Foundation of Light Golf Day returns for 2024
Foundation of Light Golf Day returns to the Prince Bishops' course at Ramside Hall on Thursday 25th July.
With the Coaches Academy I'm developing a lot more as a person, I've got a lot more confidence and I'm delivering my own sessions. It gives you get the qualifications you need if you want to become as coach and it's a new experience.
Andrew Dales, current Coaches Academy traineeAt the end of the two-year programme graduates will be GUARANTEED an interview with Foundation of Light as well as receiving career guidance with job opportunities and pathways available to them. Coaches Academy has an excellent track record for progression with many trainees going on to higher and further education or straight into employment. Nathan Kew, who joined the programme after leaving school and has coached across Europe with the Foundation as well as with Sunderland AFC’s Academy, said: "Coaches Academy gave me the platform to develop further and hopefully it will continue. "You’re working within a real-life environment whilst doing the course alongside people who have been in the industry for years so you get to learn from them both in and out of the office. "[Working alongside the Foundation coaches] is the biggest pull for the programme compared to a college course because the people around you can only help you develop."
Foundation of Light Golf Day returns to the Prince Bishops' course at Ramside Hall on Thursday 25th July.
See the story behind Pierre Ekwah's Community Champion Award in pictures.
Sunderland midfielder Pierre Ekwah has been named as Foundation of Light’s Community Champion by the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) for the 2023-24 season.