Registration for 2024 & 2025 is now closed.
REGISTRATION PROCESS
Welcome to the LDP!
The Leadership Development Pathway (LDP) is a programme to develop young people’s leadership skills through involvement in rugby to cultivate skills and experiences beyond the field of play.
What are we trying to achieve?
The LDP looks to provide the community and club with future leaders, coaches, referees and volunteers by providing pathways similar to the DoE. It equips young people of all diversities and mental abilities with the skills to become effective leaders in all walks of life – personnel development, confidence, communication and teamwork skills. The skills developed in the rugby environment will be enhanced with community projects and volunteering.
Pathway to the future
How will it Work
The pathways are for both boys and girls from the U14 age group to the U18s.
Each participant will be working within the one of three pathways, leadership, coaching or refereeing and dependant on age will either be working towards their bronze, silver and gold awards. Those that are over 16 and have completed their awards will become LDP mentors supporting the younger age groups while also receiving awards in mentoring others.
A place where you can achieve
The LDP participants will be attending RFU registered courses throughout the season with additional courses provided by other local rugby related constituent bodies.
There will be regular masterclasses performed by the club supported by independent sessions put on by Northampton saints.
If participants are also engaged with BTEC GCSE PE or DofE, the volunteering in this award dovetails into both of GSCE and DofE, therefore overlapping activities/volunteering fulfils all disciplines.
Bronze - Under 14s
The bronze award will be providing the ground work for the future, they will be given a mentor and attending the first round of training courses.
- 10 hours volunteering in season
- Support with training sessions
- Attend master classes
- Undertake 5 online training sessions
Silver - Under 15s
The Silver award will build on the first year and be enrolled onto the first qualification. The participant will also be asked to help plan, organise and run an event.
- 20 hours volunteering in season
- referee games or plan coaching
- Attend masterclasses
- Attend Friday night training sessions
- Plan and run charity event
- Get invovled with community project
- Start you formal qualification
Gold - Under 16s
Mindful that this year will be a GCSE year, the LPD plans to work around activities already in place. This season, the participants will also complete their formal qualification.
- 30 hours volunteering in season
- referee games or plan coaching
- Attend and run masterclasses
- Attend and run Friday night sessions
- Plan a community Sports event
- Plan and run the end of season presentation evening
- Finialise your formal qualification
Mentorship - Under 18s
Following completion of your awards and attaining your qualification, you will be asked to mentor specific participants in Bronze, silver and gold. As part of this level you will be put forward for the RFU mentorship quaification to support others within your club. You will be guided by a member of the PRUFC committee and given all the skills you need to help others in the community.
LDP Stash
Once you start on your pathway, you will be provided with a login to the website, this is where you will find all your activities and associated timelines. The website will be available on your mobile allowing you to gain sign off on each activity you complete.
As part of the pathway, you will be provided with a hoodie and t-shirt linked to your particular pathway. This will be renewed each year.
Costs
There is a cost for being part of the LDP, although we have this year managed to subsidize some of the activities and therefore reducing the cost. As part of the LDP certain events you will run will also feed back into the LDP to allow PRUFC to subsidize some of the activities.
Each Participant will be asked to pay an annual fee of:
Bronze – £45
Silver – £55
Gold £65
Mentors – £55