• UEFA C Qualified Football Coach

• Somerset FA Youth Council Alumni

• Awarded The FA’s National Oustanding Youth Leader 2022/23

As of June 2024, I am the head coach for North Curry FC’s Girls U11 squad and Vice Chair as we look to contine to progressively grow our club to continue to be a positive, accessible and empowering environment for all children and young people to play football.

I am passionate about supporting other coaches and elevating wellbeing education resources for grassroots football coaches. My FA Leadership Academy project “Off Your Chest” was nationally recognised and I was awarded the Outstanding Youth Leader Award by the National FA in July 2023. I’m very excited to keep working within this space for the third consectutive year and have a new county FA partner for 2024/25.

Professionally, I currently work as a School Games Organiser responsible for over 117 schools in the South West of England as part of the Somerset Activity and Sport Partnership (SASP). Alongside this role, I am also helping to build and support equal acess to girl’s football in 140+ schools as a Strategic Lead for the Barclays Girl’s Football in Schools Partnership program.

I post regular updates to my social media feeds @coachcairdy and I welcome you to connect with me there and start a conversation!