Coaches and Volunteers
Multi Skills Resources for Active Schools Coaches and Volunteers
Active Schools Curriculum 4 Excellence Resource for Deliverers
Active Schools Experiences, Outcomes and Benchmarks
Child Wellbeing and Protection in Sport (CWPS)
Link to Child Wellbeing and Protection in Sports Course (CWS) from sportscotland
Mental Health Awareness for Sport and Physical Activity
Link to Mental Health Awareness Training from UK Coaching
Sportscotland App
Sportscotland have created an app which offers a range of resources for coaches, videos and podcasts covering topics such as multi skills, physical literacy, psychology, and combined skills. You can also receive notifications of Continued Professional Development (CPD) opportunities, news stories and other useful information.
The sportscotland app can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play by searching for 'sportscotland'.
Coaching Edinburgh
Coaching Edinurgh provide a wide range of training sessions available to all coaches and volunteers working across the Active Schools Edinburgh Network.
Link to more courses and information
Volunteer with Active Schools Edinburgh
We provide a wide variety of opportunities to volunteer in Primary and Secondary schools and community sports clubs across the city, including weekly training sessions, competitions and one-off events. You can volunteer in a number of roles such as coaching, officiating, organising and administrating. Whatever your age or stage of life, you can gain excellent experience and skills through our volunteering programme and associated training and development opportunities.
Link to find out more about volunteering with Active Schools Edinburgh
Current Opportunities
Volunteering with Children with Additional Support Needs
Active Schools Edinburgh work with children with additional support needs who often need additional one to one or small group support within our after school sport and physical activity clubs. Do you have experience of working with children with additional support needs or would you like to gain experience in this area? We have a variety of training opportunities that you could access to support you in this role. If you are interested please contact activeschools@ea.edin.sch.uk for more information.
Delivering Multi Sport Clubs to p1-3 Children
Active Schools are looking for volunteers to support the delivery of fun activity sessions for P1-P3 children before school, after school or at lunchtimes. This means that sessions can be accessible to all. You can be paired up with another volunteer and will be given session plans and resources to support your sessions. Days and times will be discussed with you. Full training will be provided. These sessions will be fun, interactive and supportive where you can ask questions and work with other volunteers and get support from Active Schools. Contact activeschools@ea.edin.sch.uk to find out more.
Volunteer and Coach Profiles
Active Schools could not deliver a wide variety of sports and activities to school aged pupils without the commitment of our coaches and volunteers. View some of these coaches and volunteer profiles below.
Volunteer Handbook
Select the image below to view a copy of our Volunteer Handbook.
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