02/02/2025
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Give your career some love with the latest CPD courses and endorsed qualifications

Love your career choice but feel like it might be time to branch out and focus on your development? February is a prime opportunity to embrace the season of self-care and give your personal growth some attention. Whether you’re looking for a complete change of direction within the sport and physical activity sector, you want to home in on your expertise or you’re thinking of branching out and diversifying 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.

Women’s Coaching Specialist Certification

With this course, you’ll learn women-specific behaviour change psychology to empower women to reach their goals at any stage of their life. You’ll become qualified to write safe and effective training programmes and coach nutrition habits.

Topics covered include :

  • Body image
  • Menopause and the menstrual cycle
  • Disordered, emotional and restrictive eating
  • Hormone issues
  • Endometriosis, PCOS and pelvic health

Provider – Girls Gone Strong

CIMSPA CPD Points – 10

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Introduction to Exercise for Parkinson’s

This course has been designed for health and fitness professionals who may have a client with Parkinson’s and would benefit from developing their knowledge on exercises that can help them.

Topics covered:

  • Symptoms of Parkinson’s and how this can vary between individuals
  • What a Parkinson’s diagnosis means to an individual, treatment and resources available and the limits to this
  • Treatment options: Medications, surgery, lifestyle changes
  • The importance of exercise and the benefits to Parkinson’s, plus coaching clients in recovery from a fall
  • Exercise routine for an individual with advanced Parkinson’s

Provider – MolyFit

CIMSPA CPD Points – 2

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YMCA Level 3 Award in Understanding Menopause and Interventions to Support Health and Wellbeing

This course will equip you with the essential knowledge regarding the effects of menopause and the potential implications that it can have on women’s health and wellbeing.

Following completion of the course you’ll be able to support individuals transitioning through menopause by engaging in initial conversations and signposting to medical or alternative support organisations.

Provider – YMCA Awards

CIMSPA CPD Points – 7

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Bubbles Masterclass

Designed for Level 2 teachers, this masterclass will provide you with the basic health and safety knowledge, customer service skills, participant needs, confidence, and creative ideas to teach swim classes to children between 0-3 years.

Provider – Swim Wales

CIMSPA CPD Points – 7

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The Override Indoor Cycling Instructor

Learn the necessary skills required to be able to coach a group indoor cycling class.

Topics covered:

  • Indoor cycling techniques
  • Rhythm and performance riding
  • Choreography
  • Class programming
  • Fundamentals of anatomy and physiology
  • Health and safety
  • Customer relations and communication

Provider – Override Spin

CIMSPA CPD Points – 10

Discover this Override Spin course

 

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.

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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.

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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.

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Endorsed qualifications

BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science

This degree is ideal for those with a passion for sport and exercise, particularly the science behind elite performance. Gain a comprehensive understanding with access to specialist facilities, professional placements and hands-on learning.

Topics covered include:

  • Biomechanics of sport and exercise
  • Exercise instruction and coaching
  • Functional anatomy and exercise physiology
  • Research methods in sport, health and exercise science
  • Skill acquisition and motor learning
  • Sport and exercise psychology

Awarding Organisation – Southampton Solent University

Professional standard aligned to – Gym Instructor

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BSc (Hons) Exercise, Health and Rehabilitation Science

Study this degree to examine the causes, prevention and treatment of acute and chronic disease and injury. Gain hands-on experience on placement, working with clients in the community and utilsing extensive sport and exercise facilities.

Areas of study include:

  • Positive and preventative impact of exercise on major physical and mental health conditions
  • Examining causes of injury and methods for rehabilitation
  • Improving health by increasing participation in physical activity, exercise and sport in the general population
  • Design and implementation of evidence-based interventions to prevent or rehab from injury, illness or disease

Awarding Organisation – University of Brighton

Professional standard aligned to – Health Navigator, Working with People with Long Term Conditions

Discover this University of Brighton endorsed qualification

Discover more endorsed qualification providers via our partner directory.

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*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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