The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) launched its new Certificate in Player Care and Wellbeing program today at the Home of Football.
The initiative aims to improve the holistic development of footballers across the country and it done in partnership with the Australia-based Wellbeing Science Institute.
The TTFA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute in March 2026, which it said reinforced its commitment to structured education, safeguarding, and player care.
CEO of the Institute Steve Johnson told 103.1FM said the program trains participants to support footballers as a person first and then as a player.
“We look at things like how do we support the player’s physical well-being, how do we support the player trying to manage their life as a professional footballer, with other obligations they might have—family or potentially a job,” he said.
“We also try and get them thinking who they are as a person so that the concept of ‘I see myself as a footballer’ is only part of their identity. So they start thinking about who else am I. And we know that the people who seem themselves more broadly, rather than as a single identity, have much better transitions.”
Thirty-five persons from various fields including social work, teachers, and the TTPS, will train for six months before doing a one-year practicum.
They will then receive an international recognized certificate from the Wellbeing Science Institute.
Located in Sydney, Australia, the Wellbeing Science Institute was born out of a desire to help create more flourishing cities, communities, organisations and individuals.
According to the Institute, the backbone of our approach lies in a holistic, positive and developmental wellbeing perspective supported evidence-based science.
