Building a Skilled and Empowered Workforce

The Training Academy is the professional development engine of the StreetGames network. It ensures high-quality sport provision in underserved areas while empowering young people with the skills, confidence, and opportunities they need for volunteering and employment.

We deliver practical, accessible training designed to be interactive, and engaging, ensuring that people who might not normally access training can succeed.

What the Training Academy Delivers

The Training Academy is essential to helping our community partners thrive and scaling up the Doorstep Sport model.

Builds a Skilled Local Workforce: We train coaches, volunteers, and staff to deliver year-round Doorstep Sport in underserved communities.
Fosters Inclusion and Diversity: Training develops a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, creating pathways for young people to grow, lead, and give back.
Strengthens Community Understanding: We equip organisations with the insights they need to design and deliver the right opportunities for young people from low-income areas.
Creates Trusted Adult Role Models: Our focus is on ensuring Doorstep Sport is delivered by people who understand and represent their community, building crucial trust with young participants.

Explore Training and Certification

Ready to level up your skills, gain certification, or find a new pathway for professional development?

Course Catalogue

Explore our comprehensive listing of training courses, certifications, and learning pathways designed specifically for Doorstep Sport delivery. You’ll find everything from core coaching qualifications to specialist workshops on topics like trauma-informed practice and mental health.

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Safeguarding

Keeping Young People Safe in Doorstep Sport

A CIMSPA-endorsed one-day safeguarding workshop for doorstep sport leaders, coaches and volunteers. Build confidence in delivering safe, youth-centred sessions, explore real-world scenarios, and learn how to identify, respond to and report concerns around welfare, abuse, radicalisation and digital safety. Awarded 6 CPD points.

Safeguarding

Keeping Young People Safe in Community Sport

A CIMSPA-endorsed 3-hour workshop helping community sport staff strengthen safeguarding practice. Learn how to deliver youth activities with a child-centred approach, recognise and respond to concerns, and understand key issues including welfare, abuse and radicalisation.

Doorstep Sport & Community Activation

Understanding Young People from Under-served Communities

Interactive workshop helping community sport leaders understand the key influences shaping young people’s lives and how these impact sports participation. Explore friendships, identity, participation pathways and practical tips for creating the right sporting offer for youth.

Doorstep Sport & Community Activation

Understanding Behaviour That May Challenge

Learn how to use Doorstep Sport to engage vulnerable young people, address anti-social behaviour and reduce social exclusion. This workshop builds understanding of triggers, effective engagement techniques and tools that help young people take ownership of their behaviour. Designed for community sport leaders, coaches and volunteers.