As the seasons start to change and our instincts to spring clean kick-in, March could be the perfect opportunity to refresh your self-development closet. Whether you’re looking to clear it our completely and take a change of direction within the sport and physical activity sector or you want to energise your offering, we’ve got a course for you.
From full university degrees to short CPD eLearning courses, by choosing to focus on your continued professional development, you’ll be contributing towards maintaining and enhancing your professional status.
Explore the latest selection of courses and endorsed qualifications to nurture your professional portfolio.
CPD
Remember – you can submit your CPD to your CIMSPA member profile to build your professional portfolio, showcase your professional status and earn your CPD points.
Safeguarding Adults and Adults at Risk
With this course, you’ll learn how you can effectively and appropriately support and promote the welfare of adults. Designed for any individual who interacts with adults, you’ll gain the knowledge, confidence and understanding to recognise, respond and report a welfare or safeguarding concern.
You’ll study one core module and choose another module from two topical modules:
- Safeguarding adults in physical activity and sport (core module)
- Professional boundaries (topical module)
- Adults with care and support needs (topical module)
Provider – UK Coaching & Ann Craft Trust
CIMSPA CPD Points – 3
Core Retention Knowledge for Fitness Professionals
This course forms an in-depth understanding of member retention and is intended for anyone working with members, whether in a fitness, sales, front-of-house or management role.
It follows on from the Membership Retention Essentials prologue, building on the foundations of that course with more detailed modules. There are stories, case studies and actions that you can take away to help boost your member retention, your job prospects and help your business grow.
Topics covered:
- Segmentation, different member types, journeys, focus and risk factors
- Onboarding new members, inductions, non-gym members and progression
- Keeping active members active, progress, classes, challenges and comms
- Absentees and leavers, recognising, contacting, learning and saving
Provider – Future Fit Training
CIMSPA CPD Points – 3
Making Sports Organisations Equitable
Mapped to the professional standard ‘Working with Culturally and Ethnically Diverse Communities’, this course is ideal for sports-based organisations wishing to address inequality through sport.
Topics covered:
- Explaining what sports equity means and why it is important
- Identifying barriers to participation and employment
- Using appropriate language and terminology
- Interpreting legal frameworks
- Identifying and challenging inequitable behaviour
- Enhancing knowledge and understanding of the Moving to Inclusion framework
Provider – Sport Structures
CIMSPA CPD Points – 6
Menopause Movement Advanced Practitioner Course
The Menopause Movement Advanced E-Learning Course is tailored for fitness professionals and individuals in gyms, leisure centres, clinics, public sector organisations and the NHS. Building on foundational knowledge from the Menopause Movement Professional Development Core Course, this programme equips participants with advanced skills to enhance coaching and training practices for menopausal women.
Provider – Menopause Movement Ltd
CIMSPA CPD Points – 4.5
BBX Bhangra Fitness Instructor Training Course
This instructor course will equip individuals with essential knowledge, skills and behaviours to deliver group exercise classes to adults based within local communities – all Bhangra related!
Bhangra is a traditional Indian dance, which is performed during happy and celebratory occasions. This course specifically covers how to deliver Bhangra fitness classes according to BBX Fitness’s standards and expectations, how to lead healthy lifestyles and how to get started as an employed or self-employed Bhangra fitness instructor. Critical information about the human body (e.g. joints, respiratory systems and energy systems) and how it performs during exercise is also provided to give a wider perspective of the impact of Bhangra dance fitness on the body.
Provider – BBX Fitness Ltd
CIMSPA CPD Points – 10
Discover your next CPD opportunity
Visit the CIMSPA Endorsed Training Directory for a comprehensive list of the CPD courses available to support you throughout your career in sport and physical activity.
Our directory is regularly updated and shows courses and providers that are CIMSPA accredited and meet our professional standards.
CIMSPA member webinars – keep informed and updated with knowledge and best practice from our esteemed guest presenters.
Exclusive to CIMSPA members, keep an eye on your emails to register for the next webinar and earn additional CPD points.
UK Coaching Club* – over 500 exclusive resources such as courses, industry training materials, webinars, toolkits and expert guides.
You can access UK Coaching Club via your portal. Log in and look under the ‘Member Benefits’ tab, then click ‘UK Coaching Club’ to get started.
FitPro^ – over 95 accredited CPD courses available at a discounted rate to help elevate your career.
You can access FitPro via your portal. Log in and look under the ‘Member Benefits’ tab, then click ‘FitPro’ to get started.
Endorsed qualifications
BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching and Development
This course challenges your perceptions, ideas and understanding of sport coaching and development. Students journey into the world of sport, exploring the key theories around the subject and developing the practical skills to put them into action.
Topics covered include:
- Professional skills for sport and exercise
- Fundamentals of sport coaching
- Assessing sport performance
- Exploring community sport
- Working in sport and physical activity
- Analysing sport performance
- Investigating sport coaching
Awarding organisation – Manchester Metropolitan University
Professional standard aligned to – Coaching Assistant, Working in the Community Environment
Exercise Instructor Award
Develop your knowledge and skills to safely and effectively deliver gym-based exercise programmes and support clients.
Areas of study include:
Awarding organisation – Sheffield Hallam University
Professional standard aligned to – Gym Instructor
[Discover this Sheffield Hallam University endorsed qualification](https://directory.cimspa.co.uk/sheffield-hallam-university/shu-exercise-instructor-award/)
Discover more endorsed qualification providers via our partner directory.
[Visit CIMSPA Partner Directory](https://portal.cimspa.co.uk/)
*Only eligible membership categories have access to the UK Coaching Club platform. These are Practitioner membership categories: Personal Trainer, Gym Instructor, Group Exercise, Exercise Referral, Swimming Teacher, Yoga Instructor Associate, Pilates Instructor Associate, Coach, Coaching Assistant and Senior Activity and Health Practitioner.
^Only eligible membership categories have free access to a FitPro Core membership. These are Practitioner membership categories: Personal Trainer, Gym Instructor, Group Exercise, Exercise Referral, Swimming Teach, Yoga Instructor Associate, Pilates Instructor Associate, Coach, Coaching Assistant and Senior Activity and Health Practitioner. Manager membership categories: Aspiring Manager, Entry Manager, General Manager, Senior Manager.
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