The application process for the 2025 Chase-funded Irish FA National Coaching Certificate is now closed. We anticipate reopening in early 2025. Please check back soon or subscribe to our newsletter for updates.
Eligibility Criteria
To qualify for the fully funded places, you must meet the following criteria, at the time of application:
- be aged 16 and over,
- be living in Northern Ireland,
- at least one of the following; come from a low-income household or a low socio-economic background e.g. you may have an annual household income under £22,800, receive universal credit, received free school meals as a child or your parents were in a low paid or low skilled job when you were 14.
We'll also ask you two questions (with a maximum 200-word limit). Your answers will be used to assess your suitability for a fully funded place and should demonstrate the impact the qualification would have on helping you achieve your football coaching ambitions:
- the first asks why you should be considered for funding so we can understand your motivation for taking this course,
- the second is about your football aspirations to understand how you will use this qualification to benefit football.
About the Application Process
- The application window for applications for the fully funded National Coaching Certificate course will close on 1 December 2024 (23:59)
- When the window closes an independent panel from across the Irish FA will assess the applications and will contact the successful candidates early in 2025
- Successful applicants will receive a single use redemption code to book onto a National Coaching Certificate course of their choice on the Irish FA Coach Education website
- Codes must be used within a four-week window or they will become void
- Codes must also only be redeemed by the applicant.