CAMPAIGN UPDATE

From John Goldman

Campaign leader

 

My previous update gave detail of sports coach UK announcement that there was to be a review of the UKCC.

 

The review will extend to an examination of:

• National Occupational Standards and associated units of common content
• UKCC endorsement criteria
• UKCC endorsement process
• The support offered around the UKCC to Governing Bodies of Sport
• The costs associated with the UKCC (Sport England have communicated with Governing Bodies of Sport requesting them to complete a UKCC costings review)
• Communication mechanisms around the UKCC

Among other issues, we demand that the discriminatory prerequisite criteria set for non-BJA people, wishing to access UKCC courses, is abolished.

As things stand, before non-BJA members can apply to take part in a UKCC course, the present criteria stipulates they must first be competence tested by the BJA and achieve  Blue or Brown belt  “equivalence of grade” - the entry levels for UKCC 1 and 2 respectively.

sports coach UK say on this matter:

 

“The UKCC endorsement process does not have a criteria which explicitly looks at any pre-requisites placed on the programme by the sports.  For this reason we would not be able to reject a UKCC endorsement on the basis of pre-requisites.”  
 

 “During discussions with British Judo the rationale for the pre-requisites was essentially two-fold:

 

1.      Due to the combative nature of the Judo it is necessary for health and safety reasons.

2.      The culture of Judo incorporates ‘respect’ associated with a grading system.  It was held out that this needed to remain as part of the coach education programme unless the culture evolves in a different direction.”

 

“As I’m sure you’ll appreciate we are not in a position to question the National Governing Body when providing such a rationale…”

 

We continue to pursue our demands that there is equity and equality for all those wishing to access the UKCC, in or out of the NGB.

 

 

Good wishes,

 

John Goldman

Campaign leader