by DOCIAsport | Aug 24, 2023 | Insight, Monthly Insights
The role of the coach has been on my mind over recent weeks. Actually not just the role of the coach but the position of the coach too. It’s great when things go well but when they don’t that position can feel very isolating and lonely. Over the last week or so I took...
by DOCIAsport | Aug 16, 2023 | Insight, Monthly Insights
Let me start by giving three declarations of interest. I love sport, all sport – I’m an ‘addict’. I am passionate about supporting England across all sport – having loved the Ashes and the Netball World Cup and await a stellar performance from the...
by DOCIAsport | Aug 10, 2023 | Insight, Monthly Insights
In April 2014 I was privileged to be invited to a private dinner whilst I was in Edinburgh to listen to a conversation about the forthcoming devolution referendum. I left with a souvenir of that evening that acts as a reminder about my professional goal every day. So,...
by DOCIAsport | Jul 31, 2023 | Insight, Monthly Insights
I’ve always known that I have Manx in my DNA. My grandfather was a ‘Manxman’ from what the locals call ‘Sunset City’ Peel on the west coast and my mother lived on the island in her childhood, but it had always been a subconscious, dormant feeling. Until 2020 when a...
by DOCIAsport | Jul 17, 2023 | Insight, Monthly Insights
I am really proud to be an ambassador of findmykit.com which is doing great things to address the cost of living crisis and protect the environment. Keeping people engaged and active is important to DOCIAsport. Findmykit.com offer a sustainable solution to reuniting...
by DOCIAsport | Jul 7, 2023 | Insight
DOCIAsport has a longstanding relationship with the sports charity UK Coaching www.ukcoaching.org In 2017 I asked myself the question ‘who’s looking after the people looking after the people?’ in sport. This was triggered by having failed to apply a duty of care to...
