Make a real different and have a lot of fun by changing lives through the power of sport.
Some organisations use sport as a tool to address challenging developmental issues facing various global populations. Sport, in particularly football is a passion shared by men and woman across the world. It is a force for physical well-being and social empowerment as well as being an engine for equality.
Sports programs unites sports enthusiasts in order to promote teamwork, and inspire positive social change in the areas of education, health, and wellness. This programme offers a unique opportunity for intercultural learning, travel and participation in sport.
Organisations provide children and adults in our partner communities the opportunity to hone their sports skills through participation in organised and competitive sport while giving sporting enthusiasts a chance to bond in an unfamiliar setting, open their hearts and minds to a new culture, and gain global perspective.
How You Can Help
Sports programs aim to excite and enlighten you as you explore your boundaries. You will travel from place to place, exploring remote communities whilst expanding opportunities for participation in sport. The communities we work in often struggle to prioritise sports and to supervise games. You can help us change this.
Working alongside local professionals, as well as fellow volunteers, you’ll spend time supervising and participating in organised sport, promoting social integration and encouraging active lifestyles. You don’t need any formal qualifications, just the desire to give your time and passion.
Whether you’re organising a tournament or just having a kick-around, there will be someone skilled to help make sure you deliver your sessions safely and in a way that supports the young people and community members you are working with.
No programme is complete without adventure, each day you will undertake exploration that sparks a passion, inspires a sense of wonder and enriches understanding, all exclusively in authentic, non-tourist communities. You will creating lasting friendships and lifelong memories along the way.
You don’t need to be an experienced sports player to join. All you need is an interest in sports and a willingness to participate.
Where To Go For Your Sports Coaching Placement
You can find sport volunteer opportunities all around the world, close to where you live and also in popular destinations overseas like Africa, Asia and Latin America.
You can go virtually anywhere you go in the world you will find enthusiasm and love for sports, whether that’s The Beautiful Game in Brazil or Africa, where it pulses through the very veins of those who live there, or hard hitting rugby in Argentina, South Africa or Fiji, where big men make even bigger tackles. Or you could travel instead to the Indian Subcontinent where cricket is almost a religion with a fanatical following, and the great Test matches are played out in the streets and on the beaches everyday.
Use your volunteer project as an opportunity to explore an area of the world that has always been on your list to visit, and satisfy your curiosity by immersing yourself in the culture through the bonds you will develop as you embark upon your sports coaching programme. Whether you decide on the Americas, Africa, Asia or Australasia and the South Pacific, you are sure to find yourself learning just as much as you teach, and you will finish your placement with many more friends than you started it with.
If you have any questions about sports coaching projects then get in touch and we’ll be happy to help, or apply online if you know what you want to do and where you want to go!