Awards

Sports Leaders UK's awards have been designed for use in a variety of different delivery settings, including schools, uniformed organisations and sports and community groups.

The awards are tailored to respond to the individual needs of each organisation and its sports leaders, through a flexible and varied programme.

Please select an award from the menu - an explanation of that award will appear to the right of the buttons or below the buttons.

Primary Leaders
I Can Lead
PlayMaker Award
Young Leader Award
Go Lead
Foreign Language Leader Award
Literacy Leader Award
Maths Leader Award
Women, Get Set, Go!
Sport Wales - Active Young People
Welsh Baccalaureate
NGB Leadership Awards
Awards

Primary Leaders

NEW course exclusive to primary schools

Would you like your pupils to become more confident, self-assured and involved with their local community?
Are you looking to work towards the Ofsted Outstanding grade for 'personal development, behaviour and welfare' and SMSC?
Are you a primary school struggling to promote SMSC and its development in your pupils?

Yes? Then, Primary Leaders has been designed specifically to help primary schools like you!

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I Can Lead

A fun practical course that can be completed in class, on the sports field or as an after school activity.

I Can Lead has been designed as an introduction to leadership that will give learners the knowledge and skills to assist in leading basic sports/activity sessions under direct supervision.

Recommended age: 13 and over
Course length: 12 - 15 hours (approximately)
Assessment: There is no formal assessment.

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PlayMaker Award

The PlayMaker Award is a great introduction into leadership for pupils or students aged nine and over.

The award is designed for use in variety of education settings as a one day course and focuses on developing learners leadership skills.

Recommended age: 9 and over
Course length : 6 hours (approximately)
Assessment: There is no formal assessment.

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Young Leader Award

The Young Leader Award is a great introduction into leadership, giving pupils and students knowledge of how to organise and lead small games and activities that can be used as part of uniformed organisation, community club or sports club sessions.

The Young Leader Award aims to help learners develop leadership skills such as organisation, communication and teamwork, as well as helping to build confidence and self-esteem as they take on responsibility of leading their peers and younger children.

Recommended age: 11 and over (Primary school? Visit the PlayMaker Award page)
Course length: 6-10 hours (approximately)
Assessment: There is no formal assessment

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Go Lead

Go Lead has been designed as an introduction to leadership that will give learners:

A new understanding of how they can use leadership skills in their day-to-day work or college lives.
The knowledge, skills and competencies to lead basic physical activity sessions under direct supervision.

Recommended age: 16 and over
Course length: 7 hours (approximately)
Assessment: There is no formal assessment.

*Please note - this award replaces the Day Certificate in Sports Leadership.

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Foreign Language Leader Award

The Foreign Language Leader Award teaches young people how to lead others through basic languages activities by working to develop their communication, organisation and motivational skills.

Recommended age: 13 and over
Course length: 30 hours (approximately)
Assessment: There is no formal assessment

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Literacy Leader Award

Please note that from 31st August 2017 we will no longer be offering the Literacy Leader Award. For information on an alternative, the Leadership Skills Programme, please click here.

The Literacy Leader Award teaches leadership skills and enables successful learners to lead small groups in simple literacy based activities whilst under direct supervision of their tutor.

Recommended age: 13 and over
Course length: 30 hours (approximately)
Assessment: There is no formal assessment.

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Maths Leader Award

Please note that from 31st August 2017 we will no longer be offering the Maths Leader Award. For information on an alternative, the Leadership Skills Programme, please click here.

The Maths Leader Award teaches young people how to lead others through basic maths activities by working to develop their communication, organisation and motivational skills.

Recommended age: 13 and over
Course length: 30 hours (approximately)
Assessment: There is no formal assessment.

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Women, Get Set, Go!

Women, Get Set, Go! is a personal development programme that has been specifically designed for women and girls (14 years and over).

The course encourages women and girls to communicate with confidence, value their own skills, understand how the world of sport and leadership works, and to develop a personal action plan for their future involvement in sports leadership.

Recommended age: Women and girls aged 14 and over
Course length: 15 hours (approximately)
Assessment: There is no formal assessment.

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Sport Wales - Active Young People

Sport Wales Active Young People programme involves volunteers, teachers and young leaders and helps young people become more active.

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Welsh Baccalaureate

If you would like more information on how I Can Lead... Wales! satisfies the Community Challenge element of the Skills Challenge Certificate, within the Welsh Baccalaureate, please complete the form below and a member of the team will get in touch.

First name

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Email address

Telephone number

Organisation name

Postcode

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NGB Leadership Awards

Sports Leaders UK has teamed up with various National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of sport to create a suite of sports specific leadership awards.

The NGB Leadership Awards put basic leadership skills, such as communication and organisation, into a sports specific context with the aim of training young people so that they can lead others in a sport of their choice.

Recommended age: 13 and over
Course length: 3-6 hours

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Awards

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