Community Sports Leadership
The Level 2 Community Sport Leadership Award is a fantastic foundation course for anyone looking to develop new skills that will enable more people to enjoy sport and physical activity at a grassroots level. It is a national qualification developed through Sports Leaders UK that:
- Gives people the skills needed to lead groups in safe and fun sporting and recreational activity
- Enables participants to take responsibility for others
- Develops organisational and communication skills
- Builds confidence in people for whom leading groups in sporting activities is a new experience
- Is practical in nature with an emphasis on learning through doing, rather than through written work
The Course Programme
The course consists of around 30 hours of tutor contact time and a practical assessment where candidates spend a day delivering activity sessions for local primary school children in the University Sports Centre. Candidates must also complete a minimum of 20 hours community volunteering in a leadership role. Candidates are encouraged to commit to supporting the Bristol Festival of School Sport, a large scale University led event taking place annually in March. This event is a great opportunity to put new found skills into practice and help inspire pupils from every secondary school in the city.
Upcoming Course Dates
The course runs twice during the academic year, in the Autumn and Spring terms.
Dates for the Autumn term course are as follows:
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Tuesday 12 February |
17:45 - 19:45 |
| Sunday 17 February |
9:30 - 16:00 |
| Tuesday 26 February |
17:45 - 20:45 |
| Sunday 3 March |
9:30 - 16:00 |
| Tuesday 5 March |
17:45 - 19:45 |
|
Friday 8 March (Practical Assessment) |
9:00 - 15:00 |
Participants need to attend all sessions which are held at the University Sports Centre on Tyndall Avenue.
Cost
The costs of the course are subsidised by the University through charitable donations from various sources including the Alumni Foundation, the Foundation for Leadership through Sport and the John Rutley Sport Fund.
University of Bristol students will be charged £30, University staff £60, and general public £120.
Benefits
- A Nationally Recognised qualification and shiny certificate
- Training in First Aid and Child Protection
- A check though the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)
- Training modules in leadership, organisational skills, safety within sport, structure of sport, elements of fitness, designing events and competitions, improvising and being flexible, games and activity experience and ideas
- Opportunity to gain a follow-on National Governing Body coaching qualification through our Coach Development Programme
- Practical experience of working in local community schools, with clubs, and at sporting events
- Official Community Sport Volunteer kit
- Enhanced CV
- Opportunity to graduate from volunteer scheme and become eligible for paid work
- Contributes to achievement of the Bristol Plus and Sporting Plus awards
Here's what some of our Community Sports Leaders have to say:
"Filled with some endlessly enriching opportunities, sports volunteering has undoubtedly provided some of my highlights while at Bristol University“
"Overall I really enjoyed the course and looking back I felt it really benefited me as I now have a part-time job because I did the course”
“I enrolled on this course to offer up my time to make sport an enjoyable experience for people."
"Everything about volunteering was enjoyable; the sports I helped coach, the tutors that assisted me in doing so and the whole group atmosphere contributed to a fun filled experience."
How To Apply
Download the application form (Word doc, 278kb), and return it to Robbie Fox, by email (robbie.fox@bristol.ac.uk) or in hard copy at the Centre for Sport, Exercsie and Health.
The course is normally over-subscribed, so applications will be assessed based on the information that you provide.
Download the application form (Word doc, 278kb)
Contact
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Robbie, Katie or Matt in the Sport Development Team on 0117 3311154