Programme information:

Manchester’s FA Women’s High Performance Football Centre is running an exciting new programme alongside England Women’s Development Lead Goalkeeping coach Jamie Annerson that will provide 18 male or female University students across the NW the opportunity to complete a fully funded FA Level 1 in Coaching Goalkeepers.

The FA Women’s High Performance Football Centre is looking to recruit and develop the next generation of Goalkeeping Coaches to support the development of the women and girls game. All 18 places will be fully funded by the FA WHPFC, with 5 candidates

also selected to gain a year’s work placement and mentoring with their closest situated Regional Talent Club within the North West (Manchester City Women, Manchester United Women, Blackburn Rovers Ladies, Liverpool Ladies or Everton Ladies).

All applicants will be given the opportunity to work in the goalkeeping field, either through the internal or community delivery of the University Grassroots Hub, or through the RTC GK Coach Development Programme. The 5 candidates selected for the RTC GK Coach Development Programme will also have the opportunity to be mentored by each clubs RTC Goalkeeper Coach and will also be given a bespoke Coach Development Programme throughout the year.

The application process will be open until Friday 19th October and is open to both male and female candidates. The course will run in November 2018 in Manchester.

To apply for a place on the programme, please click here: https://goo.gl/forms/phbiBXxtx4pXW54e2.

Any questions contact Charlotte Healy (WHPFC Coach Development Officer) – c.healy@mmu.ac.uk.

Important Info: If those who apply could please keep me up to date on how you get on via dropping me an email to a.dunn@stafs.ac.uk, It would be very much appreciated.