Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 May 2021
291. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated cost of delivering One Good Coach, conducted by Sport Ireland to all sporting organisations affiliated to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24047/21]
View answerOne Good Coach is an evidence-informed mental health promotion workshop designed specifically for coaches and adult club members who coach young people in sport settings. The aim of the workshop is to provide adults with the knowledge and confidence to promote and support young people’s mental health in their coaching role.
To date, Jigsaw has delivered 120 One Good Coach workshops to a wide breadth of coaches in communities across Ireland. Given the success of the workshop in communities, One Good Coach was converted to an online workshop in 2018 to reach a wider national audience. Jigsaw partnered with the GAA’s Healthy Club Project to pilot the online workshop in 2019 and to date over 300 GAA coaches have completed the workshop.
One Good Coach is currently being rolled out with a range of sporting bodies, including the IRFU, Swim Ireland, Basketball Ireland and the FAI, reaching thousands of coaches across the country.
I understand from Sport Ireland that the initial pilot programme is currently being evaluated and that the next steps and estimated costs of the roll-out will be determined by the outcome of the evaluation.
