Nominate your instructor
Nominations for the Register’s Exceptional Achievement Awards are being sought for the 4th year.
Anyone can nominate a person who they feel is a beacon of best practice within the industry, provided the nominee has at least 10 years’ experience, unfailing commitment to best practice, dedication to their clients and a passion for improving their own knowledge.
Supporting statements of no more than 200 words, outlining a nominee’s career history and suitability to be considered, should be sent by the end of December to sarah@exerciseregister.org
REPs to open first online PT conference
Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) Registrar Jean Ann Marnoch is to launch the world's first online PT conference, delivering her opening address to delegates from around the world.
The virtual conference will include live sessions and means that REPs members can earn CPD points and enjoy sessions from keynote speakers, including Richard Cotton, Director of Certification for the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and Andrew Ramwell from Manchester Metropolitan University, from the comfort of their own home or office.
Jean Ann said: "We are well aware of how busy our members are and so we are delighted to be involved in this virtual conference that will help them increase their knowledge, and work towards their CPD requirements, more easily.
"The fitness industry is often the first to embrace new trends and I'm delighted to see it making the most of new technological advances and using them to its advantage in this way."
The virtual PT conference was launched at Leisure Industry Week (LIW).
For more information visit www.virtualPTconference.com
Record number of kids partaking in sport
9 out of 10 children take part in at least 2 hours of organised physical activity at school each week, up from just 25% in 2002.
The dramatic increases in activity levels are revealed in the government's 2007-8 School Sports Survey, which was published yesterday.
According to the report, 4 million young people are now doing 2 hours of sport in schools, largely thanks to the improvements to school sport following the £2.4bn investment made by government which will run up to 2011.
The figure is also above the 85% 2-hour target the government set for this year.
The survey reveals a large increase in competitive sport participation – with 375,000 more pupils playing inter-school fixtures and half a million more playing competitive games within their own schools, like house and league matches.