FAW/ UEFA A & Elite Youth A Licence (Combined Course) 2025

Price: £6,500.00 / £4,000.00

• Region: Gwent
• Location: Dragon Park
• Course Start Date: 7th May 2025

• Application Closing Date: 13th December 2024

• This course requires evidence to be submitted and approved before it can be started.

• Course Dates

  7th May 2025 (Online, 19:00 - 21:00)14th May 2025 (Online, 19:00 - 21:00)21st May 2025 (Online, 19:00 - 21:00)28th May 2025 (Online, 19:00 - 21:00)4th June 2025 (Online, 19:00 - 21:00)10th June 2025 (Residential, x4 Days (10th - 13th))10th September 2025 (Online, 19:00 - 21:00)5th November 2025 (Online, 19:00 - 21:00)30th November 2025 (Residential, x3 Days (30th - 2nd))4th March 2026 (Online, 19:00 - 21:00)1st April 2026 (Online, 19:00 - 21:00)21st May 2026 (Residential, x4 Days (21st - 24th))

Aim

The course is framed within our 'Welsh Way' Principles of Play, additionally we fundamentally aim to create coaches who have the capacity to plan and design meaningful practice, adapt to the varied contexts and challenge their personal philosophy to develop the individuals' and teams multi-disciplinary demands. Central to this is developing the coaches capacity to utilise and apply reflective practice techniques.

About

Delivered through flexible teaching methods over a 12-month period, the course is framed through 3 residential teaching blocks, delivered around the competitive season breaks, with in-situ support provided between each contact by our highly skilled mentoring staff who will challenge the individual needs of the coach within their own context. Further to this a series of innovative online modules will be released throughout the course, and opportunities to observe National Team camps provides critical ingredients to enable the coach to flourish.

Outcome

Following successful completion of our online modules, distance learning tasks and ongoing mentoring programme, candidates will gain the UEFA A & Elite Youth A Licence qualification.

Course Venues

Practical Venue: Dragon Park, Newport

Accommodation: The Coldra Court Hotel, Newport

UEFA A Licence Criteria

To apply for the UEFA A Licence, applicants must meet the criteria detailed below.

Essential

FAW/ UEFA B Licence Holder

Completed at least one years experience after graduating with the UEFA B Licence as a coach in 11 a side football.

Mentoring

To complete the club based mentoring sessions you are required to be coaching U14s Upwards

Coaches may be required to provide a camera and mic to support the mentoring process.

Desirable

FAW educated

working in Wales

resident in Wales

born in Wales or have Welsh heritage

Application Process

Please submit your application, enclosing a CV and support letter from your club.

Any application submitted without the required documents will not be considered by the admissions panel.

All completed applications should be submitted via www.fawcourses.com

Deadline: 5pm, Friday 13 December 2024

All successful and unsuccessful applicants will be informed of the decision via email by no later than Friday 17 January 2025

FAW Courses Profile

The initial registration, will automatically set up your account via this FAW Coach Education Management System. An email will follow with your login details to allow you to continue and complete the application. (Please check your SPAM/ JUNK Folder)

You will be required to login and complete the "My Details" section and upload the above listed supporting evidence.

(We will not review any applications without the required supporting evidence).

UEFA Cross Border Process

Under the UEFA Coaching Convention Directives, any applicant originating from a National Association other than the Football Association of Wales must complete a UEFA Cross border form before being approved for a course in Wales.

If you have completed the UEFA B Licence with an alternative football association please upload a copy of the qualification as evidence.

Only successful applicants will be provided with the necessary Cross Border form on completion of the Admissions process.

Course Fee

Non-Discounted: £6500

Discounted: £4000 - please only select the discounted rate if eligible via one of the below;

Coach in Wales and have represented and capped for Wales at U16 or above

Coach in Wales and FAW Educated

Coach in Wales and have volunteered at a Welsh club for a minimum of two full seasons

Born in Wales and have represented and capped for Wales at u16, or above.

Chase Funding

In 2024, our Official Banking Partner Chase and the FAW are providing fully funded access to Coach Education courses, open to individuals across Wales, which includes the FAW/ UEFA A Licence.

We recognise that not everyone has access to the same opportunities when it comes to developing skills that can help support career growth. The Welsh FA and Chase want to help change that, by harnessing the power of football to help you develop transferable skills that can help unlock your potential, on and off the pitch.

To qualify for the funding, individuals must meet the following criteria:

• Are aged 16 and over,

• Be living in Wales or currently volunteering, playing or coaching for a football club in Wales.

• And at least one of the following; have an annual household income under £22,800, receive universal credit, received free school meals as a child or your parents were in a low paid or low skilled job when you were 14.

We will also ask you two questions (with a maximum 200-word limit). Your answers will be used to assess your suitability for a fully funded place and should demonstrate the impact the qualification would have on helping you achieve your football coaching ambitions:

• the first asks why you should be considered for funding so we can understand your motivation for taking this course and,

• the second is about your football aspirations to understand how you will use this qualification to benefit football.

If you think you are eligible for your UEFA A course to be fully funded through the programme, please complete the questionnaire via the evidence section of your FAW courses profile by no later than 5pm, Friday 13 December 2024.

No payment details will be requested until the admissions process has been completed