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Activity Alliance
Online courses and resources on promoting inclusive and accessible physical activity opportunities for everyone.
Activity Alliance – Inclusive Learning Principles: Creating better learning for everyone
The Inclusive Learning Principles are a supportive resource designed to help you make learning fairer, more welcoming and more accessible for everyone, particularly disabled people.
Alzheimer’s Society Learning Hub
Improve your knowledge and understanding of dementia through an online learning experience.
An Introduction to Cerebral Palsy in Sport and Physical Activity
The Introduction to Cerebral Palsy in Sport and Physical Activity eLearning course is suitable for professionals and volunteers working at all levels who are interested in creating a more inclusive and welcoming environment for participants with cerebral palsy. Through the course, you will gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence that you need to run inclusive and creative sessions that welcome people with cerebral palsy and give them a meaningful opportunity to take part and reach their goals.
Anaphylaxis Awareness Course for Fitness Professionals – Free
Every year, people suffer severe allergic reactions in gyms, studios, and fitness facilities, often with little warning. Knowing what to do in those first few minutes can mean the difference between life and death.
This short online course, developed by Apex Fitness Education, has been created to help fitness professionals recognise the signs of anaphylaxis and respond quickly and confidently in an emergency.
Barclays Digital Wings
Barclays Digital Wings offers a wealth of resources including topics such as how to stay safe online, mastering smartphone photography, community and club management: A digital toolkit and so many more.
Biomechanics Education: Biomechanics for PTs – Free
Go Beyond Personal Training With Proven Tools & Resources.
The introduction to Biomechanics dives straight in, providing you with:
- Practical skills and exercises to help clients and athletes
- A deeper understanding of musculoskeletal systems
- Three-phase model of exercise prescription
- Assessments for Pelvic Dysfunction and Leg Length Discrepancies
Use code "INTRO" to get this course for FREE!
Body Confident Sport – Free
The Body Confident Athlete program was designed to help coaches support their athletes ("anyone who moves their body in a way that makes them feel good") in having a positive relationship with their bodies.
When athletes have a positive body image, they are more likely to accept and appreciate what their bodies can and cannot do, and perhaps do differently. They are also more likely to listen and attend to their body’s needs, while ignoring harmful pressures from society.
The aim is to empower coaches and athletes around the world to celebrate the truly awesome things active bodies can do.
Boing
Boing offer a variety of coaching courses and free resources to help empower coaches and volunteers to get the kids they work with more active and physically literate.
Buddle Learning
A range of learning opportunities to enhance skills in sports and physical activity leadership. Supported by Sport England.
Burrell Education
Women's health resources and training. Including pregnancy, health for girls and menopause.
Canrehab
Education and training in cancer and exercise rehabilitation for health and fitness professionals.
Choreographytogo
Choreographytogo is your trusted provider of online fitness qualifications, CPD courses, and class inspiration as well as fantastic resources to support fitness professionals. New instructor workshops and courses are added weekly.
CIMSPA Careers
A dedicated hub which offers resources for anyone interested in pursuing or developing their career in the sport and physical activity sector.
CIMSPA Digital Marketing Hub
Digital marketing resources and training. Designed to support professionals in the sports and physical activity sectors.
CLIP
Professional development courses. Clip Learning helps individuals upskill and advance their careers in health, fitness, and wellbeing.
Coach Core
Inclusive and impactful sports coaching apprenticeships that develop the talents of young people. Working in particular with people who face barriers, discrimination, and lack of opportunities.
Coaching Blind and Partially Sighted People
Working with UK Coaching, British Blind Sport has created an e-learning course called 'Coaching Blind and Partially Sighted People'. This course raises awareness of the crucial role coaches play in helping people with visual impairments overcome barriers to participate in sport and physical activity.
CVS Lincolnshire
Support and advice on all aspects of volunteering, whether you are an individual, group or organisation.
Darkside Rising CIC
Darkside Rising CIC offer training to provide community organisations and volunteers with the tools they need to deliver inclusive, trauma informed physical activity.
Deaf People’s Inclusion in Sport eLearning course
The Deaf People’s Inclusion in Sport eLearning course is designed for coaches, parents, carers, and staff working with, caring for, and supporting players in sporting environments. The focus of the course is to empower learners to feel confident in reaching and engaging with players who are deaf and hard of hearing by understanding their experiences and the barriers they face.
