Sport Birmingham is a section of the Sport and Leisure Division, working city-wide to improve opportunities for sport and physical activity.

Sport Birmingham brings together the functions of Sports Development, Health and Fitness, Sports Policy and Projects, and Sports Events.

Our aim is to offer a range of appropriate programmes, services and opportunities in order to maximise the number of people in the City taking part in sport, physical activity and fitness. We aim to enable participants to improve their physical health status, their personal level of performance and achieve their full potential.

For further information contact 0121 464 6025

Birmingham Coaching Forum

The BCF is a constituted body, established in May 1999 to enhance the development of sports coaches and coaching across all stages of the sports development continuum for the City of Birmingham. For more information click the link above.

Coach Education Programme

This website contains a number of new opportunities for coaches including sports specific National Governing Body (NGB) of sport coaching awards for beginners through to experienced coaches, and supporting workshops and seminars of interest to all coaches. Also included within the brochure are a variety of ‘Coaching for Teachers’ courses, which are aimed at both teachers and Adults Other Than Teachers (AOTT’s) involved in coaching extra curricular sporting activities in school. For more information click the link above

Birmingham Coaches Conference 2004

On Sunday 28 March 2004 at the University of Birmingham the second Birmingham Coaches Conference will be held.

Whether you are currently an unqualified coach, a newly qualified coach or a well experienced and highly qualified coach – this will be the place to be!

For more information click the link above.

BCF Coach Profiling System

The City of Birmingham Coach Profile Form has now been finalised and is being distributed to all coaches who live or are actively coaching within the City of Birmingham. The City of Birmingham Coach Database now holds details of over 400 coaches, leaders or instructors who have completed and returned the Coach Profile Form across a variety of sports. For more information click the link above.

City of Birmingham Coach Pool

Coaches are required for the sports of Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Hockey, Netball, Rugby, Swimming and Tennis.

If you are a qualified coach or instructor and want to make a real difference to the lives of people across the City, we have an opportunity for you. For more information click the link above.

Coach Registration Scheme

After two years of hard work and consultation the Birmingham Coach Registration Scheme is finally being piloted with the coaches involved in the Birmignham Active Sports Programme (athletics, basketball, girl’s football, hockey, netball, rugby union, and swimming).

The scheme has been co-ordinated to establish quality assurance that develops the provision of sports coaching within the City of Birmingham. For more information click the link above.

Active Sports Birmingham

The Active Sports Programme aims to help young people with the ability and desire to improve their skills, by means of a co-ordinated programme across England that will provide wider access to organised sport.
For more information click the link above.

Birmingham Sports Council

The Birmingham Sports Council was established in 1970 by Birmingham City Council as an independent forum for sport where governing bodies of sport, City Councillors and other voluntary organisations can meet to discuss common problems and build on common interests.
For more information click the link above.