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Fully-Funded Places Programme

Providing additional support for coaches who qualify in accessing funded coaching provision.

Overview

About the programme

To support football being truly a game for all, England Football Learning is delighted to offer free places on our most popular coaching courses as part of our Fully-Funded Places Programme.

The Fully-Funded Places Programme has been developed to support coaches who may be facing barriers to getting involved.  We want to create a more inclusive coaching workforce and will be offering 20% of all places on Introduction to Coaching Football, UEFA C Licence and UEFA B Licence for free as part of the programme. The places have been funded by Sport England.

The initiative is aligned to our wider goal of helping to increase participation within historically underrepresented groups (including female coaches, disabled coaches and coaches from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic backgrounds) as well as supporting individuals from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds.
 

Important information

Application windows for our Fully-Funded Places Programme take place at different times across the season for Introduction to Coaching Football, the UEFA C Licence and the UEFA B Licence. To be the first to know when applications are open for a course you'd like to take part in, please register your interest.

Find out more about our Fully-Funded Places Programme

How are Fully-Funded Places awarded?

We have worked with several organisations to develop the criteria for the programme.

We welcome applications from coaches who fit into one or more of the following categories:


  • Female coaches
  • Coaches from ethnically diverse backgrounds
  • Coaches from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds
  • Coaches with disabilities

If you are successful in receiving a fully-funded place on one of our courses, you will be contacted directly with further instructions on how to redeem your place.

frequently asked questions

To apply for a fully-funded place, you will be required to login via FA Learning and complete an application form to assess your eligibility. The application process should take around 10 minutes to complete.


Please note, you must meet the prerequisites for the course you are applying for. These can be found on each course page.

For more support on this programme, visit the Help Centre.