We couldn’t be prouder to announce our support for Kenyan Marathon runner Mary Ngugi and her newly formed Nala Track Club in Nyahururu, Kenya. As well as running the Boston and London Marathons in 2022, Mary has spent the last… Read More »FCN Support Mary Ngugi and the Nala Track Club, Kenya
The FCN’s purpose to ensure that all sports people have the opportunity to lead, coach and compete in a safe, efficient and equitable high performance coaching environment now extends to the world of football. Alongside the ongoing change projects in… Read More »FCN Creates Unique Football Coaching Internship for 2022- 2023
In February 2021, the FCN published their research paper “Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the UK.” The paper revealed a number of failings of the track & field governing body in the UK – UK Athletics… Read More »Update on the FCN | Track & Field Project – creating change within UK Athletics
Following the success of England’s Lionesses at this years UEFA European Football Championships, leading football journalist Asif Burhan wrote a 4 page feature on wonder coach Sarina Wiegman. Within the article, Asif reveals her development in football, as both a… Read More »FCN featured in World Soccer Magazine
To celebrate the World Athletics Championships in Eugene from 15th – 24th July 2022, founder of the FCN Vicky Huyton and Athletics Irelands Lilly-Ann O’Hora are interviewing a number of Track & Field coaches involved with the World Championships themselves.… Read More »FCN & World Athletics Celebrate World Championship Track & Field Coaches
Here is the real impact of creating gender equity in high performance coaching. In 2019, at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, GB & NI Athlete Chris McAlister was left without his personal coach Marina Armstrong, as she was unable… Read More »From this … to this: the real impact of gender equity in coaching
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