In partnership with ENABLE Works Scotland and sportscotland Modern Apprentice Programme we are excited to welcome Emma McInulty to the team.
Emma joined JudoScotland on 31st March 2025 to begin her 18-month apprenticeship with the JudoScotland Business Support Team, supporting with membership services, administration and JudoScotland events.
Working in collaboration with both sportscotland and ENABLE Works, the goal of the Modern Apprentice Programme is to support a young person with disabilities into employment to gain valuable work experience whilst simultaneously gaining a qualification.
Disabled people are often underrepresented across all aspects of the sporting system, therefore this scheme aims to identify ways of diversifying the workforce and recruiting more young people into jobs.
In addition to completing their qualification and gaining experience in the workplace, the young people will also be invited to networking events quarterly to meet with other apprentices to share experiences and build a support network to share ideas and offer support to each other.
The initiative is led by sportscotland and ENABLE Works with the support of employers such as JudoScotland. JudoScotland is one of several Scottish Governing Bodies, Local Authorities and National Partners who were approached to participate in the scheme. Through the programme, JudoScotland will have access to a suite of workshops and CPD opportunities on inclusivity.
Speaking about her new role Emma shared her excitement to get started:
“I’m really excited to join JudoScotland and get stuck into my new role. I think it will really help me to grow my confidence in the workplace and gain an extra qualification.
“The thing I am most looking forward to is helping with events. I’ve volunteered at a couple of JudoScotland events in the past so I’m quite interested in seeing how they come together in the background and all the work that goes into making them possible.”
