About Us

Jon is a full time cricket coach who has England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) level 1, 2 & 3 coaching qualifications, a British Red Cross "Basic First Aid for Appointed Persons" qualification, and 12 years cricket coaching experience.

In addition to the above, Jon has also attended the following continuous professional development / courses:

Safeguarding & Protecting Children
NSPCC Time To Listen (Child welfare)
Working with Disabled Sportspeople.
FUNdamentals of movement
Equity in your coaching
Multi-skill clubs in practice
Sport England - A Club for All
Preliminary Award in Training Speed, Agility & Quickness

In addition to his professional qualifications he has:

Enhanced level Criminal Records Bureau approval to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Public Liability insurance for his cricket coaching.
Extensive experience of coaching middle & senior managers in business – and can use these skills to help players develop the mental side of their sport.
Attended conferences on Long Term Athlete Development & uses these principles within his sessions.
Attended a coach development session on wrist spin development with Terry Jenner. (Shane Warne’s personal coach)
Worked as an ECB Coach Education Tutor, Assessor and Verifier, (delivering UKCC1 & UKCC2 Courses) and he has also acted as the ECB's Field Based Trainer for Coach Education in Cumbria, which involved him in needing to observe, assess & then where appropriate accredit new Coach Education Tutors & Assessors.
Obtained the D32 and D33 Assessor, Verifier and Advisor qualification, and the D34 Internal Verifier qualification through Pitman Qualifications.

Jon is a member of:

The E.C.B. Coaches Association.
The Cumbria Cricket Board Coaches Association.
Cockermouth Cricket Club.

In addition to his professional coaching, Jon has also undertaken a very substantial amount of voluntary work within cricket over the last 12 years, and on a voluntary basis he is the lead coach for the Under 13 squad at Cockermouth Cricket Club.

Julie’s background….
Whilst neither a cricket coach or player, Julie has also been actively involved in cricket, and with sports coaching, for many years. Over that time she has attended the following training:

NSPCC “Time to Listen” (child welfare) course
Sports Coach UK “Safeguarding & Protecting Children” course
ECB County Welfare Officers training course.
Red Cross “First Aid for Sports” course.
NSPCC Tutor training for The “Time to Listen” Child Welfare Officers course.
Sports Coach UK Tutor training for their Good Practice & Child Protection (GP&CP) course, for their "Safeguarding & Protecting Children" (SPC) workshop, and also for their "SPC2" workshop.

Her career experience includes Personnel, Training and Retail Management. She also holds professional qualifications as a Tutor, gained through The Guardian Business School. Julie's experience of cricket includes having been a Cricket Club Secretary and she was also a Member of 2 separate Cricket League Management Committees in Hampshire until we moved to Cumbria in 2001.

Within Cumbria many people will also know Julie having come across her in her role as a Child Welfare & Safeguarding Tutor, where she was accredited to deliver the following workshops:

The NSPCC “Time to Listen” course for Cricket Club & Cricket League Child Welfare Officers.
The ECB's Cricket specific version of the Sports Coach UK “Safeguarding & Protecting Children" (SPC) course for Child Welfare Officers and Coaches at Cricket Clubs.
Sports Coach UK (SCUK) "multi sport version" of the SPC course for Sports Coaches & Child Welfare Officers.
SCUK's Good Practice & Child Protection Course
SCUK's Safeguarding & Protecting Children "2" (for those who have already attended the basic SPC course)

Working from home, Julie is nearly always the person you will speak to when you call us. So - if you have any queries about who we are, or about what we do, then please do give us a ring, or send us an email. We will pleased to try to help you!

References….

If you would like us to provide you with references, or verification of our qualifications / experience, please email us. We will happily supply these details to you, so that you can be confident that you are dealing with people who you can trust.