With the launch of professional status striving to provide you, the sector workforce, with the professional recognition that you deserve, there’s never been a better time to invest in your development and take the next step in your career.
Whether you’re working to advance towards your next professional status or simply looking to broaden your skills, our latest range of endorsed CPD and qualifications offers something for every professional in the sport and physical activity sector. From leadership and coaching to finding your next specialism, each opportunity is designed to help you develop your knowledge, strengthen your impact, and progress confidently through your professional journey within the sector.
What is professional status?
Having a professional status is a way to show the world that you are a trained and highly skilled professional in your chosen career. In occupations described by the sector’s professional standards, there are one or more professional statuses that indicate the level of expertise and experience you have in that role.
As you progress in your career, you can gain new professional statuses that celebrate your expertise and allow you to explore more opportunities in your work.
Find out more about professional status
CPD
Parkinson’s Disease Fitness Specialist
Through three structured modules this course delivers both foundational knowledge and practical application to better understand Parkinson’s Disease, therapies available and the benefits of exercise. Whether working one-on-one or leading group classes, trainers will be prepared to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those living with Parkinson’s disease.
What you’ll learn:
- To understand the science and progression of Parkinson’s disease
- To recognise the wide range of motor and non-motor symptoms
- Current and emerging therapies, including medication, surgical options, and complementary treatments
- How to safely and effectively design fitness programmes that improve function, mobility, and quality of life for individuals with Parkinson’s
- Insights into real-world experiences through expert interviews and case studies
Provider – Study Active
CIMSPA CPD Points – 10
Certificate in Elite Athlete Wellbeing Management
The course will equip you with the knowledge, skills and tools that enable you to stand-out when working with elite athletes and sporting organisations. By focusing on wellbeing from a holistic, developmental and positive perspective, it will enable you to confidently take action to help people move towards their whole person potential.
What you’ll learn:
- How to develop customised wellbeing plans for elite athletes, coaches and officials
- The use of the unique tools and processes developed specifically to assess, develop and monitor elite athlete wellbeing
- A range of disciplines including health sciences, positive psychology, cross-cultural psychology, leadership, career development and personal coaching
Provider – Wellbeing Science UK Ltd
CIMSPA CPD Points – 10
Little People’s Yoga (LPY) Training Course
Little People’s Yoga is a child friendly mat-based yoga programme that incorporates over 86 asanas adapted to suit primary children of 5 to 11 years. The objectives of the course are to enable yoga teachers to provide a safe space for children to develop their social skills, including the development of confidence, empowerment, teamwork, creativity, leadership and decision making. It will also help to develop your understanding of the current activity guidelines for working with children.
LPY sets out four main areas that should be considered when teaching yoga to children and highlights:
1 – the growth of a child through childhood which includes theories behind their growth and development
2 – the safety and inclusion of all children
3 – the strategy and planning required to put a course in place
4 – the preparation and teaching of a wide range of modified Asanas to suit the needs of children aged 5 – 11.
Within this course teachers will learn successful strategies for managing their courses/classes effectively.
What you’ll learn:
- The role and skills necessary of teaching yoga to children
- The benefits of teaching yoga to children
- A brief history and the key concepts of yoga including Kriyas, Mudras and Bandhas
- How to plan a series of children’s yoga sessions
- Breathing, relaxation and meditation techniques for children
- Use of teaching aids in children’s yoga classes
- Setting up and progressing your children’s yoga classes
- The health and safety aspects of teaching a children’s yoga class
- How to use a language that children understand and respond to
- Understand and progress the posture for each individual child
- How to create different themes and games
Provider – VFit Education
CIMSPA CPD Points – 10
Transgender Awareness Training
The Transgender Awareness course is designed to enhance your understanding of transgender identities and provide practical advice for creating a welcoming and affirming atmosphere in both professional settings and leisure facilities. This course supports the sector’s goal to foster inclusivity and support for everyone.
Provider – Right Directions
CIMSPA CPD Points – 1
Discover your next CPD opportunity
CIMSPA endorsed training – 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.
Training Academy – discover the highest quality training and development opportunities with courses endorsed and mapped to our sector Professional Standards, provided by organisations that have achieved CIMSPA’s highest Quality Assurance outcomes.
The Careers Hub – offering resources for anyone interested in pursuing or developing their career in the sport and physical activity sector.
CIMSPA member webinars – keep informed and updated with knowledge and best practice from our esteemed guest presenters.
Exclusive to CIMSPA members, 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. Be sure to update your email preferences via ‘My profile and preferences’ within your dashboard if you’re missing out!
FitPro* – over 95 accredited CPD courses available at a discounted rate to help elevate your career.
Not a FitPro member yet? You can access a FitPro Core membership as part of your CIMSPA membership via your dashboard. Log in and look under the ‘My CIMSPA partner offers’ tab, then ‘Discounts’ and click ‘FitPro’ to get started.
Endorsed qualifications
Sport and Exercise Science – BSc (Hons)
Explore the science behind sport and exercise in a rigorous, hands-on BSc delivered within a faculty of medicine. Develop real-world lab skills and professional practice for careers in sport, exercise, and health.
What you’ll learn:
- Human anatomy, physiology and movement
- Principles of human nutrition
- Research, academic and professional skills
- Physiology of sport, exercise and health
- Applied sport, exercise and performance biomechanics
- Evidence in sports and exercise medicine
- Sport, exercise and performance psychology
- Interdisciplinary approaches in sport and exercise
- Rehabilitation in sport and exercise
Awarding organisation – Keele University
Professional standard aligned to – Gym Instructor; Personal Trainer