We take our responsibilities towards the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults in athletics and running very seriously and require everyone in athletics and running who has significant contact with children and/or vulnerable adults to have a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (which has replaced the CRB check). All licensed coaches are required to have a valid DBS check and to have completed the UKA online safeguarding course in order to validate their coaching license.
To check whether a coach at your club has a valid licence and coaching qualification follow these steps:
- Sign in to the myAthletics portal
- Go to the ‘COACHES’ page listed on the left-hand side menu. Here you can view a current list of coaches for your club, see their highest qualification and whether they are licensed. The licence status’ visible are:
- Yes (Green) - if they have a valid licence
- No (Red) - if they are not licenced or their licence has expired
- Expiring (Amber) - if their licence is expiring within the next 30 days
- Contact UKA (Black) - if their licence is valid but has a restriction on it
- To view further information about that coach, click on their name and you will be taken through to their profile page which also shows their full list of qualifications.
Club members can also use the UKA coach licence checker to check the licence status of coaches.