Break Point: Coaching Without Limits
Creating opportunities through employment and coaching.
Traditional training routes, financial pressures and individual circumstances can keep talented people out of the sports workforce. Through funding, mentoring and partnerships, Break Point opens the way in.
Participants can access
- Professional coaching qualifications
- Practical coaching experience
- Mentoring and personal development
- Employment pathways
- Opportunities to contribute to community tennis
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£10.2K
Coaching candidates
Ten potential new coaches
A development initiative has identified 10 potential coaching candidates. It is supported by £10,200 of match funding from our partners.
Apprenticeships
Four funded apprentices
Across our wider coaching development work, four apprentices have received funded opportunities to progress towards professional coaching careers. Support has included:
- Wages based on 30 hours of employment per week
- Funded coaching qualifications up to Level 3
- Practical work experience and mentoring
- Associated employment and training costs, potentially reaching £27,000 per apprentice
Success story
From apprentice to full-time coach
One apprentice, who has ADHD and autism, completed his apprenticeship and moved into full-time employment in tennis. He now delivers tennis in care homes, helping older people benefit from physical activity and social contact.
Why it matters
A positive cycle.
People receive training and employment opportunities — then use their skills to deliver inclusive sport for others.
“Coaching talent should be recognised and developed regardless of someone’s background, disability or personal circumstances.”