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YMCA Awards first to launch new qualifications

We are the first awarding organisation to embrace the new Chartered Institute of the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) professional standards for gym instructing and personal training by offering three new endorsed qualifications.

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YMCA Awards Appoints New Director - Paula Wells

Posted: 13 November 2018

We are delighted to announce that Paula Wells, former Operations Director of fitness education provider - Premier Global NASM, joined YMCA Awards on 22nd October as our new Director. Regarded as the international gold standard in the active leisure...

Introducing the new YMCA Level 2 Certificate in Teaching Group Exercise to Music (Freestyle)

Posted: 01 August 2018

YMCA Awards has launched the new YMCA Level 2 Certificate in Teaching Group Exercise to Music (Freestyle) - the first qualification in our new Group Exercise suite, mapped to the CIMSPA Core Group Exercise Instructor professional standard. The YMCA...