Triathlon Community Activator Award

This award is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to facilitate casual, inclusive, and beginner-friendly Triathlon sessions in a safe environment within your local community. You will learn how to engage with groups in your community and deliver sessions that are tailored to the needs and abilities of your participants. Our aim is to empower individuals to become Champions of Triathlon and to inspire others to lead a healthy and active lifestyle. We are committed to creating a more diverse and inclusive triathlon community, and the Triathlon Community Activator Award is an important part of our efforts to achieve this goal.

The course involves completing six core modules of approximately 1 hour each plus one or more of the Swim, Bike, Run modules, which are approximately 3 hours.

 

This award has been mapped to the CIMSPA (Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity) Working with Inactive People standard and awarded 9 CPD (Continuing Professional Development) points.

Pre-requisites and Eligibility Criteria 

  • The course is aimed at those who do not already hold a sports coaching qualification
  • Minimum age of 14 years

What will I learn? 

  • What is meant by activation and your role as a Triathlon Community Activator
  • The importance of building relationships and connecting with the people you work with
  • Different types of communication
  • What the STEPS model is and how adaptations can be adapted to include everyone
  • The planning process and what information you will need to consider
  • What an Activator needs to consider in terms of insurance, first aid and reporting accidents/injuries

Optional Modules (must complete 1 of 3) 

  • How to introduce participants with no previous experience of cycling to the cycling environment, developing confidence and being at ease on the bike
  • How to introduce participants with no previous experience of swimming to the new water environment, developing confidence and being at ease in the water
  • How to plan and facilitate a safe walk/run/ride

Delivery Method 

Face-to-face course with practical elements

Assessment 

There is no formal assessment, however you must complete the whole course.

Price 

£60 per person

Terms & Conditions

For the full terms & conditions for this course please click here.

Our Partners

Triathlon Scotland is proud to work alongside the following partners and sponsors.

  • British Triathlon
  • sportscotland
  • University of Stirling
  • Equality in Sport
  • Winning Students Scotland
  • Big Lottery Fund
  • MM Search
  • Lasers Are Us
  • We Are a Living Wage Employer
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