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 was pleased to support the second WPBSA annual Player Support Programme for new and returning players to the World Snooker Tour. The event was held at Lilleshall National Sports Centre on the 5th and 6th August when the snooker players received education on a range of important issues including sports betting integrity, snookers rules and regulations, social media, mental wellbeing, and financial management. The sports betting integrity sessions were delivered by Andrew Whittingham from Sportradar. Simon Taylor, Chief Executive of the PPF said, “Thanks to our partnership with the betting industry we design, deliver and support player friendly education for players from all sports on the importance of sports betting integrity. Match fixing has been called one of the biggest threats to professional sport and we are pleased to play our part in helping to protect players and their sports.” Neil Tomkins, Player Relations Managers at WPBSA Players said, “The support from the PPF makes a real difference to our work with the players. The partnership ensures that all new and returning tour players are aware of our sport’s rules and have received face-to-face education on sports betting integrity.”
The PFA's Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Simone Pound has chaired the PPF’s EDI Committee since it was formed in 2023. Following the recent PPF Inclusion In Sport Week, we caught up with her to find out more about her work and the priorities for the EDI Committee.
The Professional Jockeys Association has partnered with the National Trainers Federation to offer an abuse reporting service for jockeys. Through the support and advice offered by the service already to trainers, numerous individuals have been traced, warned and not reoffended and there are three current live police investigations.
The RPA is pleased to announce that Rachael Burford will be joining the RPA, leading the Women's Rugby Department as the domestic game thrives in Premiership Women's Rugby and as we head towards the Women's Rugby World Cup in 2025.
Brendon Batson OBE, the chair of the Professional Players Federation and long-time anti-racism campaigner, today called for leaders in sport to up their game to promote inclusion and ensure that the we learn from the experiences of former players so that we stop missing out on talent and ensure everyone has the chance to excel in their chosen sport.
The Professional Players Federation (PPF) will be hosting its first Inclusion in Sport week from July 1st to 7th 2024 with cross sport contributions to panel discussions on Active Allyship and Inclusive Leadership . Working with members, the PPF will be sharing players’ personal stories, delivering education and promoting best practice to make professional sport more inclusive.
The PFA has today joined a legal case which will seek to challenge the structures of the current football calendar by enforcing the legal rights of players to take guaranteed and protected breaks. The PFA are co-claimants in the case, which has been placed before the Belgian courts, alongside the French players’ union (UNFP) and supported by FIFPRO Europe.
PFA Scotland welcome in the introduction of permanent concussion substitutes across all senior SPFL competitions. PFA Scotland, alongside FIFPRO, have been pushing for more support in this area over recent years.
The PCA has recently hit a landmark of surpassing EDI education delivery to 750 current professional and academy players in its tailormade ‘Learn Before Wicket’ (LBW) programme. Players have engaged with the sessions that were developed following the request for more EDI education through PCA member surveys.
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