Statistical summaries of data exploring the experience of being coached and coaching in the UK in 2024, 2022, 2019 and 2017
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Care for Coaches
Research by Liverpool John Moores University on UK coaches' perceptions of care. Care has become a frequently discussed area around coaching in recent years
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Challenges and Opportunities for Community Sport Coach Development
Research on how coach development could support community coaches in the UK
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Pilot Health Coach Development Programme Evaluation Report
Findings from the Pilot Health Coach Development Programme and the lessons learned. The pilot aimed to understand the needs of both participants with long-term health conditions and coaches currently coaching or aspiring to coach people with long-term health conditions
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Coach Life: Coaching for All
A series of video case studies with coaches from diverse ethnic communities and lower socio-economic backgrounds to investigate the importance of embracing diversity at all levels of sport, and to showcase the benefits that diversity can bring
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Coaching For All Research and Development Programme
Reports, videos, and a downloadable toolkit developed as part of the programme, designed to increase the understanding of the underrepresentation in paid roles of Black and Asian coaches, as well as refugee coaches and coaches from ethnic minorities
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Coaching For All Case Studies
Five case studies from individuals who took part in the Coaching For All programme, which was designed to increase the understanding of why there is a lack of Black and Asian coaches, as well as refugee coaches and coaches from ethnic minorities, in paid roles
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