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Our ESG Mission and Commitment

Our mission is to make the nation happier and healthier through great coaching and create a greater awareness and effort to improve sustainability.

As the leading organisation for coaches of sport and physical activity, we know that great coaching alone is not enough to create a healthier and happier nation.

That’s why we continuously seek to improve and implement environmental, social and governance principles throughout the organisation and the wider community – with the result being that we help create a more sustainable future for our planet and every person on it.

It's vital that as an organisation, we both embrace and address environmental and societal challenges to not only create a vibrant coaching experience for every participant within physical activity and sport, but also to have a real-life impact on communities across the UK and beyond.

That’s why we are committed to:

  • mitigating our environmental footprint and working with our partners to achieve carbon neutrality
  • providing appropriate training and resources that support a sustainable environment, social and good governance practices
  • promoting a work environment that values Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EEDI), policies and ensures that employees feel empowered to uphold them and contribute and participate in all aspects of the organisation, whilst being their authentic self
  • promoting and embedding EEDI across all we do; we will collaborate with external stakeholders and engage our target audiences to ensure that what we create is inclusive by design.

Download our Environmental Policy and Responsible Procurement Principles to find out more.

Our Values

Our values are not about 'me,' 'you,' or 'I,' and that's why we believe that change is only possible through collaboration. That's why we focus on the 'we' rather than the 'me.'

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UK Coaching wants to be at the forefront of addressing and finding solutions for environmental, social and governance issues around the UK and beyond. That's why our aims are to improve how our workforce operates, provide accurate and engaging information to help build knowledge, and improve how we connect with our audiences."

Michelle Bramley, UK Coaching Board Member and Chair of the ESG Working Group

Strategic Environments

  1. Health: To better understand the learning and development needs of coaches wanting to, and currently working in, the health space with participants who have long-term health conditions, with the aim to maximise confidence and competence to work in this area.
  2. Sport for Development: To understand, support and collaborate across the sport for development space to ensure that those who coach, lead and mentor are equipped to deliver in a range of environments that aid social development.
  3. Education: To understand, support and collaborate across the education space to ensure that those who coach, lead and mentor are equipped to deliver at the highest stand within all education environments.
  4. Leisure to High Performance: To explore the support and development of coaches that work in leisure settings, within grassroots and community sport, through to talent and performance domains. Our work will support those, and the people that work with them, to improve their impact and enjoyment of coaching.

Our ESG Plan

This plan outlines the UK Coaching approach to continuously seek to improve and 
implement environmental, social and governance principles throughout the organisation 
and the wider community

VIEW AND DOWNLOAD THE PLAN