Apprentice Sports Coach
COACH CORE FOUNDATION
Bristol (BS3 2EJ)
Closes in 12 days (Wednesday 29 April 2026)
Posted on 17 April 2026
Contents
Summary
Bristol Sport Foundation, a leading provider of school and community sport delivery, aim to help inspire the schools and local communities of Greater Bristol to lead ‘Active. Healthy. Happy’ lives.
- Wage
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£12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Community activator coach (level 2)
- Hours
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Your normal hours of work are 30-hours per week (typically 8:45am - 4:45pm) which excludes a 30-minute unpaid lunch.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 6 May 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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2
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Bristol Sport Foundation, a leading provider of school and community sport delivery, aim to help inspire the schools and local communities of Greater Bristol to lead ‘Active. Healthy. Happy’ lives. As a coach in our team, you will be required to support safe, fun, and engaging sessions, to help enthuse, educate, and motivate our audience. We are specifically looking for people who are passionate about sport and the opportunity to make a difference to the lives of children.
In addition to the information provided in the brief role description:
As well as being supported by a talented, professional, and caring team of coaches and managers you would be joining a charity that offers employees the following:
- Complimentary match tickets to see the Bristol Bears and Bristol City play
- Regular team building
- Employee assist programme
- Termly social events
- On the job and external development opportunities
- Bristol Sport Foundation clothing
- Exciting future career prospects
As part of the Coach Core offer, BSF provide a dedicated tutor, to support you through the qualification and help you put your learning into practice at work. This tutor will deliver a weekly group education session for all apprentices, allowing you to learn and share ideas from a range of different coaching environments. Furthermore, Bristol Sport Foundation will also provide you with a mentor for day-to-day training, supporting you to grow in the role.
Where you'll work
Ashton Gate Stadium
Bristol
BS3 2EJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
Training course
Community activator coach (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and physical activity for individuals and communities.
- Encourage individuals' participation, motivation and to change their behaviour towards sport or physical activity.
- Contribute to inclusive, safe and effective sessions.
- Plan, follow, adapt, and deliver session plans, based on participant needs and feedback.
- Use coaching styles for sport or physical activity sessions meeting the participants needs and motivations.
- Promote the benefits of a lifelong activity habit.
- Use techniques to build rapport with participants.
- Carry out the tasks required before, during and after a community activity.
- Support participants to overcome personal or societal barriers.
- Manage individuals' behaviours within a group setting.
- Work collaboratively with services and other community organisations to run events that make the best use resources.
- Record and store data and information, in line with legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Use suitable digital technology to deliver targeted messages to participant groups.
- Adapt communication methods to meet the needs of participants and groups.
- Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns within own scope of role and in line with organisational protocols.
- Support equity, diversity and inclusion in line with legislation and organisational policies.
- Support the mental health and wellbeing of self and participants.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, risk assessment procedures, guidelines and procedures.
- Participate in personal and professional development.
- Maintain professional boundaries within scope of own role.
- Monitor and review the effectiveness of activity sessions.
- Assist with the resolution of challenges and problems.
- Promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and physical activity for individuals and communities.
- Encourage individuals' participation, motivation and to change their behaviour towards sport or physical activity.
- Contribute to inclusive, safe and effective sessions.
- Plan, follow, adapt, and deliver session plans, based on participant needs and feedback.
- Use coaching styles for sport or physical activity sessions meeting the participants needs and motivations.
- Promote the benefits of a lifelong activity habit.
- Use techniques to build rapport with participants.
- Carry out the tasks required before, during and after a community activity.
- Support participants to overcome personal or societal barriers.
- Manage individuals' behaviours within a group setting.
- Work collaboratively with services and other community organisations to run events that make the best use resources.
- Record and store data and information, in line with legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Use suitable digital technology to deliver targeted messages to participant groups.
- Adapt communication methods to meet the needs of participants and groups.
- Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns within own scope of role and in line with organisational protocols.
- Support equity, diversity and inclusion in line with legislation and organisational policies.
- Support the mental health and wellbeing of self and participants.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, risk assessment procedures, guidelines and procedures.
- Participate in personal and professional development.
- Maintain professional boundaries within scope of own role.
- Monitor and review the effectiveness of activity sessions.
- Assist with the resolution of challenges and problems.
Training schedule
Community Activator Coach Level 2.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Bristol Sport Foundation have partner schools across Greater Bristol, Bath & Northeast Somerset, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset. It is therefore desirable for applicants to be able to drive and have access to a vehicle.
It is not a barrier to employment with BSF if you do not have access to a vehicle that you can drive. However, applicants should be aware that they will be required to use public transport to get to a range of schools across all the different areas we reach.
To try and support those who don’t have a vehicle, we look to (where possible) place individuals in schools near to where they live and/or coordinate transport with other coaches who can provide lifts to the schools. Expenses are also provided for select journeys.
About this employer
Bristol Sport Foundation is on a mission to use the power of sport to create Active. Healthy. Happy. communities of Greater Bristol.
https://www.bristol-sport.co.uk/bristol-sport-foundation/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
There are several avenues in which you can progress within Bristol Sport Foundation. The direction of progression is always supported by your mentor but is also largely self-led.
We are eager to help individuals who show consistently strong work ethic to excel in their areas of passion by providing training, additional responsibilities, as well potentially more paid hours and/or salary increments to match.
Over the last few years, we have employed several apprentices to become full time coaches with Bristol Sport Foundation.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000027123.
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Closes in 12 days (Wednesday 29 April 2026)
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