Premier Skills is a partnership project between the British Council and Premier League focusing on football coaching and leaderships skills.  We are setting an agenda on how football can be used for social inclusion, education, health and equality, and we are looking for 44 candidates from around the country who are working hard with their community clubs to come to Kuala Lumpur to train with 4 coaches from the Premier League in October 2009.

With the support of the Football Association of Malaysia and the Ministry of Education (Division of Sports, Arts and Co-curriculum), we will hold a week long coaching session from 19 to 24 October 2009.

We are looking for candidates who are:

				I			aged 18 to 35
				II			working in a community and can tell us that they will be able to cascade the training they receive to others in that community
				III			medically and physically fit enough to undergo the course. Candidates will need to sign a declaration to confirm they are fit enough to participate
				IV			able to attend the full duration of the programme, if selected

44 lucky men and women will be invited to attend the Premier Skills programme on football coaching for an opportunity that money can’t buy: spending an entire week with Premier League coaches eating, breathing, thinking and playing football. But if that isn’t enough, they will also receive:

				I			level 1 of EPL coaching qualification
				II			training on how to use football coaching to develop leadership skills
				III			training in communication skills
				IV			training apparel – including track suit, jerseys, shorts, socks, training boots and bag
				V			free board and lodging
				VI			an opportunity for 4 top performers to move on to higher level training in May 2010

Applications are open from 1 to 14 September 2009.
Successful candidates will be informed by 18 September 2009.

For more information about Premier Skills please email us at kualalumpur@britishcouncil.org.my or call us at 603 - 27237963 / 7988.