Community Sports Leader Award (CSLA)

The award gives people aged 16 and over the skills needed to lead groups in safe sporting and recreational activity.
It encourages participants to take responsibility for others, develops organisational and communication skills and instils confidence in people for whom leading groups in sporting activities is a new experience.

The majority of the course is practical in nature with an emphasis on learning through doing, rather than through written work.

Course content:

The Community Sports Leader Award syllabus is divided into eight units which are as follows:

Unit 01 - Contribute to organising and delivering a sports activity session
Unit 02 - Establishing and maintaining a safe sporting activity
Unit 03 - Understanding the structure of sport/recreation in the UK
Unit 04 - Understanding and leading fitness sessions
Unit 05 - Principles/practice in running sporting events/competitions
Unit 06 - Principles and practice in adapting sports activities
Unit 07 - Select, plan and lead on an appropriate sporting activity
Unit 08 - Demonstration of leadership skills in the community

To qualify as a Community Sports Leader, all units must be satisfactorily completed.

Duration of course:

Factors such as the student to teacher ratio, the number and experience of the group and the number and experience of the tutors all influence the overall length of the course. However, an average course involves 25 to 30 hours of tutored time, excluding the 10 hours of voluntary leadership experience.