Press releases
End-Point Assessment: Level 3 Leisure Duty Manager
Posted: 10 September 2018
As industry leaders, YMCA Awards are delighted to announce that, as a registered End-Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO), we are now able to offer End-Point Assessment (EPA) for the Level 3 Leisure Duty Manager Standard.
Notice of intended qualification withdrawal - YMCA Level 3 Award in Nutrition for Physical Activity (501/0118/3)
Posted: 23 August 2018
We're getting in touch to let you know that we're withdrawing the YMCA Level 3 Award in Nutrition for Physical Activity (501/0118/3). We're replacing this qualification with the YMCA Level 3 Award in Nutrition to Support Physical Activity (603/3098/3), which is already available.
We believe updating the qualification allows your learners to benefit from:
August eNews
Posted: 3 August 2018
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Introducing the new YMCA Level 2 Certificate in Teaching Group Exercise to Music (Freestyle)
Posted: 1 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.
Introducing our new fair pricing strategy
Posted: 1 August 2018
This year, we’re celebrating twenty years of awarding qualifications. We were the first awarding organisation in the fitness and active leisure sector and we’re not going anywhere.
YMCA Awards host second Vanguard Group reception in parliament
Posted: 5 April 2018
Last week, YMCA Awards hosted the second in our series of Vanguard Group receptions in the Houses of Parliament and officially launched our brand new, CIMPSA endorsed, Level 2 Certificate in Gym Instructing, Level 3 Diploma in Personal Training and Level 3 Comined Diploma in Gym Instructing and Persona
YMCA Awards first to launch new qualifications
Posted: 28 February 2018
YMCA Awards has become the first awarding organisation to achieve endorsement from the Chartered Institute of the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) having embraced the organisation’s new professional standards in three new gym instructor and personal training qualifications.
Shaping the future of fitness education
Posted: 27 November 2017
YMCA Awards is one of the leading qualification providers in the fitness sector, having had years of delivering quality educational products that are used across the globe. Our success is based not only on the partnerships and relationships we form, but most of all, on our ability to listen and bring about real change.
As many people using, working in and interested in fitness know, the sector is going through a period of substantial change. What some might miss though is how and why.
YMCA Awards hold Vanguard breakfast in parliament
Posted: 21 November 2017
YMCA Awards and many of our partners have had enormous successes lobbying policy-makers, but what if we could combine our efforts and provide a platform whereby the industry’s highest performing providers and sector experts could speak as one?
It was this question that prompted us to launch the YMCA Awards Vanguard Group, a new, bespoke and exclusive service for YMCA Awards highest performing clients, with the aim of influencing policy-makers and driving meaningful change within the sector.
YMCA Level 1 Award in Lifestyle Management: new Rule of Combination (ROC) with updated Introduction to Nutrition unit
Posted: 13 October 2017
Even small changes can make a big difference when it comes to enhancing the learner experience, and following key stakeholder feedback, we’ve made some significant improvements to the finer details of one of our top qualifications.