Digital bank Chase, the official banking partner of the Irish Football Association, is continuing to offer access to coaching qualifications and bursaries to support individuals from low-income backgrounds.
Back in May it launched a Home Nations football programme to provide fully funded access to 2900 introductory coaching qualifications and 85 professional coaching bursaries to support individuals from low-income backgrounds.
As part of that programme, in 2024 Chase is providing access to fully funded coaching qualifications across the following courses in Northern Ireland: 200 Irish FA National Coaching Certificates, 10 UEFA B Diplomas and five UEFA A Diplomas.
The courses will be delivered by Irish FA Coach Education, which is working alongside Chase to harness the power of football to help people develop transferable skills that can unlock their potential on and off the pitch.
Wave two of this year’s Chase-funded National Coaching Certificate application process is now live and will remain open until 12 August. Further details are available here.
When the second window closes an independent panel from across the Irish FA will assess the applications and will contact the successful candidates within two weeks of the closing date.
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.
In working with the Home Nations associations and providing more access to fully funded coaching qualifications at all levels of the game, Chase is aiming to help more people from under resourced communities across Northern Ireland and the three other Home Nations unlock their potential - by fostering life skills both on and off the pitch, building pathways towards future employment and supporting role models who can inspire future generations.
Chase announced multi-year partnerships with the FA, Irish FA, SFA and FAW in February to become the Official Banking Partner of their respective men’s and women’s, youth and disability national teams.
At the heart of the partnerships is a commitment to collaborate to help individuals in under resourced communities unlock their potential by improving access to resources, tools and facilities that can support their pathway to future employment.
Alongside funding 2900 introductory coaching qualifications and 85 professional coaching bursaries, the programme is also providing free learning tools for volunteer coaches that will be easily accessible via the FA, Irish FA, SFA and FAW websites.
The coaching initiative builds on Chase’s ongoing investment in community-based programmes, including a long-standing partnership with the National Literacy Trust, and extends JPMorgan Chase’s decade-long support for local communities in the UK, where it employs over 22,000 people.
For more information on the Chase Football Coaching Programme visit the link below:
Image: Northern Ireland senior women’s team manager Tanya Oxtoby helped to launch the Chase coaching programme.
