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Lifetime is launching an array of new qualifications for trainees in the health and fitness sector.
news •
30 May 2007
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.
news •
27 Mar 2012
A new government-funded apprenticeships scheme has been launched to tackle the
shortage of aquatic personnel in the UK leisure industry.
news •
07 Dec 2012
Fitness studio operator Frame has launched a training course designed to meet the demands of
instructors working at boutique studios.
news •
29 Oct 2018
Leisure trust Active Luton has received three accolades at the Jobcentre Plus Awards for its work in helping local job seekers back into employment.
news •
07 Sep 2010
Sector Skills Council SkillsActive has unveiled a new guide designed to get more people in England into higher education.
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30 Nov 2005
With the licensing of SkillsActive as the Sector Skills Council for the UK last year, the Register of Exercise Professionals has begun to take on more responsibility to be the largest qualification-based register operating across the whole of the UK.
news •
22 Jun 2004
Form has announced the launch of HeadCoach, in-goggle, real-time coaching for swimmers
delivered via augmented reality (AR) display.
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12 Mar 2024
An initiative set up by the Rio Ferdinand Foundation in partnership with The Gym Group will see
young Londoners being offered career opportunities in fitness and sport.
news •
18 Nov 2021
Do we still need people with fitness know-how on the gym floor, or are soft skills more important?
HCM issue 3 2013
The physical activity sector needs to put co-operation above self-interest if it is to avoid
what threatens to become a ‘bun fight’ over the creation of a new framework for sector
skills and workforce development.
news •
18 Nov 2015
Now in its 15th year of operation, awarding organisation Active IQ continues to go from
strength to strength, supporting the industry with new initiatives and resources
HCM issue 6 2018
In February, a group of 45 primary school pupils took part in a Gifted and Talented Multi Skills Academy Session at Freedom Leisure’s Hailsham sports facility.
news •
07 Mar 2007
Nutrition company, the Weight Management Centre, has developed a Sports Nutrition course which provides instructors with the skills they need to be able to advise athletes on how to enhance performance through improved nutrition.
news •
24 Feb 2004
Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust has announced that its summer multi-skills sports camps for local children exceeded expectations.
news •
21 Aug 2007
CEO David Stalker looks at the government's traineeship scheme introduced in January, and considers how the fitness sector might benefit
HCM issue 9 2013
Physical activity sector skills bodies will meet in
the coming weeks to discuss the future of
industry learning and development, amid growing
calls for these responsibilities to sit under a single
organisation.
news •
02 Apr 2015
South Suffolk Leisure Trusts (SSL) has introduced a new personal development programme designed to improve the people skills of its staff.
news •
06 Apr 2009
YMCA Awards has become the UK’s first awarding organisation to achieve accreditation
from
the Chartered Institute of the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) across
three new qualifications.
news •
22 May 2018
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.
news •
30 Aug 2011
SkillsActive – the Sector Skills Council responsible for the tackling the skills gap in the health and fitness industry – is calling for health club employees to take part in the second Working in Fitness Survey.
news •
14 Jul 2005
Health club operator énergie Group has secured £400,000 of funding from a government scheme to invest
in its national training programme.
news •
25 Mar 2013
Rochdale boroughwide cultural trust, Link4Life, has won two north west employment awards - for both employer and employee in the Works Skills category of the 2009 North West Local Employment Partnership (LEP) Awards.
news •
06 Apr 2009
IHRSA is partnering with the European Commission in a new project – European
Fitness Inclusion Training for Work (E-FIT-W) – which will help operators
develop the skills needed to work with people with disabilities.
news •
29 Jan 2014
The Saltex trade event in September will see
the launch by play equipment company Proludic
of its Sports Legacy Zone concept.
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09 Aug 2011
Children who are physically fit have faster and more attuned brain responses
during reading than their less-fit peers, according to a new study.
news •
06 Jun 2014
A huge majority – 87 per cent – of fitness professionals working in the physical activity
industry think new recruits are entering the sector with "unrealistic expectations".
news •
17 May 2018
The workforce agenda is back on track, says public affairs director Huw Edwards
HCM issue 8 2016
ukactive’s CEO David Stalker discusses the proposed move towards a single organisation covering all skills and workforce development for health and fitness
HCM issue 5 2015
Sport England’s funding to SkillsActive – the owner of fitness professional register REPs –
has ceased and its partnership is under review as the quango moves forward with
implementing the recommendations of the government’s new sports strategy.
news •
13 Apr 2016
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MD of leisure, health and wellbeing, Places Leisure Places Leisure“We need to make it automatic that when people go to their doctor, they’re offered exercise rather than medication where appropriate”
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