Course Planner
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Your one-stop shop for all the courses we have coming up in Gloucestershire, from Coach Education to First Aid and Safe Hands.
If you know which course you’re looking for, you can use the links below to book onto your chosen course. If you want to find out more about the coach qualifications, including course content, who it is for, commitment and prerequisites for certification, such as ECB DBS, Safeguarding and First Aid for each course, click the button below.
Please review our course cancellation policy before enrolling in a coaching course.
GCF Courses 2025|2026
| Course | Venue | Date | Cost | Booking Link | Bursary Funding Available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspire Core Coach (Coaching in the Female Game) | Seat Unique Stadium | 03/10 | 11/10 | 18/10 | 31/10 - 09:00 - 12:00 15/11 | 22/11 | 29/11 - 17:00 - 20:00 | £400 | Book Here | Apply Here |
| ECB Umpire Course - Diverse Communities | Orchard School, Bristol | 04/10 - 09:30 - 16:30 | £70 | Book Here | |
| Foundation Coach | Seat Unique Stadium | 11/10 | 18/10 - 13:30 - 16:30 25/10 - 09:30 - 16:30 | £200 | Book Here | Apply Here |
| Coach Connect - Spin Bowling with Mark O'Leary | Hartpury College, Gloucester | 07/11 - 10:00 - 15:00 | £20 | Book Here | |
| ECB Umpire Course | Hartpury College, Gloucester | 06/12 - 09:30 - 16:30 | £70 | Book Here | |
| Coach Connect - Transition from Soft to Hard Ball | Hartpury College, Gloucester | 23/01 - 09:30 - 12:30 | £10 | Book Here | |
| Core Coach | Hartpury College | 30/01 | 13/02 | 20/02 - 13:30 - 16:30 20/03 - 09:30 - 16:30 24/03 - 13:30 - 16:30 | £400 | Book Here | Apply Here |
| Core Coach | Archway School, Stroud | 30/01 | 13/02 | 27/02 | 06/03 | 13/03 | 20/03 | 27/03 - 14:00 - 17:00 | £400 | Book Here | Apply Here |
| Coach Connect - Fielding with Cookie Patel | Hartpury College, Gloucester | 06/02 - 10:00 - 15:00 | £10 | Book Here | |
| Foundation Coach | Archway School, Stroud | 06/02 | 20/02 - 11:15 - 17:45 | £200 | Book Here | Apply Here |
| Core Coach | St Brendan's, Brislington | 07/02 - 12:30 - 15:30 21/02 - 09:15 - 15:45 07/03 | 14/03 | 21/03 - 12:30 - 15:30 03/04 - 09:30 - 12:30 | £400 | Book Here | Apply Here |
| ECB Umpire Course | Orchard School, Bristol | 07/02 - 09:30 - 16:30 | £70 | Book Here | |
| Coach Connect - Transition from Soft to Hard Ball | Archway School, Stroud | 06/03 - 11:30 - 13:30 | £10 | Book Here | |
| Foundation Coach | Barnwood Park School, Gloucester | 06/03 | 13/03 - 09:30 - 16:30 | £200 | Book Here | Apply Here |
| Coach Connect - Technical Principles Revisited | Archway School, Stroud | 13/03 - 11:30 - 13:30 | £10 | Book Here | |
| Coach Connect - Coaching Groups & Integrated Practices | Archway School, Stroud | 20/03 - 11:30 - 13:30 | £10 | Book Here | |
| ECB Umpire Course | Archway School | 20/03 - 09:30 - 16:30 | £70 | Book Here | |
| Foundation Coach | St Brendan's, Brislington | 04/04 | 11/04 - 09:15 - 15:45 | £200 | Book Here | Apply Here |
Bursaries for Coaches
ECB Bursaries intend to increase the diversity of learners new to coaching or those taking the next step on their coach development journey.
Groups include, potential coaches that are female, from ethnically diverse communities, with a disability, experiencing financial hardship. A bursary can be awarded to learners that register on ECB Support Coach, ECB Foundation Coach or ECB Core Coach programmes between 1st February 2025 and 31st January 2026
Nicky Clarke / Workforce Manager
Nicky joined GCF from Somerset Cricket Foundation, where she spent 4.5 years gaining valuable experience supporting clubs and leagues, in cricket operations, and with volunteer workforce development. At GCF, Nicky is responsible for supporting the development of the people who make recreational cricket happen, covering everything from grass to game!
Nicky has spent many years supporting the WEPL Board, providing expertise in using Play-Cricket, player registration, and managed migration to clubs across the West of England. She is also a qualified coach, umpire, and scorer who has been lucky enough to score at the county ground in Taunton on a few occasions, including England Lions v South Africa in 2022.
Nicky’s home club is Weston-super-Mare, where she is a long-standing volunteer and has been integral in rebuilding the women’s and girls’ section following Covid. On the rare occasions she’s not doing something cricket related, she has two boys who prefer the social side of cricket to the playing side, she likes to read, run (slowly), and is a half-marathon survivor.
