"It’s incredible to watch other people thrive through sport, especially football," Sarah Nickless tells me. "it’s such a powerful tool."
And Nickless sees many benefit from the power of sport in her role as development officer at AoC Sport, an umbrella membership group for colleges in England.
Her role centres on developing the next generation of leaders, and she has previously worked in a similar role for the FA.
In the week we celebrated International Women’s Day, SCW caught up with Nickless to get her thoughts on how more young women can be brought into coaching, what the potential barriers are and the benefits of the FA’s Women’s Football Apprenticeship Programme...
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