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INTRODUCTION
When coaches are delivering sessions, it is
important that they are appropriately qualified
and also meet a number of other minimum
standards, such as being appropriately insured
and having been subject to safeguarding checks.

sports coach UK has recently published the
Minimum Standards for Active Coaches – Core
Guidance, which outlines the recommended
minimum standards that all coaches (paid or
voluntary) in the UK should adhere to. Please
click here to access the document:
www.sportscoachuk.org/people-who-developcoaches/support-coaches/minimum-standards-a
ctive-coaches
Many governing bodies of sport have coach
registration and licensing schemes in place.
These schemes recogni