Left: Dame Kelly Holmes with sporting youngsters. Below and bottom left: Apprentices with children in Trowbridge
input from regional jobcentres, the £1bn Future Jobs Fund (FJF) will create a mini- mum of 2,500 new jobs for unemployed 18 to 24 year olds within the sport and active leisure industry over the next 12 months. At the very least, these jobs of- fer 25 hours of work for six months and include skills training. It’s part of the FJF to support the cre-
ation of 200,000 jobs for the long-term unemployed and young people who face disadvantage in the labour market. The National Skills Academy for Sport
can benefit too. “An adult returning to work, unemployed or looking for a career change might also want to do a sports apprenticeship to obtain knowledge, ex- perience and a qualification,” he says. Smaller organisations are also realis-
ing the benefits of apprenticeships and devising bespoke programmes to suit. Trowbridge Town Council, for exam- ple, has employed young apprentices as sports coaches after completing theirNVQ in sports development or activity leader- ship. For the past two years, Trowbridge has funded its own programme, although it has recently benefited from govern- ment funding, which has enabled the council to employ 20 apprentice coaches.
Advanced apprenticeships
Approximately 3,000 athletes aged 16 to 19 years old are currently on the Advanced Apprenticeships in Sporting Excellence (AASE) Scheme. However, unlike their 1980s counterparts, these aspiring athletes tend to watch video analysis of first team games rather than speak to an older professional while cleaning their boots. This programme sees youngsters who
might otherwise drop out of top level sport to focus on academic or work
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commitments, receive more quality coaching hours, better access to mod- ern, well-equipped facilities and work towards an NVQ in Achieving Excellence in Sport, while taking four A levels, or equivalent at a local school or college. Saracens rugby club has 20 apprentices
this year. The lads play as a team in the Rugby Football Union-run AASE League, train and prepare at the club and attend Oaklands College in St Albans. In the past four years, seven apprentices have won professional contracts at the club.
Jobs for the future
Run by the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Com- munities and Local Government, with
Many young people would love
to engage with others and follow their passion for sport
and Active Leisure co-ordinates the pro- gramme that brings together quality assured training providers, national gov- erning bodies of sport (NGBs), industry employers – such as Fit for Sport – local authorities, clubs and community sports organisations. “Many young people would love to work outside, engage with others and follow their passion for sport,” says Florence Orban, CEO of the National Skills Academy, one of 11 sector-specific employer-led centres of excellence for skills development. “They just need the right training and stepping stones into employment.” Armed with funding from this initia- tive, the Amateur Boxing Association of
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