Giving parents the guidance they REALLY
need to raise athletes.
theathleteplace™️ is a peer-to-peer support and guidance platform for both athletes and their parents.
We've also created The Athlete Parent Place.
Our vision? To take the trial and error out of parenting athletes through guidance, information and community.
Meet The Team
Joe Fuggle
I’m Joe, founder of theathleteplace and former GB junior 400m hurdler. Born and raised in East Sussex, I am 23 years old and now based at Loughborough University. I have been involved in high-level athletics for 10+ years and am now using my experience, knowledge and passion for helping others to create a brand supporting athletes and parents in athletics. I’d love to help you on your journey!
Caroline Fuggle
I’m Caroline, Co-Founder of theathleteplace's Parental Support and long-suffering Mum of Joe! Needless to say, I’ve been there every step of his athletics journey, through the highs and lows and have felt lucky to have been so involved. As a single parent this journey hasn’t always been easy and there have been more than a few difficult times but, overall, the last 10 years have been amazing. Meeting like-minded athlete-parents has definitely been one of the highlights.
"The Athlete Parent Place would have been such a great resource for us to have in Alisha’s early days of her career. We honestly didn’t know a thing about Team selections/funding/dealing with the highs and lows of supporting a young athlete, so any advice from others in the same situation would have been really helpful."
Angela Rees
Mum of Scottish 60m & 100m Record holder, Alisha
(📸 by Julie.fust & @stadion_actu)
We're taking the trial and error out of
parenting athletes.
The Benefits of Parental Support
We are the first to offer this type of service to parents in athletics. We feel that parental support should have been around for decades.... but it hasn't.
We're changing this.
By using the 'been there, done it, and got the t-shirt' approach... our experiences as a former GB athlete and a parent, alongside those of other athletes and parents from the sport, we are simplifying athlete parenting.
