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New Website launch for SPS Ltd - Friday 3rd July, sees the launch of the new web-site for SPS Ltd.  The website includes: - information on all courses and CPD events, as well as a fantastic online booking system - the ability for you to register on the Find a Practitioner list - job opportunities (paid and voluntary) and product sales The website will be updated

Expert Swiss Ball training - Get On The Ball, the internationally recognised Swiss Ball Training concept, is now opening courses to fitness professionals for the first time.  Get On The Ball has trained thousands of practitioners over the past ten years, and its concepts are used with a vast array of clients including the Royal Marines, professional football clubs and Olympic athletes, through to community back care programmes and elderly falls prevention.

Changes to First Aid Training -  On 1st Oct 09, changes will take place to First Aid Training and Qualifications.  The 'Appointed Person' First Aid qualification will be re-named 'Emergency First Aid at Work' (EFAW).  Despite the name change, course content will remain the same and the award will last for 3 years.

Graduation Congratulations - Congratulations to SPS students in Cardiff, Gloucester and Nottingham who received their results today.  This result represents the first cohort of students to enter the workplace with Higher Education qualifications in sports massage.  Twenty students received the qualification UCAPD Massage - In a Sports Environment.

Sports Massage Jobs - Ski Season 09/10 - One of our graduates, Anna Beadle, owns a successful sports massage business in the Alps.  She is looking to employ sports massage practitioners for the forthcoming ski season.  An attractive package includes pay, accommodation, ski pass and equipment.

National Occupational Standards - National Occupational Standards (NOS) for massage are still awaiting approval.  Skills Active (Sector Skills Council) expect the NOS to be 'signed off' in the next couple of months.

Change to Law - Changes to the law and rules of the Financial Services Agency (FSA), mean that insurance provisions previously only available through professional organisations, must now be made available direct to the individual.  For the practitioner, this means that it is no longer necessary to be a member of a professional body in order to access full professional indemity and public liability insurance.

SPS Launch New Course - This month sees the launch of new courses in Cardiff, Nottingham and Gloucester, which will result in students being awarded a University Certificate of Advanced Professional Development (UCAPD) - Massage in a Sports Environment, by the University of Teesside.  SPS students will in future achieve Higher Education (HE) qualifications, that will permit career progression through the Page 3 of 3
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