What is Europa’s Leadership Academy?

Our Leadership Academy is a group of young people aged 11+ within the club who want to develop their leadership skills. It’s been designed to create a structure which young people can follow to help them develop as leaders within our gymnastics club.
The programme runs under the framework provided by British Gymnastics (the UK National Governing Body)

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The programme encourages leaders to complete five different ‘topic’ areas:

MY Learning: Leaders are tasked with completing a number of different courses, both generic and sport specific.
MY Development: Leaders are tasked with identifying a mentor and learning from working alongside them.
MY Volunteering: Leaders are tasked with volunteering their time at events and meetings.
MY Future: Leaders are tasked with producing a development plan and working towards completing their goals.
MY Projects: Leaders are tasked with identifying appropriate needs, and running a project to add benefits to themselves and their club.

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The programme introduces Young Leaders to the various roles and opportunities available within gymnastics, helps them to identify their strengths and the aspects of gymnastics they enjoy and encourages leaders to stay within the sport for longer, creating a larger and stronger workforce for the future.

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The programme is specifically targeted at Young Leaders aged 11-17. The MY Leadership Academy booklet is available free to members of British Gymnastics.

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The programme is structured, yet flexible in that it can be adapted to suit the needs of individuals and different environments. There are awards, rewards, and recognition available at various stages of completion to encourage the leaders to continue to develop.

Academy participants start at Bronze level, progressing through Silver and then onto Gold.
Once they reach their Gold Level, they will be offered the chance for Europa to pay for their Level 1 coaching course (conditions apply), and offered a paid coaching role subject to completing a successful interview process and available spaces.

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Our Academy is run by our Academy Captain and a level 2 coach.
The Captain is responsible for organising meetings and keeping all members on track with their development. We may also assign a Deputy Captain to support the programme.

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British Gymnastics are also available to answer any questions by emailing leadershipacademy@british-gymnastics.org