Your CIMSPA membership is packed full of support and resources to assist in developing you and your career so you can realise your full potential.
There’s also tools to help showcase your professional status and ultimately ensure you gain the professional recognition your expertise and competence both deserves, and needs.
Take a look at some of your member benefits below.
Each month we run a member exclusive webinar that offers invaluable insights and practical takeaways to support your career journey, as well as provide you with CPD points.
Alongside our CIMSPA specialists, there’s a mix of highly experienced sport and physical activity professionals offering their expert knowledge and opinions.
You will also get the opportunity to ask questions of our guest speakers via an open forum that is designed to help you foster a deeper understanding of the subject at hand.
Below is small snippet taken from a recent exclusive CIMSPA member webinar titled ‘Physical Activity’s Role in Mental Illness Prevention and Treatment’ where Dr Brendon Stubbs talks through a study from Harvard which looks at the impact physical activity can have on the likelihood of developing depression.
How to access benefit - to watch previous webinars log in to your CIMSPA Member Portal and click ‘Member Benefits’, then ‘Member Webinars’.
Keep an eye on your emails to register for the next webinar and earn additional CPD points.
The CIMSPA Member Directory is the definitive list of qualified and recognised sport and physical activity professionals.
Your inclusion gives you a platform to tell the wider sector who you are and what you’ve got to offer, whilst giving prospective clients and employers access to contact details so they can easily network with you.
Make sure your profile is up to date and lets people know all about your experience, awards and achievements.
To update your profile - simply login to your CIMSPA Member Portal and visit the ‘My Profile’ tab.
Showcase your status as a part of the sector’s only chartered professional body for the workforce by utilising your membership logo to gain the professional recognition your experience and expertise warrants.
Your membership logo tells employers, clients, colleagues, and the wider public that you have achieved the required qualifications and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to excel in your role.
How to access benefit - contact our membership team via info@cimspa.co.uk or 03438 360 200 and they’ll get your logo sent to you.
You free FitPro Core membership includes a whole range of career-boosting benefits such as monthly educational webinars, digital FitPro magazine delivered straight to your inbox every two months and up to 30% discount on learning opportunities*.
Find out more about FitPro Core membership.
How to access benefit - visit your CIMSPA Member Portal and click ‘Member Benefits’, then ‘Practitioner exclusive benefits’ and ‘FitPro - Free Core membership’.
Your CIMSPA membership^ gives you free access to a vast number of useful resources such as qualifications, webinars, eLearning courses, online classrooms and face-to-face workshops as part of a Premium UK Coaching Club membership.
How to access benefit - login to your CIMSPA Member Portal and look under the ‘Member Benefits’ tab. Then click ‘UK Coaching Club’ to get started.
Benefit from access to hundreds of online CPD courses ranging from “bite-sized” quick e-briefings, to certificate courses that award multiple CIMSPA CPD points.
SkillGate offers free learning opportunities to enhance your skillset and develop, maintain, and elevate your professional status.
How to access benefit - log in to your CIMSPA Member Portal and click ‘Member Benefits’, then ‘SkillGate’.
There is an abundance of practical support and resources available as part of our guidance notes series^^.
With a huge number of topics covered that relate to the operational management of gyms, leisure environments, sports clubs and more, you’re sure to find any best-practice advice you need.
How to access benefit - guidance notes are located in your CIMSPA Member Portal under the tab ‘Member Only Documents’.
Please note – guidance notes can only be accessed on a desktop computer.
That’s just a taster, discover all the benefits of a CIMSPA membership by selecting your membership type via the below page.
Join our 20,000+ strong community of sport and physical activity professionals who are reaping the rewards of a CIMSPA membership and helping to shape a respected and recognised sector that everyone can be a part of.
*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 Teacher, 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.
^Only eligible membership categories have free access to the UK Coaching Club. 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 Practitioners.
^^Guidance Notes availability varies dependent on membership category.
CIMSPA’s work enhances the career opportunities and professional development of the workforce operating in sport, fitness, exercise, leisure, gyms, coaching, outdoor exercise, health and wellbeing. We achieve this through sector-wide engagement, membership, networking, events, directories and professional standards.