‘Young Start- Apprentice Coach’ Programme

Congratulations to all the Young Start Coach Apprentices who successfully completed their one year training throughout 2019/2020 and welcome to the new cohort of young people who are just starting out on their coaching journey for 2020/2021.

The programme supported by The National Lottery Community Fund will offer athletes the opportunity to thrive and become sports coaches by:

  • Accessing new skills and training opportunities to support them to gain coaching qualifications.
  • Providing support of an experienced mentor
  • Signposting to employment and volunteering opportunities
  • Gaining new friends
  • Building confidence to put learning into practice
  • Developing their independence through better physical, mental and emotional wellbeing

The coach apprentices who successfully completed their training in 19/20 were:

  • Callum Sloan
  • Craig Smith
  • Matthew Copley
  • Laura Pilkington
  • Steven McCormick
  • Adam Donnachie
  • Peter Waugh
  • Michael McCraw
  • Shannon Crosbie
  • Neil Ferguson
  • Mark Lumdsen
  • Caitlyn Ross
  • Abby Cook

What a fabulous group of young people and SDS is proud of all their achievements and wish them well in their coaching. Find out more about the programme by watching the Young Start summary video here

SDS welcomed the next group of young people onto the Young Start Coach Apprentice programme on Monday 5 October. They are:

  • Philipp Euler
  • Lennon Hughes
  • Brenna Collie
  • Shubhankar Gokhale
  • Murran Mackay
  • Cameron Adam
  • Finlay Davidson
  • Cameron Hemphill
  • Callum Sloan
  • Grace Stirling
  • Owen McGookin
  • Sophie Jones
  • Abigail Bainbridge
  • Peter Waugh