Educational Sports Forum Key Themes and Objectives

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Educational Sports ForumKey Themes and Objectives

• Building capacity within the Education Sports
  Forum (ESF) to support members working in the
  sports industry
• Building a network of Sports unions within the
  ESF
• Work with sports clubs to agree partnership
  approaches to learning and skills
• Pilot early initiatives in the respective sports
  designated clubs.
• Develop systems to support the training and
  development of Learner Reps

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Specific Objectives

• Training and education tailored to specific and
  unique needs of people working in the sports
  industry, e.g. players, mangers, coaches,
  administrators, ancillary workers
• Putting in place a learning strategy to support
  ESF members to help them in their duties of
  providing front line advice to their individual
  members
• Web site. Develop a Sports Forum web site to
  provide tailored information on education and
  training for ESF members and others working in
  the industry.

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Developing Skills for Life

• Skills for Life training for ESF members and
  others working in the industry
• Working with trained Sports Learning Reps
  carrying out learning needs assessment of workers
• Research existing schemes, e.g. drawing on
  current practice of model clubs who are working
  with, community and local businesses.

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Future Development and Long Term Objectives

• Developing clubs and gyms into places of
  learning thereby creating potential employment
  for ESF members
• Address continuing professional development
  issues
• Equipping sports forum members with transferable
  skills needed to obtain other jobs Dealing with
  Transition
• Working with education providers developing
  affiliates own customised training programme that
  meets the needs of ESF members.

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WORKING TOGETHER

• Working together sharing good practice looking
  into existing learning schemes operating in clubs
  and gyms and agree how that might be replicated
  within in all sports
• ESF as a coordinating body to research/audit
  other provision within the broader sports
  industry.

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Management Structure ESF Members

• ESF Officer - Alan Irwin - Secretary
• ESF Officer - Des Farrell - President
• PCA - Jason Radcliff - Member
• PRA - Jason Reilly - Member
• PFA - Pat Lally, John Hudson - Members
• LMA - Graham Mckrell - Member
• SPFA - Fraser Wisharte - Member
• FIFPRO - Tony Higgins
• JETS - Lisa Delayney