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 will be hosting its first Inclusion in Sport week from July 1st – 7th. Working in collaboration with our member associations, the PPF will hearing players’ personal stories of the effects of discrimination, running education and promoting best practice to make professional sport more inclusive.
The PCA has today revealed the majority of professional men’s players in England and Wales feel the congested county cricket schedule is not fit for purpose and are concerned for their mental and physical wellbeing.
FIFPRO, the Professional Footballers Association, Nike, and Leeds Beckett University are collaborating to accelerate research into reducing Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries and increasing player availability.
Players past and present involved in the PFA’s Asian Inclusion Mentoring Scheme (AIMS) attended the union’s fourth annual Player Development Day hosted at Leicester City FC’s training ground, the King Power Centre.
The second in a series of Staff Spotlight Q&A features, we chat to the RPA Senior Personal Development Manager for England Women, Lynsey Hyslop who is currently based with the team in camp whilst they continue their Six Nations campaign.
Throughout the year we'll be taking a deeper look at various PPF Committees and key benefits and priorities with input from the Committee Chair. In this Committee Focus we look at the world leading Wellbeing services the PFA offer and the broad range of work that player associations do in supporting players with their emotional wellbeing.
PCA research shows female cricketers need clarity over minimum standards as they strive for equity. The PCA has completed its pre-season meetings with all professional domestic women’s squads this week, with players directing a clear mandate to lobby the game for regulated employment terms across both men’s and women’s professional teams.
The PFA has announced the appointment of former Lioness Louise Newstead as its new Head of Coach Development. Alongside her work on the pitch, she will be responsible for leading knowledge exchange with the game’s domestic and international stakeholders on all areas of coaching and technical development.
Wales' four professional rugby regions have proudly announced Second Half Rugby as the official charity for this year’s Judgement Day event on June 1st, aiming to raise crucial funds and awareness for Second Half Rugby – the esteemed charity of the Welsh Rugby Players Association (WRPA).
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