A free football development course has produced 22 new Level One coaches for women’s and girls’ football in the North East.

The course, part-funded by Tesco and the National Sports Foundation, was organised by The FA’s North East Women and Girls Football Development Officers to provide a free FA Level One coaching course aimed specifically at the development of the women’s and girls’ game in the region.

Teachers, parents, students and young female players all took part in the week-long intensive course, which took place at Houghton Keiper Sports College during the second week of April.  As part of the course participants developed their organisational skills and also attended the FA Emergency Aid and FA Child Protection workshops.

The course helped produce 22 new Level One Coaches who will help to provide an improved standard of coaching for women’s and girls’ football in the North East.

For more information about the project or women’s and girls’ football development in general, please contact: Lindsay Robinson, County Durham Sport’s Women, Girls and Disability Football Development Officer on 0191 301 8584 or email lrobinson@durhamcity.gov.uk.