Sport England is working with NGBs and county
sports partnerships to create further jobs in sport through the
Future Jobs Fund.
Funding to create 2,000 new jobs for young people in sport has
been announced by the Government as part of its £1 billion Future
Jobs Fund.
SkillsActive, one of Sport England’s national partners, will
help to shape the qualifications, training and continuous
professional development the young employees need. The National
Skills Academy for Sport and Active Leisure, part of the
SkillsActive Group, will deliver the Future Jobs Fund programme in
partnership with the Youth Sport Trust, a number of NGBs, the
Prince’s Trust and the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust.
Together they will create and support new jobs in sport, giving
young people the opportunity to develop careers in coaching,
leadership and sports development. Sport England is currently
working with county sports partnerships and several other NGBs to
examine the potential to create further opportunities through the
fund.
“This is a big boost for community sport,”
said Ben Bradshaw MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and
sport. “These jobs will create a new generation of talented sports
coaches, administrators and community health workers – exactly the
people who will help us deliver a lasting legacy from the London
Olympics.”
The Future Jobs Fund will provide funding for
150,000 posts – at least 100,000 for young people and 50,000 in
unemployment hotspots. Young people can apply for jobs through the
fund after being unemployed for 10 months.
The initiative was announced as Sport England
agreed to invest £1.38 million in SkillsActive over the next two
years. SkillsActive is being funded to support 46 NGBs as they put
in place workforce development plans that will ensure all employees
have the expertise to deliver for grassroots sport. The benefits of
this investment include:
- Upskilling and professionalising staff
- Increasing the sport sector’s investment in training
- Matching training supply to demand
- Improving recruitment and retention.
By working with sports to ensure
qualifications offered by NGBs meet national standards,
SkillsActive will also help them to leverage further investment
from beyond the sport sector.
For more information about SkillsActive go to
their website.
You can find out more about the fund on the
Future
Jobs Fund website.