The Fitness Group has partnered with Impulse Leisure, part of the Thurrock Community Leisure (TCL), a community-focused Leisure Trust and registered charity.

IMPULSE LEISURE STORY

There are approximately 190 staff across all the facilities operated by Thurrock Community Leisure spread across the Essex region.

Staff Development is at the forefront of their Training and Development at, TCL who say they are “dedicated to professionalising and improving the skillset and knowledge of our workforce; with an emphasis on providing additional training opportunities and qualifications so that they have all opportunities available to them to build a career.”

Their team are focused on their community needs, ensuring that there are services available for everyone. As part of this extensive offering, they offer Junior Gym Memberships, aimed at teenagers.

THE FITNESS GROUP SUPPORT

The team at Thurrock Community Leisure reached out to The Fitness Group in 2022, looking for support to train and develop their fitness and leisure team members to learn the knowledge and skills to provide instruction, support, and guidance to their Junior Gym Members.

After our initial consultation with TCL, we set up our training plan to deliver our Active IQ Level 2 Award in Leading Physical Activity for Adolescents to their team. We focused on providing a support package that achieved the following:

• Location – Delivery was held from one of the community leisure center sites – making it as easy as possible for the team to attend in an environment that is familiar to them and where their new skills would be applied in the role.
• 5 Star Tutor Support –  The qualification would take place entirety in person – although this qualification can be delivered online it was important to TCL for us to attend and deliver in person to enhance engagement and learning outcomes.
• Bespoke Package – We tailored our delivery plan around the operational requirements of the business. Days can be split and planned around the business needs.
• Learner Completion – Our feedback from working with partners tells us that when they have sent their teams on training days with other Training Providers often completion is low when learners are left to complete from home after the qualification. Therefore, all coursework was completed on the day.

FEEDBACK ON THE TRAINING

The students who attended were professional, engaged and put in a great effort over training days. All students completed and graduated with their Level 2 Leading Physical Activity for Adolescents Qualification!

Here is some feedback from some of the students on the training:

“The teacher put the terms into examples that made understanding questions more easier to understand. Blair was very patient with clients when teaching. The Whole experience was a pleasure it never got boring and the day passed quickly.”

“Blair is a very good teacher. I have leant a lot from him! I appreciate his help in expanding my knowledge and I’m excited to help children.”

“Very good, helped me understand my work and allowed me to learn stuff I already knew in a different version. Appreciated his work and dedication to helping me out as well as others.”

OPENING UP OPPORTUNITIES

We can support your health and fitness teams with our leading Active IQ leading accredited qualifications and we can create a bespoke training and development plan focusing on specific performance areas within your teams.

💡Do your team have any knowledge or skills gaps which means you can’t fully support your community?

💡Do your teams hold qualifications to support special populations (Children, Adolescents, Pregnancy, Older Adults, Clients with Long Term Conditions)?

💡Can your team fulfil your Group Exercise Demand (Like Indoor Cycling, including cover for team absences or annual leave)?

💡Are there any gaps in their knowledge where they could benefit from a bespoke training plan (soft skills, sales, building a PT Business, marketing)?

💡Are there any areas that you would like to improve your teams performance that would directly increase profit?

Get in touch with us to chat about how we can support your business with one of our bespoke training plans, drop Steve an email at steven.dick@thefitnessgrp.co.uk.