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SkillsActive has launched its new ActiveAmbition programme in a bid to drive
business growth by professionalising the active leisure sector and improving
standards.
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29 May 2012
Ian Taylor, a two-time Olympic field hockey medallist for Great Britain, has
been appointed chief executive officer of the sector skills council for sport
and active leisure, SkillsActive.
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17 May 2012
Sector skills council SkillsActive has announced that it has secured funding to
continue the delivery of skills solutions for the sport and active leisure
sector from 1 April.
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27 Mar 2012
A new Employer Ownership Fund has been launched in order to give employers
direct access to public investment as part of efforts to improve the skills and
productivity of the UK workforce.
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22 Mar 2012
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has announced the launch of new
guidelines for its members who are looking to offer gym use and group exercise
classes to under-18s.
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14 Mar 2012
New statistics published by SkillsActive have reported a 600 per cent increase
in the number of apprentices working in the sport and active leisure industries
over the last six year.
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15 Feb 2012
SkillsActive, the sector skills council for active learning and leisure, has
announced that it is to launch a new scheme to help Armed Forces personnel
pursue a career within the sector.
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19 Jan 2012
Stephen Studd, chief executive of SkillsActive, has announced his decision to
stand down from the role with immediate effect.
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10 Oct 2011
SkillsActive is to conduct a survey on the need for increased foreign language, cultural and communication skills within the active leisure sector as part of its Talking Sport project.
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30 Aug 2011
A new report by Macmillan Cancer Support has claimed that a lack of physical activity may be putting around 1.6 million cancer survivors at risk of long term health issues.
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08 Aug 2011
SkillsActive - sector skills council for active leisure, learning and wellbeing - has been handed more than £500,000 in a bid to help meet skills gaps in the playwork and fitness sectors.
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25 Jul 2011
SkillsActive and the Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (IMPSA) have unveiled a new "shared vision" for the future of the UK's skills agenda.
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09 May 2011
A new report from leading sport and active leisure industry employers, which outlines future skills requirements needed to ensure continued growth, has been welcomed by SkillsActive.
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05 May 2011
A wide range of leisure and hospitality organisations have signed up to a new deal designed to help tackle some of the UK's most pressing public health issues.
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15 Mar 2011
SkillsActive and the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) have unveiled the seventh Working in Fitness survey, which is one of the largest studies of its kind in the UK.
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20 May 2010
The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) is looking to restructure as part of efforts to make its operations "more realistic" and "easier to understand".
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13 Jan 2010
SkillsActive, the sector skills council for active learning and leisure has unveiled the results of the sixth Working in Fitness survey.
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24 Sep 2009
The Institute for Sport, Parks and Leisure (ISPAL) has become the first national institute to be awarded Academy Provider status by the National Skills Academy for Sport and Active Leisure (NSA).
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23 Jul 2009
Changes have been made to how members of the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) can earn their Continual Professional Development (CPD) points.
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10 Jun 2009
SkillsActive's sixth UK Working in Fitness Survey - one of the largest annual surveys of people working in the UK health and fitness sector - has been launched online.
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18 May 2009
The founders of the Transforming a Generation (TAG) initiative, aimed at unemployed, disenfranchised teenagers and young adults, are looking to expand the scheme following a successful pilot period.
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31 Mar 2009
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), in consultation with SkillsActive, has published guidance on how to promote physical activity, active play and sport for young people under 18 years of age.
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24 Feb 2009
Initial findings from SkillsActive’s 2008 Working in Fitness survey show that, once again, low rates of pay is the biggest factor that would make employees leave the industry.
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14 Oct 2008
Jean-Ann Marnoch, previously executive director of Central YMCA (CYQ), has been appointed as the new REPs Registrar following the appointment of Cliff Collins as director of the European Register of Exercise Professionals (EREPs).
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08 Jul 2008
Mobilis Performance, the Intelligent Training™ arm of Mobilis Healthcare, has joined forces with health and fitness training provider Juice Performance.
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03 Jul 2008
The government has today given the go ahead for a National Skills Academy for Sport and Active Leisure.
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07 May 2008
SkillsActive and the Register of exercise Professionals (REPs) have begun the first stage of a review of qualifications structures for those exercise professionals who work with people with specialist needs including a survey of more than 2,000 members to assess current working practices.
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14 Apr 2008
SkillsActive and the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) have begun the first stage of a review of qualification structure for exercise professionals who work with specialist populations.
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20 Feb 2008
SkillsActive has submitted its business plan to the Learning and Skills Council, for the development of a National Skills Academy (NSA) for Sport and Active Leisure.
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04 Feb 2008
Cliff Collins, registrar, UK Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs), has been selected to oversee the development of the European Register of Exercise Professionals (EREPs).
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30 Jan 2008
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