Sportscotland Coach Education Subsidy - 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

Subsidy for sportscotland Coach Education

Funding Application Form: 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026
What will you need to apply for subsidy:

The learner who is attending the course can complete the subsidy application form or another on their behalf.

You will need to have the following details of the learner before completing the application, you may also be asked to provide proof of these by uploading a document to this form:
- Name
- Date of Birth
- Sex
- Address
- Disability information
- Ethnicity information
- Areas the coach in (i.e. club, active schools, local authority)
- Groups they coach (i.e. people with disability, females, males)
- Date they attended/ have booked onto a safeguarding course
- The course details they are applying for subsidy to attend
- If this is their first gymnastics coaching qualification
- If they have had any barriers to attending the coaching course and how subsidy may have helped with this
Before applying for sportscotland subsidy, you (or the learner applying) must have:

1. Booked onto a Scottish Gymnastics course after 1 April 2025.

If you have applied for subsidy in 2024-25 for a course you cannot apply for 2025-26 subsidy for the same course.

You must be apply for subsidy before the start date (day 1) of your course.

2. Hold a current and the correct level of Scottish Gymnastics membership for your course or a coach within a partnered local authority.

3. Be a member of a Scottish Gymnastics registered club or a coach within a partnered local authority.

4. Have a current PVG accessed through Scottish Gymnastics OR have a PVG in progress accessed through Scottish Gymnastics before your course start date. If you are a partnered local authority you must have completed the 'PVG scheme member confirmation' credential form.

5. Hold a current and correct level of Scottish Gymnastics wellbeing & protection award or have enrolled onto the next upcoming Scottish Gymnastics wellbeing & protection course.

6. Meet the subsidy criteria for applying for subsidy for your course. Young person (under the age of 25).

Please note all dates of your course must be attended or you will be required to return the subsidy allocated.

Failure to meet the criteria above, your application will automatically be rejected.

Details of the person completing this form. To be completed if it is not the learner attending the course.

If the applicant is not the person completing this form please ensure all boxes below are completed. If learner attending course is completing this form, please leave blank and click on the next button.
Name of the person completing this form:

First NameLast Name
Email of the person completing this form:
Relationship to applicant:

Date you attended your safeguarding course or date you are booked on to attend*

MonthDayYear
Date
Your PVG disclosure status:*

I have a current PVG Disclosure through Scottish GymnasticsI have applied for a PVG disclosure (or update) with Scottish GymnasticsI do not have a PVG disclosureI have a PVG disclosure with the partnered local authority
Which level of membership do you have:*

SG & BG BronzeSG & BG SilverSG & BG GoldI am a partnered local authority

Course & Coaching Details

You must book onto course before submitting application. If you are not sure of your course code, you will find this on the Scottish Gymnastics website under the course calendar on find a course page.
Level*
Discipline *
Venue*
Course Code*
Course Start Date*

DayMonthYear
Date
Is this your first coaching qualification in gymnastics:*

YesNo
Have you faced any barriers in pursuing coaching or obtaining a coaching qualification? (i.e. financial, time, accessibility, language)*

YesNoPrefer not to say
If yes, please provide details:
Will coach education subsidy help remove or reduce any barriers to gain a coaching qualification?*

YesNoPrefer not to say
If yes, please provide details:

Payment Information

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018: The information you provide will be stored securely by us for refund purposes and thereafter will be destroyed following data destruction requirements. The personal data that you provide on this document will be treated in accordance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law enforced in 2018. By providing Scottish Gymnastics with this personal data, you hereby provide your consent to us processing the said data for the purposes of subsidy refund.
If your subsidy is approved, the subsidy amount will be made through the membership and enrolment system (My BG). You will receive your payment to the account your course was paid from.
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Subsidy for sportscotland Coach Education

Details of the person completing this form. To be completed if it is not the learner attending the course.

Subsidy Applicant's (Learner) details:

Course & Coaching Details

Payment Information