Learn
Explore a skill or career theme through short, relevant learning.
MORE THAN A GAME
Your game.
Your skills.
Your future.
Turn the skills you build in football into evidence you can use beyond the pitch.
EDGE helps young footballers recognise their strengths, capture real examples and explore education and career opportunities while they are still playing.
SPORT→SKILLS→OPPORTUNITY
THE NEXT CHAPTER
01 / THE VISIONStarts while
you're still playing.
Resilience↗Discipline↗Teamwork↗Leadership↗Communication
01 / OUR APPROACH
Sport develops talent.
Life needs it too.
Years of sporting development should create opportunities beyond the game.
Training and matches develop resilience, teamwork, leadership and communication. EDGE helps players explain those capabilities through examples from their own lives.
Our approach combines relevant learning, guided reflection and evidence of skills in action. Employer-led career themes connect that development with possibilities beyond football.
See how the journey works ↘
IN PRACTICE / MOTHERWELL
Inside the club.
In the players’ words.
Our work with Motherwell brings EDGE into the environment where young people are already developing their skills.
Kai, Josh and Aiden share their perspectives in the films below. Kai also interviews EDGE co-founder Jamie Mitchell, giving a player’s view of the questions behind the programme.
Explore the player interviews and our learning approach to see the work in context.
Hear the players ↘
THE EDGE STORY
A future built
from your strengths.
Football experience. Educational expertise. A shared belief that what you learn in sport should travel with you.
02 / THE JOURNEY
See your EDGE.
Build your next move.
Learning means more when it connects to your own experience. Every step helps turn sporting development into evidence you can use.
Reflect
Connect it to moments from training, matches, school or life.
Evidence
Capture examples that show the skill in action.
Progress
Build digital credentials and explore employer pathways.
WHAT THE JOURNEY BRINGS TOGETHER
Learning. Evidence.
A clearer next step.
Players explore transferable skills, reflect on sporting experiences and capture examples of what they can do. Career learning introduces industries, roles and possible routes into work.
Discuss a programme for your club
Tell us about your players and development priorities. Ask about suitable ages, session format, duration, costs and how EDGE could fit alongside your existing provision.
Discuss delivery and availability ↗THE SKILLS PASSPORT
More than a list of achievements.
A record of what you can do.
The Skills Passport is a development concept: a portable record bringing together capabilities, supporting evidence and digital credentials. The example alongside shows how a sporting experience could become evidence of a skill.
Digital credentials through Navigatr support the learning journey.
ILLUSTRATIVE PASSPORT ENTRY
SKILLLeadershipEXPERIENCE
Supporting a younger teammate during training.
REFLECTION“I adapted my explanation, listened to their questions and helped them practise.”
SUPPORTING EVIDENCEA reflection and feedback from a coach or teammate could support the example.
Illustrative only. This is not an issued credential or a real player record.
03 / BUILD FUTURES TOGETHER
Different perspectives.
One shared ambition.
Young people at the centre. Clubs creating trusted environments. Employers bringing real-world relevance.
FOR CLUBS & ACADEMIESDevelop the person.
Develop the person.
Strengthen the pathway.
Bring structured learning and evidence of transferable skills into your player-development environment, preparing young people for their next chapter while they still play.
Explore a club programme ↗- Support education and player care
- Make development beyond football visible
- Connect players with career learning
- Build evidence they can carry forward
LEARNING WITH PURPOSE
Real skills.
Real relevance.
Core EDGE learning builds the transferable skills foundation. Sector training materials co-designed by employers and Dr Clare Daly help players understand industries, roles and potential routes into work.
Help shape an employer pathway ↗VOICES OF EDGE
Hear the people.
See the possibilities.
Expert perspectives, player voices and the thinking behind EDGE. Choose a story to watch, including Kai's interview with Jamie.
THE EXPERT PERSPECTIVE
EDGE Experts
Watch the EDGE Experts film.
THE ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE
Clare's perspective
Hear from Dr Clare Daly.
PLAYER VOICES
Josh
Hear Josh's perspective.
PLAYER VOICES
Aiden
Hear Aiden's perspective.
FROM THE PLAYER'S SIDE
Kai meets Jamie
A young Motherwell player puts his questions to EDGE co-founder Jamie Mitchell.
04 / OUR PEOPLE
We know the game.
We see the person.
EDGE brings together lived experience in professional football, academic expertise and the relationships to connect both worlds.
CEO / CO-FOUNDER
Jamie Mitchell
Jamie brings more than 300 senior football appearances alongside commercial and business experience. He connects clubs, education and employers to help young people carry the value of sporting development into their next chapter.
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER
Dr Clare Daly
Clare brings more than 20 years of experience in education and psychology and directs Strathclyde University’s Doctorate in Educational Psychology programme. She leads EDGE’s learning framework, connecting experience, reflection and evidence.
DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS
Ricky Waddell
A UEFA Pro Licence coach who helped build Caledonian Braves, Ricky brings practical experience of player and club development. He works with clubs and players to connect EDGE’s learning with the realities of football.
A FEW USEFUL ANSWERS
Is EDGE only for players leaving football?+
No. EDGE works proactively while young people are still in sport, helping them recognise and build evidence of their skills before a transition happens.
What makes the learning different?+
It starts with the young person's own experiences. Reflection and evidence show how a capability has been developed and applied, rather than simply recording that a module was completed.
How can employers get involved?+
Employers can co-design sector learning and explore ways to bring it to life through talks, mentoring, visits or work experience. The scope is developed with each partner.
What would a player produce?+
The journey centres on reflections and examples of transferable skills. Digital credentials through Navigatr support the learning journey. The Skills Passport remains a concept for bringing these elements into a portable record.
What ages, timings and costs apply?+
Contact EDGE with your club, player group or family enquiry to discuss suitability, delivery options, availability and costs.
LET'S BUILD WHAT COMES NEXT
The next chapter
starts with a conversation.
Tell us about your club, business or sporting journey.
We can discuss programme delivery, employer involvement or getting started.
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Prefer to write directly? jamie@edgefutures.uk