Deaf Sport Resources
Deaf Sport Resources provides a comprehensive library of free tools across a wide range of sports. The organisation is dedicated to ensuring that deaf children, young people, and adults have the same opportunities to participate and excel in physical activity as their hearing counterparts, from grassroots participation to elite performance. They also offer the Deaf People’s Inclusion in Sport eLearning course designed for coaches, parents, carers, and staff working with, caring for, and supporting players in sporting environments.
Dementia Friends
Online training and tools. Changing the way we think, act and talk about Dementia.
East Midlands Sports Welfare Forum
An informal Facebook group supporting club welfare officers and other club volunteers with safeguarding. Run by East Midlands Active Partnerships Welfare Officers including Active Lincolnshire.
Engaging Wheelchair Participants in Sport
WheelPower is the national charity for wheelchair sport and its our mission to support disabled people of all ages to lead healthier and more active lives through movement, activity and sport. They understand that there are many people in UK communities working with people with physical disabilities, and developed a short online course to give you the knowledge and confidence in your own organisations.
Event Advice and Guidance from Magna Vitae
Magna Vitae provide advice and guidance to event organisers in East Lindsey to help them plan and deliver safe and well organised events.
Finbogo | Find Book Go
An all-in-one platform to help run and promote your business, handling everything from managing bookings and taking payments to tracking client progress, sending appointment reminders, and streamlining your admin – so you can spend more time with your client.
Fitness Industry Services CIC
Fitness Industry Services CIC offer a variety of services to support fitness instructors to do what they do best including Professional Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance, Music Licences, DBS checks and Bid Writing.
FitPro
Jump onto the FitPro online education platform to access world-class education from your home or on the go. There’s a vast choice, from movement is medicine, to nutrition, to women’s health, to special populations … the list goes on. Stay relevant – start a course today.
fsb – support for small businesses and the self-employed
FSB is the UK's leading membership organisation for small businesses and the self-employed. They offer a variety of free resources including articles, videos, and guides on key topics, as well as a calendar of events, including business bootcamps and networking opportunities.
Future Learn: Internet of Things for Active Ageing – Free
The Internet of Things (IoT) includes many new digital health technologies, from apps to wearable devices to home sensors - devices that are expected to revolutionise healthcare. But when will they become truly useful and usable for those with the most at stake: older adults with multiple medical problems? This is just one of the questions we will tackle on this course.
You’ll learn about how older adults and clinicians manage health problems and health pain points, and how to check up-front for the real problems seniors need technological help solving.
This course will teach you about the different aspects of developing a useful health tool. Using a detailed case study you will learn about why current digital health tools often fail and how to create digital health products that experts can recommend, and that seniors and family caregivers will find beneficial. We’ll also examine the benefits of wearable devices for telecare and telemonitoring of elderly and lonely patients.
Hormonall: Together for women’s wellbeing – Free
Did you know 2 out of 3 women struggle in silence when facing hormonal changes feeling misunderstood, unsupported or uninformed?
Access a free 15 minute training to learn more about the hormonal, physical, and psychological changes that occur during four key life stages: puberty, menstrual cycle, postpartum, and menopause.
Inclusive Activity Programme eLearning – Activity Alliance
Activity Alliance's eLearning module offers a fun and interactive introduction to the Inclusive Activity Programme. It is a great starting point for anyone wanting to learn more about the key principles of inclusion in sport and physical activity.
Inclusive Language Guide
Inclusive Language Guide. A guide to support you to utilise language in verbal and written communication that makes everyone feel valued.
Introduction to First Aid in Sport and Physical Activity – Free
This free (funded) interactive 75-minute online course gives you the essential first aid skills to spot, assess, and respond to common issues quickly. Whether you're a coach, parent supporting your child's team from the sidelines, or you're actively involved in your local club, this course is for you. Learn how to manage bleeding, choking, minor injuries and more, while making sound decisions under pressure.
With practical tools like a Reflection Guide and Action Planner, you’ll apply your learning straight to your team or class. 100% online and self-paced, perfect to fit around your schedule. Enrol today!
JB Sport + Education Training
Lincolnshire training provider for first aid, mental health, sports leadership and swimming & lifeguard qualifications.
Limb Power – Living Life Without Limbs
Resources for coaches, instructors and healthcare professionals working with amputees and individuals with limb impairments and supporting them as they embark on their journey into physical activity and sport.
Lincolnshire Recovery College
Free courses on mental health, resilience, and wellbeing. Open to anyone aged 16+ in Lincolnshire, helping individuals build coping skills and confidence.
