Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity news

UK Active has published the latest update to its Vision 2030 strategy – the blueprint which has the stated goal of getting five million more ... More

The Budget announcement has left the UK's physical activity sector with "unanswered questions" and vowing to continue to fight for additional support, says Huw Edwards, ... More

EuropeActive and ukactive have today (3 February) secured a new partnership agreement which will see the industry bodies work closer together following the UK's exit ... More

The sport and physical activity sector is mounting a challenge to government plans to shut down the sector during "Lockdown 2", set to come into ... More

The UK and Scottish governments should classify gyms, health clubs, swimming pools and leisure centres as essential services to enable them to stay open during ... More

Up to 48 per cent of public leisure facilities could close by the end of 2020, resulting in the loss of 300,000 jobs, according to ... More

Allowing limited personal training to resume in outdoor settings will offer "some relief" to those in the physical activity sector, according to Tara Dillon, CEO ... More

Leading organisations in the physical activity sector have urged chancellor Rishi Sunak to provide urgent financial support for the sector's 60,000 self-employed workers. The heads ... More

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered all UK gyms, health clubs, leisure centres and restaurants to close at the end of business on 20 March. ... More

Leading trade bodies representing the physical activity sector have called on the government to introduce "urgent additional measures" in order to keep gyms and leisure ... More

A new Sports Governance Academy (SGA), designed to support, develop and connect people working in the sport and physical activity sector, is set to launch ... More

A survey of UK gym users has found that a third (34 per cent) of gym users said they were aware of other members at ... More

A new Leisure Team Member apprenticeship is now available for funded delivery, giving the sports and physical activity sector a comprehensive qualification that covers the ... More

Winners of this year's Active Training Awards have been revealed at a gala event in Birmingham. Organised by ukactive and the Chartered Institute for the ... More

The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has appointed four new members to its board of trustees. Sandra Dodd, Manos ... More

Having GPs based in gyms and health clubs – where they could work together with exercise professionals to get those struggling with obesity more active ... More

The government has confirmed that a new Diploma in Sporting Excellence will be made available from September 2018 to replace the part-time Advanced Award in ... More

Community sports organisations have urged the government to introduce an independent ombudsman to help them improve safety, according to a report from the Sports Think ... More

Paralympic gold medallist and BBC commentator Marc Woods has been named as chair of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity ... More

British Rowing is taking its masterclasses around the country following increasing demand from fitness professionals who want to learn how to row properly. The accredited ... More

The physical activity sector's chartered professional body has received £1.2m (US$1.6m, €1.3m) from Sport England to create a highly skilled workforce and transform the delivery ... More

Health and fitness educator Premier Global NASM has joined the physical activity sector’s professional body as a skills development partner. It has become the first ... More

Serco Leisure, which operates more than 60 facilities across the UK, has become an employer partner of the sport and physical activity sector's chartered professional ... More

CIMSPA – the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity – has agreed its first partnership with a non-UK provider. Beau Sejour ... More

A happy workforce and the impact this has on health club member retention was the topic of the day at this year's Retention Convention. During ... More