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.
In partnership with Healix Health and the UK's largest healthcare charity, Nuffield Health, the WRPA is currently benefitting retired and retiring players through a recently launched Player Transition Programme. By giving them access to Nuffield Health's first-class healthcare in South Wales and gym facilities throughout the UK, the aim is to support players to be ‘life, work and sport ready’ when transitioning to the next stage of their life.
The Rugby Football Union, Premiership Rugby and The Rugby Players Association have co-created a new Men’s Professional Game Partnership (MPGP) after 18 months of collaboration. The eight-year partnership aims to create world-beating English teams and thriving professional leagues with players and fans at the heart of it.
The PCA has announced a new partnership with OFX. From 2025, OFX, a specialist in foreign exchange for businesses and individuals, will become the title partner of the PCA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Rankings. As the new Foreign Exchange Partner, OFX will offer expert guidance and support to professional cricketers on maximising their overseas earnings.
Senior Academy players from Premiership Rugby clubs met for an introduction to the elite game on Wednesday 21st August at The Rugby School, for the annual RPA Academy Induction Day with 70 players learning what it entails to become an elite rugby player.
As part of South Asian Heritage Month, England spinner Shoaib Bashir was one of a number of PCA members to benefit from receiving a PCA branded prayer mat as mentioned in the Under The Lid podcast. The main aim of the awareness campaign is to celebrate South Asian cultures, histories and communities to the UK with South Asia.
The PPF was pleased to support the second WPBSA annual Player Support Programme for new and returning players to the World Snooker Tour with education on a range of important issues including sports betting integrity, snookers rules and regulations, social media, mental wellbeing, and financial management.
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.
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