Lincolnshire Sleep Hub
The Lincolnshire Sleep Hub is a project funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, helping the people of Lincolnshire to sleep well. They offer CPD accredited training to be able to offer valuable support and engage people in conversations to help promote restorative sleep.
LIVES Training
First aid and emergency training courses. Equipping individuals and organisations with the skills they need to save lives.
Magna Vitae Training Courses
Magna Vitae offers a wide array of courses from National Pool Lifeguard Qualifications and Swim Teacher Courses.
Menopause Movement
Are you a personal trainer, physiotherapist, strength coach, or wellness practitioner looking to better support women through menopause? The Menopause Movement's Certified Menopause Training Course is designed specifically for the professionals who want to teach, treat, and train menopausal clients with confidence and expertise.
Move it or Lose it
Move it or Lose it train you to teach safe and effective exercise classes for older adults. They also offers a range of bespoke training workshops for care homes, charities and organisations who work with older adults and want to promote independence and enhance their physical and mental health.
MXFit
Licensed, original artist fitness music, designed exclusively for group fitness instructors in the UK.
National Autistic Society – Sport: a guide for sports coaches and clubs
If you are a sports instructor, you may have an autistic person in your class or group. The National Autistic Society have have published a short guide to help you meet their needs. They also offer training for sports leaders and teachers.
NBV
Thinking of starting your own business? NBV specialise in supporting pre-starts, new start businesses and micro businesses.
Neurodiverse Sport
Neurodiverse Sport was founded to change the game for neurodivergent people in sport. They offer training, resources, and co-designed interventions that challenge one-size-fits-all systems and create lasting inclusion.
NWG Network
A network providing resources and support for safeguarding young people, offering training and guidance on best practices for community leaders and organisations.
Parkinson’s: physical activity and exercise course
Parkinson's: physical activity and exercise (Excellence Network). This course is for people who provide or promote physical activity and exercise to people with Parkinson's. This may be in a leisure centre, health care setting or in the community.
Play Their Way
The Play Their Way movement aims to support coaches to give children and young people a choice in their experiences of activity, create space for them to voice their wishes and enable them to take ownership of their development journey. Their website offers a vast library of resources that can be integrated into your coaching toolkit.
Playwaze – Competition Management
The competition management platform for your sport. A simple and flexible competition management toolkit for local sports leagues and regional associations, to national programmes and championships.
Playwaze – Online Booking System
The online booking system for sport and activity. A simple and straight-forward way to take online bookings and payments for your sessions, classes, and camps.
Pure Energy
Music for fitness professionals. Original compositions designed for all types of workout.
Ramblers Stride
Walk Leadership Foundations by the Ramblers is an online course that will give you the skills and knowledge to lead group walks with confidence.
Reach Up EMD
Reach Up is resource hub for group exercise instructors. Built by EMD UK in collaboration with This Girl Can, and funded by the National Lottery, this free to access platform contains bitesize learning to help group exercise instructors engage more women.
Safeguarding and Protecting Children for Young Coaches
Discover the key elements of effective coaching and learn how to implement these practices to become a more confident and successful coach. This course is targeted at 16 to 17-year-olds starting out on their coaching journey, however if your journey starts earlier, this is still the workshop for you!
Safeguarding and Protecting People Courses
Learn how to create an environment where children, young people and adults feel safe. Choose from a variety of learning options, including online courses and in-person workshops, designed to fit your schedule.
Safeguarding and Welfare Guide
Safeguarding and Welfare Guide. A comprehensive resource to help you create safe, inclusive, and enjoyable environments in sports clubs and physical activity settings.
Safety Training Awards
Safety Training Awards is the awarding organisation of The Swimming Teachers’ Association. They offer and certificate vocational qualifications across a range of swimming teaching, lifesaving, first aid, health and safety and pool plant disciplines.
Shifting Diabetes – An awareness of working with diabetic members (gym)
An Awareness of Working with Diabetic Members (Gym) is a specialist CPD course designed to equip you with essential knowledge, skills, and confidence to work effectively with diabetic clients.
Shine Lincolnshire
Mental health first aid training and other essential wellbeing topics, Shine Lincolnshire supports communities with valuable skills and knowledge.
Skills Bootcamps – FREE
There are some great government initiatives designed to help you to access free, online and on-demand training courses to upskill or progress in your current career. These courses are often designed to help you develop new skills that employers are looking for, so they can be a great way for you to gain knowledge and practical, in-demand skills.
Sound Dynamics
Sound systems for fitness instructors. Solutions for online and in person classes.
