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Creating inclusivity through leadership action

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About

Play Proud is a leadership, network and coach-centred training programme developed by Common Goal. It aims to promote inclusion and safe spaces for  LGBTQ+ youth and adults, enabling them to be themselves on and off the pitch.

  • Create LGBTQ+ curricula and policies that can be used by organisation leaders and coaches to make programmes, organisations, and ultimately, communities more inclusive.
  • Build capacity of grassroots organisations to be able to incorporate the methodology into their programmes through training the first generation of Play Proud coaches.
  • Roll out a Play Proud Playbook to guide organisations’ facilitation of open and safe football programmes, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. 
  • Develop a strong network of Play Proud coaches who can exchange ideas and promote collaboration.

The programme focuses on empowering organisation leaders and sports coaches through activities covering leadership skills and tools, coaching inclusion methodologies, influencing change, and knowledge acquisition on discrimination towards LGBTQ+ communities. It equips participants with a Play Proud toolkit, empowering them to create inclusivity through leadership action.

Participants also design and implement local action learning projects designed to increase inclusivity and be a catalyst for concrete change.

  • 22 organisations engaged in 8 countries. 
  • 406,950 youth indirectly impacted by Play Proud programming. 
  • 100% completion rate.
  • 100% of participants feel they are more knowledgeable about gender identity and sexual orientation.
  • 100% of participants feel they are more knowledgeable about the challenges that the LGBTQ+ community face in sport.
Testimonial
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Agnieszka Nowak
Learning and Development Leader
DSV ISS
"Impact consultants are professionals deeply committed within each stage of the project: starting from analysis up to training delivery. I am very impressed by their ability of very insightful analysis of customer’s needs. They “connect dots”, looking upon our needs from different business perspectives."
Heather Coker
Group Head of Learning and Development
Morgan Advanced Materials
"Partnering with Impact was instrumental in delivering engaging, experiential learning, which is having a significant effect across the business within a year of deployment. Individuals have increased their awareness of themselves and their leadership style, including ways they can flex that style to create better engagement with all our employees. Leaders are looking for ways to challenge our current approaches to drive change and long-term improvements.Working with the Impact team is always a pleasure."
Chris Ranger
Director of Services
Motorola
"In summary, a fantastically positive outcome for the EMEA Services Management team. We have improved business performance and enabled sales to exceed their targets as well as services targets in terms of contract attachment, contract revenues and deferred revenues. All of this has been done within the true spirit of co-operation and respect for each other."