Within Gloucestershire FA, we have a Disability Pathway Football Development Officer (Hattie Tidwell) that can support you with your overall journey to inclusion, whether you are just starting up or looking to grow your offer. Our Disability Pathways FDO’s responsibilities are to support the development of disability football in Gloucestershire, ensuring there are opportunities for all. You can email on: Harriet.tidwell@gloucestershirefa.com
We also have a Disability Football Ambassador (Kieran Franks), that can also help you begin your journey to start or grow your Disability provision within your club. The Disability Football Ambassador role is one which can support clubs in every stage of their journey to inclusion, helping with initial discussions, plans and implementation and sustainability of their provision specifically for disabled people. If this is something that you require, please fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/e/3kzWwbv8qx
The FA have appointed an FA Coach Mentor, Simon Russell, who will work specifically within Disability Football to support coaches in Gloucestershire. If you are a Coach volunteering within Disability Football or a coach with a disability and would like support from Simon, please complete the form below.: https://forms.office.com/e/rQCCXt3VkF