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 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.
Georgia Elwiss as been appointed the new Vice Chair of the PCA. The 34-year-old will take up the position on the PCA Board alongside Derbyshire’s Anuj Dal, who remains Vice Chair for the men’s game, to support Chair Olly Hannon-Dalby.
The PFA Business School – the players’ union’s educational institute – has hosted its inaugural graduation ceremony at London’s Emirates Stadium, celebrating the achievements of its first cohort of graduating students.
This World Suicide Prevention Day (10th September), football managers across England are showing a united front and lending their voice to Greater Manchester’s groundbreaking suicide prevention campaign.
More than 80 of England’s most promising young rugby talents have attended the annual RPA Academy Induction Day designed to equip players with the tools, knowledge, and mindset needed to thrive in the highly demanding world of elite rugby.
The PCA is urging county Chairs and CEOs to prioritise the welfare of their key employees stating they have a duty of care following a clear mandate to restructure the domestic schedule.
In an update from the PPF’s legal advisors Mills & Reeve, we look at the career-ending consequences players can face if they test positive for banned substances from unintentional contamination.
Eleven Jump jockeys have taken advantage of the latest Jockey Ambassador training programme provided by the PJA and JETS to help jockeys enhance their profile, engage successfully with a range of media and maximise commercial opportunities.
In this ‘Staff Spotlight’, Richard Bryan, RPA Player Welfare Director, talks us through his experiences working at a Player Association and how he will use this in his new role as a PPF Director.
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