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A Sports Coaching Program for First Nations Peoples
Coaching Unlimited is a coach education program created in collaboration with First Nations coaches, national sports organisations, and university researchers. It is the first program of its kind to provide accredited coach training for First Nations peoples in various sports. Our research-led programs support First Nations coaches achieve their goals – be it reaching the highest level of their chosen sport or becoming an inspiring role model for their communities. Since 2017, we have accredited more than 130 First Nations sport coaches in netball, tennis, and football (soccer) from various urban, regional, and remote communities.
We attach the highest priority to community consultation and decision making to ensure that our educational programs and research activities meet the needs of First Nations coaches and their communities. The Steering Committee comprises both First Nations and non-Indigenous membership with connections to sports coaching, health promotion, or research. It is a governance structure that directs the strategic decisions of Coaching Unlimited through a consensus-based process.
Your donation will provide direct support to:
- Providing educational opportunities for First Nations peoples to gain national coaching qualifications via culturally safe workshops in the sport of their choice
- Equipping coaches with formal coaching skills that will be reinvested within their communities
- Bringing First Nations people together to develop coaching and broader support networks for mentorship, career progression, and community connectedness
- Mentoring First Nations coaches as they progress in coaching roles
- Promoting First Nations strengths and successes in sporting and community contexts
- Employing First Nations peoples to present at Coaching Unlimited workshops
- Researching the impact of Coaching Unlimited programs within the community and helping generate new innovative research projects in the field of First Nations sport participation
What your donation can do:
$85
Covers the cost of introductory coaching accreditation for one person
$130
Covers the cost of intermediate coaching accreditation for one person
$350
Covers the cost of advanced coach accreditation for one person
$3,000
1 x introductory coaching workshop for up to 10 people held in an urban, rural, or remote location (covers the cost of coach accreditation, facilitators, accommodation, transport, and catering for the day).
$5,000
1 x intermediate coaching workshop for up to 10 people held in an urban, rural, or remote location (covers the cost of coach accreditation, facilitators, accommodation, transport, and catering for the day).
$10,000
Coach accreditation and mentoring for up to 10 people from one community club throughout a sporting season (covers the cost of coach accreditation, video/audio recording of training sessions, mentor meetings, and transport).
This program is led by a Steering Committee comprised of:
First Peoples Membership
- Bou Ovington (Darug/Rugby League)
- Georgina Cohen (Yaegl/Netball)
- Dr Paul Perkins (Wiradjuri/Boxing/Australian Institute of Sport)
University Membership
- Dr. Andrew Bennie (Western Sydney University)
- Dr. Nicholas Apoifis (UNSW)
Former Members
- Dr. Demelza Marlin (Anglo-Celtic/Wiradjuri)
- Professor John Evans (Rugby/athletics)
- Darren Allie (Gudjala; Basketball/AFL)
- Marcia Ella-Duncan (Yuin, Netball)
- Ali Tucker-Munro (Kamilaroi/Netball)
For more information about the program, please visit our website and social media platforms.
With respect to First Nations cultural protocols, and out of recognition that our work takes place on their unceded lands, Coaching Unlimited representatives would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of Country throughout the great diversity of Nations that exist across Australia.
We recognise First Nations Peoples’ continuing culture and connection to land, waters, and community.
We pay our respects to First Nations Elders both past and present for their ongoing resilience and care for Country.
We acknowledge that lands we work, live, educate and play on always were, and always will be, the lands of the First Peoples.
