Coaching Support
Football is for everyone.
The FA is here to ensure everyone who participates has a great experience – regardless of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, ability or disability, faith or age.
In this section you'll find information about support initiatives and training opportunities to help you improve as a coach, be safe in your coaching and the environments you create, and access on-the-ground support when you need it.
SAFEGUARDING IS EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY
Everyone in football has a responsibility to make our game safe and enjoyable.
This is particularly true for coaches. A coach is in a privileged position. The nature of the role means he/she can have significant influence over children and young people and develop relationships of trust with children and their parents/carers. It’s therefore important that coaches understand their safeguarding responsibilities.
Find out how The FA and the Suffolk FA manages safeguarding nationally and locally. You’ll also find detailed information on the game’s safeguarding strategy, and how it applies to you.
FA Coach Mentor Programme
Find details on The FA Coach Mentor Programme and how it helps to develop grassroots coaches
Club Welfare Officers
Information to support Club Welfare Officers
Inclusion
Continued learning opportunities
Policies and procedures
Providing candidates with the best learning experience
Female Community Group
Support for female coaches in Suffolk
Coaching Bursaries
Supporting grassroots coaches from under-represented communities