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Central Sports to open fitness academy

Central Fitness

Monday 22nd December '08

Since the closure of the YMCA Sport and Fitness Club in September, Central Sports have negotiated with St Helens YMCA to take the club over. Central Sports is parent company to Central Fitness and Central Skills and is one of the UK's largest training providers to the active leisure sector providing a range of training programmes to meet a wide range of needs; from training to help young adults gain initial employment, qualifications to help those already in employment to develop and progress their careers, and vocational short courses for those individuals looking for a career change.

Building upon existing links with schools and colleges in the North West Central Sports is set to turn the venue into an innovative centre for work based training. The club will receive significant investment and re-open as both a squash club and fitness centre with one fundamental difference - the club will be a working project to develop young people for a career in Sport. Through programmes such as the Young Apprenticeship (14-16), Entry to Employment, Programme Led Apprenticeships and Apprenticeships, several young people will gain valuable work experience and in turn promote sport and fitness in the local community. Plans are afoot for a new gym with low cost memberships, improved squash courts, cafe area and training areas. Central Sports aim to work closely with St Helens YMCA and the college to promote Squash, Fitness and Training in the local area for all ages. The centre will be branded Central Fitness and re launched in March 2009.

New course, Client Retention announced

New CYQ Courses – Client Retention

Monday 7th April '08

Central Sports is pleased to announce that it has recently been approved to deliver the new CYQ Client Retention course. The Certificate in Client Retention course covers the concepts of motivational strategies, the stages of retention and gathering information and relating it to performance indicators. You will learn how to build rapport and effective communication with your clients.

The course can be accessed as a stand alone CPD course, or as one of the optional units of the Personal Trainer course. Central Sports is looking to continue expanding it's range of courses throughout 2008, to provide our customers with a range of training solutions to meet their specific needs.

Progression '08 event was a huge success

LFE Progression Event a Huge Success

Thursday 27th March '08

Central Sports recently provided a stand at the Progression ‘08 event, run by League Football Education in association with The Professional Footballers Association and The Football League. Progression 2008 is the ultimate careers event for elite athletes from both football and other sports.

After a big build up Progression '08 certainly delivered and proved a resounding success and many thanks go out to Steve, Tracey, Danny and Rich for all their hard work throughout the day. The event paired some of the UK's leading employers and education & training institutions with Apprentice Footballers and Professional Athletes in a pioneering initiative that is part of a strategy to support, re-train and provide alternative career and study opportunities to sporting apprentices and those retiring from sport.

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