Building on the Centre’s recent work on character and sport, and held in partnership with Birmingham City Football Club Foundation, the Jubilee Centre hosted a conference on Character-based Coaching in Sport at St. Andrew’s @Knighthead Park on 12th March 2026. Around 100 delegates from a range of settings and sports attended. The day included presentations from Jeremy Dale, Deborah Longworth, Hope Powell, Jen Barrett, David Colcough, Hannah England, Craig McCulloch, Hayley Hampson-Stemp, and Irena Dzisiewska, which all focused on how sport develops character and the central role of coaches in developing the whole-person. A video from the event can be seen here and the conference also saw the launch of the Centre’s Educating Character Through Sport: Principles and Purposes of a Virtues-Based Framework.