Sported – Working with neurodivergent participants
Research shows that neurodivergent people participate in sport at about half the rate of neurotypical people. Despite the proven benefits of physical activity for neurodivergent people the barriers faced can prevent participation.
What can you do as a group leader to widen access to sport and activity? Take a look at Sported's resources including practical tips to help participants.
STA
Training for people working an and around swimming pools - from swimming teacher training to pool plant management.
Street Games
Training on community sports and youth engagement, Street Games helps individuals bring positive, active change to their local areas.
Supporting Children and Young People’s Health: Improving Asthma Care Together
A free eLearning resource, designed for anyone who supports children and young people with asthma.
Swim England
Train to become a Certified Swim England Coach
As a coach, you inspire and deliver success at every level, this programme gives you the tools to apply this knowledge to coaching athletes at all levels; improving their performance while keeping them committed to the sport.
Taking photos of children in sport – explainer video
This simple 2.5 minute explainer video from the NSPCC introduces sports organisations to photographing and filming children in sport safely.
It explains how to go about creating a photography policy, what you are allowed to do and what you should be doing. From taking images to use of these images, this video introduces the key information you need to get started.
The Fitness Group
Leaders in health and fitness education to help you advance your career. Exclusive discount available for learners in Lincolnshire - Get 55% off top courses - use code Lincolnshire55 at checkout.
The Institute of Aquaphobia
The Institute of Aquaphobia aims to help everybody, on a multi-cultural & inclusive basis, who has a fear of water to overcome their worries and concerns and learn to feel happy and relaxed in or around pools, rivers, lakes or the sea. You can be a part of this network, either as a member of the public interested in overcoming Aquaphobia, or a swimming teacher training to be an Aquaphobia Angel Coach.
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Practical and step by step guidance to help you manage volunteers and the process of volunteering well.
The Open University – Sport and Fitness Hub
The Open University offers a large catalogue of free courses such as Exercise and mental health, Developing employability through sport and physical activity, Talking about the menopause and Coaching others to coach.
This Mum Moves
Become a This Mum Moves ambassador and empower women to make informed physical activity choices throughout pregnancy and beyond. Get the tools to discuss physical activity during the childbearing years whether you are delivering sessions for mums or not.
UK Coaching
Face-to-face workshops, eLearning courses, online classrooms, webinars and digital badges that equip coaches with the knowledge and skills to operate confidently and competently.
Wright Foundation
Provider of exercise referral and specialist populations exercise qualifications
YMCA Awards
Health, fitness and wellbeing qualifications are designed with industry experts and employers. Whether you are looking to take your first steps into the industry or are an established fitness professional, they have a qualification to help you get ahead.
Learn About Career Journeys
Discover how others working in sport and physical activity roles in Lincolnshire got started, what drives them, and what they find most rewarding about their jobs. Read about their journeys and be inspired to turn your passion for being active into a fulfilling career that makes a positive impact in your community.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find out more about what the Active Skills Hub has to offer and how it can support you in our frequently asked questions.
The Active Skill Hub is a ‘one stop shop’ for individuals who are planning a career in sport and physical activity, as well as those currently working in the sector who are keen to develop their skills and progress in their careers. It offers training courses, advice on career opportunities, and a range of resources tailored to address local skills gaps. The platform has been specially created for those working or wishing to work in Lincolnshire.
You can purchase access to the Active Skills Learning Portal by clicking ‘Explore Bundles’ above.
Access is available to anyone living in Lincolnshire and offers exceptional value for those working or planning to work in the sport and physical activity sector.
E-learning courses accessible via the portal include:
Duty to Care Digital Badge
Mental Health and Wellbeing: Having a conversation
Creating Safe Sessions
Developing Physical Wellbeing Within Your Practice
Sudden Cardiac Arrest e-learning
How to Plan, Coach and Reflect
Breaking Down Barriers: Tackling Racism in Sport
And many more.
Designed for individuals of all levels, from complete beginners to experienced professionals.
Looking for a paid role or volunteering role in the sport and physical activity sector? Visit our Jobs Board today to easily search for current opportunities available in Lincolnshire.
If you live, work or plan to work in the East Lindsey or South Holland, you can express your interest in applying for funding from the next round of the Active Lincolnshire Skills Fund.
Ready to Develop Your Skills?
Take the next step in your career by accessing a wide range of accredited courses. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to advance, there’s a course tailored to help you achieve your goals in the physical activity sector.
