Training & Development at Sport England
Training and development runs through our inclusion work more than any other single strand. Past initiatives include our Inclusive Leadership Programme, a Reciprocal Mentoring Scheme pairing senior and junior colleagues, our participation in Business in the Community's Mentoring Circles, and our internal "Activate Programme." Our current learning and development curriculum covers race, disability confidence for line managers, menopause awareness, mental health, LGBTQ+ and trans inclusion, intersectionality, microaggressions, active bystander training, and neurodiversity. Looking ahead, we plan to introduce a formal set of inclusion competencies and mandatory "licence to recruit" training between 2026 and 2027.