South Yorkshire Sport are working with Skills Active, the sector skills council for active leisure and learning (www.skillsactive.com), and the four South Yorkshire Community Sports Networks, on workforce development.

Our role is to lead the analysis of and planning for the current and future needs of the sporting workforce in South Yorkshire so that it is appropriately skilled, has access to relevant and beneficial training and is deployed effectively to sustain the anticipated increase in demand for opportunities to play sport.

Our aim is to get “The right people, with the right skills, in the right place”

Sheffield Hallam University have undertaken a Workforce Development Survey in Yorkshire and the Humber, covering areas such as:

• The size of our region`s workforce (paid/unpaid, part-time/full-time)
• The profile of the workforce (e.g. age, gender and ethnicity)
  
• What they do (e.g. job titles or role)
  
• Skills gaps
  
• Training needs to fill these gaps

For more information about the survey and the South Yorkshire Workforce Development Plan, please contact Simon Pugh on 0114 2235677

Are you looking at a career in fitness?

Lifetime Health and Fitness have commenced operating as a Centre of Excellence through the National Skills Academy for Sport and Activ Leisure by offering two new Apprenticeship programmes.
We are very excited to announce the launch of the Centre of Excellence for Fitness for national operators, the new gold standard for industry training. This represents an exciting evolution in leisure industry training and for the first time, employers will work in partnership with Lifetime to take the lead on the design and delivery of learning in their industry.
This innovative employer-led training initiative is the most in-depth and credible training apprenticeship programme in the industry. It is delivered in just 16 weeks, with the first 4 weeks being spent in the classroom and the remaining 12 weeks, in the workplace. Each student is supported and mentored by their own personal tutor throughout the programme. If you do not have a degree or HND qualification it is entirely government funded so it`s absolutely free!
For more information and to apply for a position on either of the programmes please visit www.lifetimehf.co.uk/courses/free

National Skills Academy is the gateway to information on skills, quality training, careers advice and career development in the Sport and Active Leisure sector: www.sportactivensa.co.uk