Welcome to the website of the Professional Players Federation, the national organisation for the Player Associations in the United Kingdom. There are over 17,500 professional sportsmen and women in Britain and the PPF is dedicated to promoting, protecting and developing their collective interests. We have been working for the players since our establishment in 1991.
The PPF currently has twelve Player Associations in membership who are responsible for setting our priorities. We focus on cross-sport issues that affect all the members such as match fixing, Diversity & Inclusion, career transition, mental health and anti-doping.
You will find information on a number of research and education projects we have undertaken to help our members as well as a range of resources available to help individual players. We also provide details of our various Committees which provide forums for our Player Associations to exchange ideas, share best practice and agree the organisation’s goals.
If you have any queries relating to our work or the work of our members, please get in touch.
The PPF is pleased to announce the election of the Rugby Players Association’s Senior Player Development Manager, Lynsey Hyslop, as Deputy Chair of the PPF’s Women’s Sport Committee.
The PCA Futures Conference in association with GEDU Global Education is the first flagship initiative of PCA Futures Month and has helped educate players as they look to explore career transition and personal development.
The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) and Women’s Super League Football (WSL Football) have confirmed that, for the first time, BWSL2 players are now eligible for membership of the PFA.
Restart Rugby is proud to partner with Premiership Women’s Rugby as the league’s official Players’ Charity. As the official charity of the Rugby Players Association (RPA), Restart supports current and former men’s and women’s players facing serious injury, illness, or hardship.
The 2025 PCA Summit was held this week with the Players’ Committee leading a series of meetings alongside fellow professionals, PCA staff and guests to discuss and debate the future of cricket.
This week is World Mental Health Day and whilst the support offered by Player Associations in this area is no doubt world leading, the ever increasing demands on professional sportspeople is having a serious impact on their wellbeing.
Diane Scott joined PFA Scotland as their Player Support Officer just over a year ago and will be standing for Chair at the next PPF Wellbeing Committee meeting. This Staff Spotlight reveals how she has combined her football and counselling background.
Following the first RPA Men’s Rugby Board meeting of the 2025/26 season, the RPA has confirmed that Max Lahiff has been elected Chair, with Ivan van Zyl appointed as Vice Chair of the Men’s Rugby Board.
The Professional Players Federation (PPF) has today published new resources to support elite women athlete’s health. These raise awareness around hormone cycles as well as challenging some of the myths around periods, performance and injuries.
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