Women in Coaching

The Women in Coaching programme was a 3 year pilot with an aim to retain and increase the quality of female coaches in sport. The programme offered support (mentoring being one approach) to female coaches to help them achieve their potential.  The final evaluation looked at this mentoring approach, and now at the end of the 3 years, sportscotland will use the recommendations to:

• incorporate key learning into establishing a national approach to mentoring
• build on the learning from the mentoring component to shape other national programmes such as Coaching Matters, Coach Inspire and Coach Aspire programmes (all CPD programmes that support performance coaches)
• support coaches through newly established regional CPD programmes.

The final evaluation of the programme is now available to download below which has assessed the key successes and challenges of the programme based on the learnings from the initial evaluation. Both of these reports can be downloaded below.

If you have any questions about the Women in Coaching programme please contact Sheena Carroll, Partnership Manager at sportscotland on 0141 534 6500. 

If you would like further information on women in coaching, sportscoachUK provides some helpful factsheets. 

We have also included documents in our download area from the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) including a factsheet about women in coaching and also a report from the London based 'Women into Coaching 2' programme.