The BCU Coach Update scheme provides a service whereby the BCU recognises your qualifications as valid and updated. The benefits of this scheme include:

• Evidence for deployers, or customers that you are qualified and updated
• Your name being included on our register of qualified and updated coaches
• You can run BCU Tests and Awards, for example the Performance (Star) Awards

The concept of coach update is based on the BCU Coaching Service actively providing opportunities for personal development and encouraging all coaches to keep up to date with developments in our sport and indeed in general Sports coaching. Further to this, with sport and sports coaching receiving an increasingly public profile with moral, ethical, and social commitments, it is important that we can account for and verify the status of all coaches within the scheme.

The Coach Update process is the same for all of our Coaches, whether you hold ‘new’ or ‘old’ awards. There are three things you need to have to meet the update requirements:

1. Have a valid first aid certificate recorded on your BCU membership record: All Coaches (except UKCC Level 1) need a first aid certificate recorded on their membership record. This needs to be four hours training including CPR/EAV for Level 2 Coaches, and for Level 3 coaches and above eight hours including CPR/EAV is required. Please make sure your record is complete, and send us a copy of your latest first aid award it you are not sure!
2. Hold Full BCU Membership .
3. Be up-to-date with current best practice There are three ways in which you can evidence this (each being valid for a period of three years):
   • Attend a Coach Update Event
   • These events are run throughout the regions aiming to provide quality learning support for coaches through the provision of appropriate learning systems, structures, resources, products and services. We are always looking for volunteers to help support these events, so if you feel you have something to contribute please contact the organisers as listed.You can also attend the update if the content interests you or if you want to learn more. The BCU Coaching Conference or Club Coach Weekend also count as update events
   • Complete a Self-Assessment Form. The self-assessment form provides you with an opportunity to evidence your coaching activity and any continual professional development that you may have completed during the three-year update cycle.
   • Achieve a BCU Coaching or Leadership Qualification. The completion of a new Coaching or Leadership qualification extends Coaches update status by a further three years. Most BCU Coaching and Leadership awards that are 2 days or more count.

Not sure if we recognise your qualifications? If you are not sure if we recognise your qualifications as valid and up-to-date please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it