Sarah Bolitho Training & Consultancy
Supporting personal and professional development in your career and business
All about Sarah
Why Sarah? She has been in the fitness industry for nearly 35 years with experience in many roles during that time. Gym instructor/manager, studio coordinator, PT, specialist exercise professional, referral scheme manager, tutor, assessor, quality assurance, qualification development and EV, you name it – she’s done it!
Plus, Sarah has a Level 5 NVQ in Leadership and Management and is a Certified Business Strategist, so she can help you to create, run and grow your business.
Sarah has worked with large and small training providers and for awarding organisations, and has run successful training centres, Exact Training and SBTC, for nearly 20 years. She is the author of five books in the ‘Complete Guide to …’ series published by Bloomsbury and is a regular contributor to mainstream and trade publications, including FitPro.
When not working, you will usually find Sarah walking by the mountains, the sea or anywhere in nature!
Training courses
If you want to develop your career and share your experience and knowledge by moving into training, assessing and quality assurance, the following courses are ideal:
- Level 3 Award in Education and Training
- Level 3 Award in Assessing Vocational Achievement
- Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practices
Click here for details of these courses.
If you want to add specialist qualifications to your portfolio, we offer the following in-house courses for a minimum of 5 learners.
- Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral
- Level 3 Award in Designing Exercise Programmes for Disabled Clients
- Certificate in Activity and Exercise for Adults with Mental Health Conditions
Click here for details of these courses.
Centre Support Packages
Sarah is a certified Business Strategist so if you want to run your own training organisation, or already run a centre but need more support and guidance, we have packages to help you. There are start up options to guide you through setting up and running your centre or gaining CPD accreditation, and annual or one off support options to help develop and grow your business.
- Basic Centre Start Up or Accreditation Package
- VIP Start Up or Accreditation Package
- Annual Support Package
- One-off Strategy and Growth Package
Click here for details of these packages
If you would like to book a consultation to discuss your career options or create an action plan for your next steps, email me at admin@sarahbolitho.com and we can discuss this further.
Episode 01 – Why activity matters
Start where you are and build on that
“Helping people who are not active, who are not particularly healthy, to just make small changes to their activity levels, and seeing the benefits that even those small changes make to their everyday life and their independence is so much more rewarding.”
“The best exercise you can do is the one you can do.”
“Start where you are. No one is going to go from sitting down all day to running 5k the next day. But you can go from sitting down all day to walking for five minutes a day, then gradually increase.”
“By starting small and building up gradually, you’re much more likely to keep going. So important to take it a step at a time.”
“The best activity you can do is the one that you enjoy doing.”
“Inactivity is linked to one in six deaths in the UK. It’s time to promote activity and make improvements in our health and everyday life.”
“Understanding your likes, dislikes, and barriers can help you develop a customized activity plan that aligns with your unique needs and enhances your chances of long-term success.”
“Activity should be accessible to everyone, regardless of age, ability, or background.”
“Creating lasting change requires developing healthy habits.”
Episode 00: Creating Active Lives – what’s it all about
Welcome to Creating Active Lives, the blog. This is where you can find the written version of the podcast, Creating Active Lives if, like me, you prefer reading over listening! So, Creating Active Lives is all about just that - adding activity into your life to...
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