Online Development Opportunities
CIMSPA - ReActivate Training
If you represent a leisure, fitness or sport organisation that would like to provide ReActivate training for your staff and teams, you can register your interest here…
ReActivate is a new, free online training platform, designed to equip anyone working or volunteering in the sport and physical activity sector in England with the knowledge and skills you need to confidently return to work or restart your coaching activity, as we emerge from the coronavirus lockdown.
Funded by Sport England and created by CIMSPA in conjunction with a group of partners led by Future Active Workforce CIC, ReActivate provides online training that brings government and industry guidance to life in an easily digestible format, giving anyone who needs it the ability to return to their sport and physical activity roles with confidence.
UK Coaching
UK Coaching can support you online and help you use your downtime effectively to get ready for the future so that when things return to normal you will be stronger for the experience.
Find their tool kits, resources, blogs and courses on their website.
Club Matters Workshops
Club Matters Workshops are now available for delivery online! They have a range of workshop topics available to attend and to request.
Sign-up to Club Matters for free to access their bespoke club development toolkits and resources: Sign-up
CIMSPA
"Lockdown and Level UP!"
No-one likes being in lockdown, so let's use this downtime to build our skillset, develop our professionalism and earn CIMSPA CPD points with over 1000 free eLearning units in the CIMSPA Academy.
Using their professional standards CIMSPA have identified appropriate CPD for a wide range of practitioner roles. These CPD areas have consistently been identified by sector employers as key areas of development for all front-line sport and physical activity practitioners.
Sported
Sported are one of the leading Sport for Development charities in the UK, helping more than 3,000 community sport and youth groups survive and thrive. They use the power of sport to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people and build stronger, safer communities.
Click here to access their website.
Click here for their How-to Guide for social media.
Google Digital Garage have a range of free e-learning content to support businesses and online working, such as digital marketing and online advertising.
The Open University
The Open University has a number of free courses including:
- Coaching Others to Coach
- Exploring Sport Coaching and Psychology
- Communication and Working Relationships in Sport and Fitness
- Working with Young People in Sport & Exercise
Future Learn
Free Online Courses from Future Learn:
- Outstanding Physical Education Lessons
- The Science of Staying Active into Old Age
- The Science of Endurance Training and Performance
- Understanding Metabolism in the 21st Century
- Exercise Prescription for the Prevention and Treatment of Disease
- Preventing Childhood Obesity: an Early Start to Healthy Living
National Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine
A free online course about the benefits of physical activity for older adults and in particular those who are beginning to experience a decline in their physical function, referred to as those who are 'in transition'.
Ignite Sport
Free online courses from Ignite Sport:
Online Resources & Toolkits
The Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) from the NSPCC has a number of webinars and opportunities for e-learning including:
- Young people in positions of trust in sport
- Promoting positive parenting in sport
- Managing the emotional impact of safeguarding
- Keeping children safe online
Sign up to Club Matters to access their free online resources and training from understanding club finances to evaluating marketing options
