GORDON WARREN
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SPORTS QUALIFICATIONS/COURSES:

ATHLETICS/SPORTS-RELATED QUALIFICATIONS:

- UK Athletics Level 1 Assistant Coach (1 day, 29/1/05).

- UK Athletics Level 2 Club Coach (12&13/3/05) - Speed (21/5/05),Endurance (10/9/05), Children in Athletics (28/10/05), Throws(29/01/06); Strength & Conditioning (15&16/9/07).

- 'Certificate in Physical Recreation for the Community' (North London Polytechnic, P/T Sept 1986-9th July 1987).

- 'YMCA Fitness Training Teacher's Award' - Weight Training, Circuit Training & Running Training (London Central YMCA - 'Teaching The Teachers', 100 hours P/T plus home study and practical & theoretical examinations, March 1987, Passed with 'Distinction').

- 'Community Sports Leaders Award' (CCPR, Southwark College, including work experience as part of the course with the PE Department of Elliott Comprehensive School, London, P/T, awarded 11th Feb 1986).

- 'Preliminary Award in Speed, Agility & Quickness' ('SAQ International', 1 day, 26/11/06).

ON-GOING ATHLETICS/SPORTS-RELATED QUALIFICATIONS:

- 'UK Athletics' - Level 3 Coaching, Phase 1 - Coaching Skills ('UK Athletics', 2 days, 14&15/10/06).

- 'UK Athletics' - Level 3 Coaching, Phase 2 - Performance Factors('UK Athletics', 2 days, 4&5/02/06).

- 'UK Athletics' - Level 3 Coaching, Phase 3 - Speed/Sprints Technical module ('UK Athletics', 2 days, 24&25/11/07).

- 'UK Athletics' - Level 3 Coaching, Strength & Conditioning ('UK Athletics', 2 days, 15&16/09/07). 

ATHLETICS/SPORTS-RELATED COURSES:

- 'Good Practice & Child Protection' ('Sports Coach UK', 1 Eve, 22/3/05).

- 'A Club for All' ('Sport England', 1 Eve, 31/3/05).

- 'Equity in your Coaching' ('Sports Coach UK', 1 Eve, 24/4/06).

- 'Coaching Children & Young People' ('Sports Coach UK', 1 Eve, 24/8/05 & 8/5/08).

- 'How to Coach Disabled People in Sport' ('Sports Coach UK', 1 Eve, 29/4/08).

- 'Coaching and the Law' ('Sports Coach UK', 1 Eve, 15/9/05).

- 'FUNdamentals of Movement' ('Sports Coach UK', 1 Eve, 7/11/05).

- 'Children In Athletics' ('UK Athletics', 1 day, 28/10/05).

- 'UK Athletics - Level 4 Technical Event Module' - Speed/Sprints('UK Athletics', 2 days, 3&4/12/05).

- 'Marketing - Sport & Recreation' (London Central YMCA, S/NVQ Coaching Adults/Supervision, Level 3,1995).

- 'Stress Management' (London Central YMCA, S/NVQ Coaching Adults/Supervision, Level 3, 1995).

- 'Coaching Conference 2008' ('England Athletics, East Midlands', Loughborough University, 16/11/08) - One-day conference focusing upon Long-term Athletete Development (Toni Minichello); Developing Potential (Terry Lomax); Developing Performance Behaviours (Alma Thomas); and Raising the Bar (Steve Smith).

- 'England Athletics - National Coaching Conference 2009'('England Athletics, East Midlands', Birmingham, 6/12/09) - One-day conference regarding Physical Preparation with particular focus on Children & Young People.

CHILD PROTECTION, HEALTH & SAFETY AND FIRST AID COURSES/TRAINING:

- 'Health & Safety for Managers' (IRPC Hinton Group Ltd, 2 days, Feb 1994), as part of Health & Safety responsibilities in my full-time paid employment.

- 'Working Safely' (IOSH, Corporate Risk Systems/Loughborough College, 2 days, June 2000), as part of my Health & Safety responsibilities in my full-time paid employment.

 - 'Managing Safely' (IOSH, Corporate Risk Systems/Loughborough College, 3 days, Jan 2000), as part of my Health & Safety responsibilities in my full-time paid employment.

- 'Safeguarding Adults' (Initial four days training as part of becoming accredited as one of the mutli-agency team of trainers for Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland on the multi-agency policy, procedures and practice regarding the Safeguarding of Adults/Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Abuse, 2005, and then 'Referrers' training, 1 day, 26/5/09).

- 'Personal Safety' ('Suzy Lamplugh Trust', 1996), training and on-going accreditation as a personal safety tutor as part of my paid full-time employment.

- 'Good Practice & Child Protection' ('Sports Coach UK', 1 evening, 22/3/05).

- 'Safeguarding Children' (Leicester City, Leicestershire & Rutland Area Child Protection Committees, 3 evenings, 2006).

- 'Safeguarding Children - A Shared Responsibility' (Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Local Safeguarding Children Board, 2 days, 30/4/09 & 7/5/09).

- 'Safeguarding Children & Best Practice' (Football Association,  April 2008).

- 'Emergency First Aid' (Football Association, 7/4/08, valid to 6/4/11).

- 'Emergency First Aid' ('First Graide UK', 28/3/08, valid until 27/3/11).

- 'How to be Safe & Alert' (National Centre for Volunteering, 1999) - Good practice in assessing and reducing risk when recruiting volunteers and working with vulnerable people or in vulnerable positions.

FOOTBALL COACHING QUALIFICATIONS:

- 'Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Football' (1st4Sport/Football Association, 19th April 2008).

PREVIOUS SPORTS QUALIFICATIONS:

- 'Athletics - Assistant Club Coach' (British Amateur Athletics Board, 1986, with 'Belgrave Harriers', London).

- 'BAWLA Leaders Award' (British Amateur Weight Lifting Assocation, 1986).

- 'Gymnastics - Level 1 Teachers Award - Recreational Gymnastics' (British Amateur Gymnastics Asociation, 1987).

- 'Badminton - Teaching Award' (English Schools Badminton Association, 1986).

- 'Table Tennis- Leader's Award' (English Table Tennis Asociation, 1986).
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