CIMSPA to introduce professional status to sector

The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) will introduce professional status to sport and physical activity professionals in September.

From September 2025, current CIMSPA members will be issued with a professional status, with all sector professionals, including those who are not currently members, being invited to apply for these new titles. The move aims to ensure that professionals in the sector are professionally recognised by the public and allied sectors, such as health and social care.

As a chartered professional body, CIMSPA is formally permitted to grant professional status to the sport and physical activity sector through the royal charter.

CIMSPA says that from September, sport and physical activity sector professionals will gain a “clear title, postnominal letters and digital assets to use to assure other professionals, employers, relevant sectors and the general public that they are skilled, trustworthy and ethical”.

The professional status is issued by CIMSPA and then it must be maintained through learning and skills development.

Spencer Moore, Chief Strategy Officer at CIMSPA said: “Professional recognition, for both individuals and the sport and physical activity sector as a whole, is something we know the professionals in our workforce have been asking and waiting for, and I am delighted that we are able to introduce the professional status framework to our fantastic and hard-working sector.”