The group serves as an advocate for coaches, providing a national forum to address their needs.

Chapters provide a national forum in which to address issues of education, practice, research and public policy.

Its specialist programming attracts in excess of six thousand delegates per year from a wide range of backgrounds providing a national forum for discussion and the sharing of good practice.

With so many parties as part of the national forum, it was all but impossible for one party to win the 151 seats needed for a majority.

Although endorsed by national forums of stakeholders, including representatives of key government ministries, these programmes are expected to be tabled at cabinet level during 2008.