League Football Education & The Fitness Group Partnership Announcement.

League Football Education is proud to announce a new partnership with The Fitness Group to support their members in gaining training qualifications and packages. The Fitness Group offers internationally recognised qualifications regulated by Active IQ and meets CIMSPA, REPS and UK Active standards.

The Fitness Group provides unique qualification and training packages for athletes across professional sports with their strong partnerships. More specifically, they support professional footballers through their partnership with The PFA, The Scottish PFA, and Life After Professional Sport (LAPs).

This new partnership will see the two organisations work closely together to support young footballers to continue their education and provide them with a supported pathway to gain The Fitness Group’s internationally recognised qualifications in the health and fitness sector.

Players can use their qualifications as a secondary career alongside football or a transition career, both options are a perfect fit for footballers to grow a new career that draws on transferrable skills and experience from football. Through education, footballers can grow their knowledge in key areas such as nutrition and their fitness training.

“Having seen the great work The Fitness Group has done with the likes of the PFA and LAPS, it’s exciting to have this partnership up and running. The fitness world is an ever-growing industry and many of our apprentices have gone on to forge successful careers in it, ranging from fully qualified personal trainers to yoga instructors. We now look forward to working closely with The Fitness Group and helping LFE apprentices up and down the country gain the necessary qualifications and tools to be successful within this competitive but rewarding industry” says Anthony Cato, Transition Officer at Football League Education.

With over 25,000 personal trainers in the UK, competition in the industry is fierce. The Fitness Group mission to to equip its graduates with the skills needed to be stand-out trainers and sports massage therapists. With online, face to face and blended study options, The Fitness Group will create a bespoke training and educational plan to support PFA and EFL members around their football schedule. A full-time or part-time course can also be planned around a club’s individual schedule, for example there are already plans in place to support clubs by attending their training ground on a weekly basis to deliver their Gym Instructing and Personal Training Qualifications.

By delivering qualifications including entry-level fitness instructor, Level 3 personal training courses, sports massage courses, and accredited CPD and utilising both in-person and online study methods, The Fitness Group makes getting qualified accessible. With 5-star support from their team of expert tutors, students are guaranteed an unrivalled study experience.

Steven Dick, Director at The Fitness Group says, “We are passionate about supporting footballers to develop their education and build future careers around football. My business partner, Scott has been in the game for 20 years, so we understand footballers’ demands and needs to plan studying and education around the game.”

The Fitness Group will also be attending Careers Day Events, showcasing the career pathways and giving players the opportunity to to chat about their options. The start their careers support tour in March at Hillsborough Stadium (home of Sheffield Wednesday FC). They will then attend, The Valley (home of Charlton FC), and Ashton Gate (home of Bristol City FC) before heading to Birmingham City FC.

Additionally, The Fitness Group will be in attendance at all showcase events and are aiming to visit as many EFL clubs throughout the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 as possible to speak to both apprenticeship players and first team players about the exciting career and business opportunities that exist in the fitness industry.

League Football Education and PFA Members can find out more about Football League’s Education here and they can get in touch with The Fitness Group team directly here or on 03301758209.