Coach Education Subsidy
sportscotland subsidy is to help address challenges around accessibility and inclusion within coach education. sportscotland’s new approach means that subsidy support is targeted towards individuals from under-represented groups and people with a protected characteristic such as disability, gender, young people and those from a deprived area.
Sportscotland Coach Education Subsidy: 1 May 2024 to 31 March 2025
sportscotland has awarded coach education subsidy to Scottish Gymnastics for members attending our coaching courses from 1 May 2024 to 31 March 2025.
About Subsidy
Scottish Gymnastics applies to sportscotland annually for coach education subsidy. Once we have the outcome of our application, learners attending Scottish Gymnastics courses can apply for subsidy through Scottish Gymnastics.
sportscotland coach education subsidy is to help address barriers to diversifying the coaching workforce and ensure inclusion of under-represented groups & people with protected characteristics. The aim is to create a workforce diversity that is representative of the Scottish population. This transition moves coach education subsidy away from the general subsidy for all.
Subsidy Criteria
Scottish Gymnastics’ application focussed on reducing the barriers to learning and development opportunities.
Subsidy towards Learner’s Course Fee
The following under-represented groups have been approved subsidy towards specific courses detail below, the subsidy will go towards the learners’ course fee. If you meet the criteria find out more about applying for subsidy under process and learner’s course subsidy.
All learner’s applying for subsidy must be a member of a Scottish Gymnastic registered club or be within a partnered local authority. All members must hold the correct level of Scottish Gymnastics membership for their course, have a current PVG accessed through Scottish Gymnastics and hold a current and correct level of Scottish Gymnastics Safeguarding wellbeing and protection qualification.
Learners from SiMD quintile 1 and 2
Check if your postcode is from either of the quintiles here.
If you meet this criteria you are eligible for the below subsidy:
– Level 1 – £140
– Level 2 – £219
– Level 3 Technical Module (per module) – £22
– Gymnastics Activity Instructor – £99
Young people
Data shows young people are economically disadvantaged, therefore subsidy can be provided to those who are under 25 years old. National data shows young people are economically disadvantaged, therefore subsidy can be provided to those who are under 25 years old, or those in full time education.
If you meet this criteria you are eligible for the below subsidy:
– Level 1 – £105
– Level 2 – £164
– Level 3 Technical Module (per module) – £22
Subsidy towards Delivering Courses in Rural Areas
Scottish Gymnastics has been awarded some subsidy towards the growing cost of putting additional courses and assessments on in rural areas.
If your club or local authority is in a rural area and you are looking for a course to be delivered locally please check the request a course page and get in touch with coacheducation@scottishgymnastics.org.
If you are a local authority who has also received funding from sportscotland please contact coacheducation@scottishgymnastics.org
You will find information below on the subsidy process, if you have any questions after reading the below please contact coacheducation@scottishgymnastics.org
Application Process
You will find information below on the subsidy process, if you have any questions after reading the below please contact coacheducation@scottishgymnastics.org
Check you meet the pre-requisites of subsidy.
If you are applying on behalf of a learner, you ensure the learner has the following, you will also need these details.
Pre-requisites:
1. Booked onto a Scottish Gymnastics delivered course starting between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025.
2. Hold a current and correct level of Scottish Gymnastics membership for your course or a coach within a partnered local authority
Level 1 & Gymnastics Activity Instructor is SG & BG Silver membership and Level 2 & 3 is SG & BG Gold membership. From September 2024 Gymnastics Activity Instructor will require SG & BG Gold membership.
3. Be a member of a Scottish Gymnastics registered club or an active coach within a partnered local authority.
4. Have a current PVG accessed through Scottish Gymnastics OR have their PVG in progress accessed through Scottish Gymnastics. If you are a partnered local authority you must have a PVG disclosure through the local authority.
5. Hold a current and correct level of Scottish Gymnastics safeguarding qualification or have enrolled onto the next upcoming Scottish Gymnastics wellbeing and protection course.
6. All dates of course must be fully attended.
7. You must meet one of the subsidy criteria set out above for the course you are attending. A young person or from SIMD Q1 or 2.
Failure to meet the above criteria will result in your application being declined.
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Once you have checked you meet the requirements of subsidy and booked onto your course you can now compete the online application form for subsidy.
Coach Education Subsidy Application Form 2024-2025
You must submit your subsidy application and have all pre-requisites in place before day one of the course. Scottish Gymnastics cannot retrospectively award subsidy.
Either the learner or someone on the learner’s behalf can complete the subsidy application form.
What do you need to complete the application:
You will need to have the following details before completing the application. If completing on behalf of a learner, please ensure that you have the following details before starting their application. Where relevant, you may also be asked to provide some evidence by uploading documents to this form.
– Name
– Date of Birth
– Sex
– Address
– Disability information
– Ethnicity information
– Areas they coach in (i.e. club, active schools, local authority)
– Groups they coach (i.e. people with disability, females, males)
– Date they attended/ have booked onto a safeguarding course
– The course details they are applying for subsidy to attend
– If this is their first gymnastics coaching qualification
– If they have had any barriers to attending the coaching course and how subsidy may have helped with this
– How does you attending the course help the club (i.e. increased number of gymnasts participating)
Scottish Gymnastics checks your subsidy application and will send you an approval/refusal to the contact email on application form.
Approved subsidy will be reimbursed within one month of your application.
If you are struggling to pay for the total cost of your course, without subsidy being applied, please contact coacheducation@scottishgymnastics.org to look at potential alternative options.
If you do not attend all dates of the course, you will be required to pay the sportscotland subsidy back to Scottish Gymnastics.
Is your club or local authority in a rural area and looking for a course to be delivered locally.
Have a look at the requirements and information on holding a course in your venue, including; number of learners, venue and equipment, on the request a course page here.
Once you have checked you are able to hold a course complete the application on the request a course page.
Once you have submitted your request a course form, please email coacheducation@scottishgymnastics.org with the following information:
Your rural area
What barriers you would face if you did not have subsidy.
How this course will help your club/community
If you are a local authority who has also received funding from sportscotland for education courses please contact coacheducation@scottishgymnastics.org.