History has been made once more as GB & NI head to Eugene for the World Athletics Championships, with the inclusion of two female team coaches and an increase of athletes coached by women. Since the publication of our research… Read More »FCN | Female Coaches head to Eugene as part of GB & NI team for the World Athletics Championships
Author: Gwenda Ward is a Track & Field Coach based in Cumbria, North of England, who dedicates her life to the betterment of the sport of athletics and it’s coaching. Gwenda represented Great Britain at the first Tokyo Olympic Games… Read More »The History of Gender Equity in British Track & Field
As part of the World Athletics Gender Leadership Taskforce programme of webinars, the FCN has been invited to speak to an audience of leaders and coaches from around the Globe about the challenges to progression for women coaches and leaders… Read More »FCN to Present at World Athletics Gender Leadership Task Force
History has been made at the World Athletics Indoor Championships after 3 female coaches have been selected for Team Coach roles with the GB Squad. Previous to this, there had never been a single female Team Coach on a GB… Read More »History made at the World Athletics Indoor Championships
Thursday 24th March 2022 at 18:00 GMT | 19:00 CET Join us for an evening with one of the most successful CEO / Head Coach duo’s in British sport as Joanna Coates (former CEO of England Netball and UK Athletics)… Read More »FCN Euro Network Webinar: Joanna Coates & Tracey Neville
Monday 31st January 2022 at 18:00 GMT | 19:00 CET Our Special Guest for our January FCN | European Sports Leadership & Coaching Network is Stephanie Hilborne OBE Stephanie Hilborne is the CEO of Women in Sport; a charity based… Read More »FCN | Euro Network Webinar: Stephanie Hilborne OBE
Following the publication of the research paper “Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching”, Professor Leanne Norman (and Richard Simpson) have published the open paper: Gendered microaggressions towards the “only” women coaches in high-performance sport. Professor Leanne Norman posted… Read More »Gendered microaggressions towards the “only” women coaches in high-performance sport
As part of our FCN | European Sports Leadership & Coaching Network, we interviewed International Diving Coach Jane Figueirdo. Best known for coaching the British sporting superstar Tom Daley, who won Gold alongside partner Matty Lee at the Tokyo 2020… Read More »Jane Figueirdo – Interview
Our November 2021 guest for our FCN | European Sports Leadership & Coaching Network – Jane Figueiredo. Jane is a Diving Coach, best known for coaching the British sporting superstar Tom Daley, who won Gold alongside partner Matty Lee at… Read More »FCN | Euro Network Webinar: Jane Figueirdo
As founders of organisations with backgrounds in athletics, we have lived experience of the suffering and trauma within the athletics community caused and perpetuated by antiquated systems that did not have our athletes’ safety and protection at their heart. Through… Read More »A Joint message from Kyniska and the Female Coaching Network in support of UKA and CEO Joanna Coates.