CIMSPA news

It’s just months away until active-net 2020, the two-day educational, networking and business meetings event, which attracts professionals from across the leisure sector. Following recent ... More

Three health and fitness industry professionals at the beginning of their careers have been named as winners of Future Fit Training's Legacy Awards. The Legacy ... More

Industry veteran Richard Millard has joined Future Fit Training as non-executive ambassador, a new consulting role created to enable the training organisation respond to sector ... More

Fitness operators who recognise and reward their best instructors are more likely to retain customers, build brand loyalty and see improvements in their financial results. ... 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

The first ever Community Leisure UK Awards will be held at The Lowry hotel in Manchester on 22 May 2019. Previously run under the Sporta ... More

fibodo (find it. book it. do it.) - the award-winning booking management platform used by fitness professionals to earn more, and save time and hassle ... More

Now in its fourth year, Elevate continues to explore the benefits of physical activity for health and wellbeing whilst considering how the sector can help ... More

The UK Government’s chief medical officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, will be a keynote speaker at the Elevate Thought Leaders’ conference, 8-9 May at ExCeL ... More

A partnership between leisure operator GLL and the Swimming Teachers' Association (STA) – designed to address the national shortage of swim teachers – has been hailed ... More

EMD UK, the national governing body for group exercise, has appointed fitness industry veteran Nigel Wallace as its new chair. Wallace spent eight years as ... 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

Former golf pro Anthony Franklin has launched a new booking management platform for personal trainers and sports coaches. Offering real-time bookings, secure payments, personalised web ... More

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) ... 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

A huge majority – 87 per cent – of fitness professionals working in the physical activity industry think new recruits are entering the sector with ... 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

A new guide document on swimming pool safety – which all UK pool operators will have to adhere to – has been unveiled during the ... More

Two leading authorities from the world of sport have had their say on the state of play in the UK, by suggesting a rethink of ... More

Data and the use of technology to enhance participation will be the theme of active-net 2018. Delegates will have the opportunity to learn from sector ... 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

Gyms registered with Myzone will be able to sign up to ‘boxing for fitness’ training sessions following a deal between the wearable technology company and ... More

The physical activity sector’s best performers in workforce development were announced last night (30 November) at the Active Training Awards 2017. Life Leisure came away ... More