Training Courses for Sports Clubs and Coaches 2026-27

Type: In-person course
Duration: 3 hours
Age: 16+ 

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and safe use of an AED (Defibrillator). The certificate is valid for 1 year and includes:

• Assessing an unresponsive casualty
• Recovery position
• Choking
• CPR
• Safe use of an AED (defibrillator)
• Alerting the ambulance service

Available sessions:

Type: Online virtual workshop
Duration: 2.5 hours online and mandatory 30 minutes pre-learning required
Age: 16+ 

This workshop aims to raise awareness of child safeguarding issues in sport and introduces participants to what is good practice for children’s sport and how to report any concern. This workshop is important for all adults involved in children’s sport, but is essential for Coaches, Leaders, Administrators, and Officials.

The workshop has mandatory pre-learning which must be undertaken before attending the workshop. A Zoom link will be shared in advance via email for all those taking part in the course.

Available sessions:

Type: In-person workshop
Duration: 3 hours
Age: 18+ 

This workshop aims to support those undertaking the role of Designated Safeguarding Children’s Officer including the importance of creating a culture where good practice is the norm; how to respond in a range of situations or concerns; and how to implement safeguarding standards within a club environment.

Available sessions:

Type: In-person practical course
Duration: 2 hours
Age: 16+ 

To mark World Mental Health Day on Saturday 10 October, raise awareness of mental health issues and to encourage actions that improve mental well-being, we are offering a practical session that enables coaches and volunteers to deliver mental health awareness through sports drills. These can be adapted to the vast majority of sports.

The course will include: 

• Interactive workshops 
• Engagement games 
• Delivery skills 
• Youth-focused approaches

The course is CPD Accredited: Evidence Based (Queens University PHD).

Available sessions:

Type: In-person workshop
Duration: 2.5 hours
Age: 16+ 

The workshop is highly interactive and provides practical, strengths-based tools for volunteers and coaches.

Core topics include: 

• Understanding the sporting environment through a sensory lens. 
• The human sensory system and sensory processing differences. 
• Nervous system regulation and how to proactively support it during activities. 
• Neurodiversity in relation to sport and coaching. 
• The "Double Empathy Problem" (improving two-way communication and mutual understanding between neurotypical coaches and neurodivergent athletes). 
• A dedicated Q&A to address specific, real-world coaching scenarios

Available sessions:

To book your course visit: www.theleisureplex.com/book-online

For further information on any of the courses, please contact Christine Cooke, Community Sports Development Officer. Email: Christine.Cooke@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk or phone: 07353 096880.

Early booking recommended as spaces on each course are limited.

Please note, contact details may be shared with the course instructor - this instructor may not be a council employee but will have been hired by the council. Your contact details will be used to provide course material - details will be deleted by the third party at the end of the course.