FMG Project

We are hiring! 💪💪

Youth Gym Coach
Location: FMG Project Gym, Brighton
Hours: Mon & Wed, 4-6:30pm (term-time only)
Pay: £20ph
Contract: Self-employed

About the role:
We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate and reliable Youth Gym Coach to join our team and deliver gym-based coaching programmes for vulnerable and disadvantaged young people.

Our programmes use physical activity, strength training and positive coaching relationships to help young people build confidence, develop healthy habits and improve their physical and mental wellbeing.

You will work directly with young people in a supportive, inclusive and non-judgemental environment, helping them develop confidence both inside and outside the gym.

Who we’re looking for:
This role is open to all, but we are particularly keen to hear from female coaches for this particular role.

We currently have a male coach delivering our programmes and we are looking to build a more balanced coaching team. We believe that this helps to create a safe and welcoming environment for all young people, while ensuring that the young women we work with have access to positive female role models and feel more able to talk about the specific challenges that they might be facing.

We are looking for someone who:
- Has experience coaching, training or working with young people
- Is confident delivering gym-based exercise and strength training
- Can build positive relationships with young people from a wide range of backgrounds
- Is patient, empathetic and non-judgemental
- Understands the importance of safeguarding when working with young people
- Is reliable, professional and able to maintain appropriate boundaries
- Wants to make a genuine difference to young people’s lives
- Is passionate about helping young people develop confidence through physical activity
- A minimum of a Level 2 Gym Instructor Qualification (ideally Level 3 PT qualified).

Interested in the role? DM us or email [email protected] to see the full job description & find out more.

Wow it’s not often that we’re blown away by feedback!!! ❤️‍🔥😱

This was from one of the young people who recently finished our Academy Programme for 16-18s. What beautiful words and an incredible example of how life-changing these programmes can be for young people who have lost their way a bit.

Our next programmes will take place in September, so if you know a young person who might need some extra support and encouragement, please get in touch or fill in a referral form on our website. 🙏

This incredible crew have just embarked on a wild 24hrs, completing their first run of the 4x4x24 challenge, where they will run 4 miles, every 4 hours, for 24 hours! All in aid of FMG PROJECT 🫶🫶

They’ve already smashed last year’s fundraising target (over £3000!), polished off some delicious noodles (thank you wagamama_uk) and are prepping for run number 2 at 11pm.

If you fancy joining for the final run it’ll begin at 7pm sharp on Saturday 11th July, starting at FMG PROJECT 💪💪!

Yesterday, we finished all of our programmes for the year, which is always an emotional day! But made even more emotional by the fact that we’ll be losing Coach Amy on our Foundation and Academy Programmes 😢.

Amy has been a fantastic addition to the coaching team over the past 6 months, bringing brightness and energy to all of our sessions. She has been relentless in her passion to support all of the young people taking part in the programme and will be sorely missed!

Thank you Amy!!! 🫶🙏

Working with expert coaches, your child will receive 6 weeks of strength and conditioning training from our state-of-the-art gym facility in central Brighton 🏋️‍♀️. They will participate in 3 gym sessions per week, with fitness testing at the beginning and end of the programme to track their progress 🥊.

When: 23rd July - 31st August, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 2-3pm
Where: FMG Project Gym, 24 Kensington St, Brighton, BN1 4AJ
What: Youth Strength and Conditioning sessions
Who: Young athletes aged 11-16
Cost: £120 for the full 6 weeks- attend when you can

Link in bio to book. Only 18 spaces so be quick to book! 💪

It’s half term this week, which means a break from our usual programmes 😢, but it’s a great opportunity to slow down and reflect on the programmes so far!

We’ve seen incredible growth and change already in our young people- some fantastic improvements in attitude, motivation, strength and exercise technique 💪.

Here’s some early feedback from parents:

“I am so grateful that *Sarah was placed on the programme. She is enjoying the sessions so much! It is a brilliant initiative, thank you.”

“It’s already had a positive impact on *Sid: after the first taster session he asked us to buy some weights for him to use in his bedroom, and he went to football training too, having not done it for ages! A positive start…”

“Thanks for all you’ve done so far- *Rachel loves the class and she’s talking about joining a gym when this finishes which is ace.”

A massive shout out to all of our incredible runners taking part in the Brighton Marathon Weekend 10k and Marathon today 🫶🫶!!!

Alongside our half-marathon runners from a few weeks ago, they’ve managed to raise over £12,000 for FMG PROJECT 🤯🥳🥳!!! This is incredible and will make such a massive difference to the lives of many local young people over the next year!

We’re also super proud that 4 of our young people will be taking part in the 10k today thanks to our partnership with The Running Charity, where they have been taking part in our youth run club over the past few weeks! Incredible work 👏👏!

Go and smash it everyone!!!!

Statistics are great, but we care more about the growth and individual change that each young person makes on our programmes 🙌. This is why we always ask parents/carers for feedback once the programme is finished, as they know their children better than anyone else and can see first-hand the difference that these programmes can make 💪!

Are you, or someone you know, interested in joining our next gym-based coaching programme 🫵? We have taster sessions next week, so make sure you filled in a referral form on our website and get in touch with us via email: [email protected].