Study Active partners with fibodo
Study Active and fibodo share a belief that a great coach can transform far more than an individual’s fitness, they can strengthen an entire community.
Trainers, instructors and coaches help people take the first step towards becoming more active. They build confidence, create friendships, reduce isolation and provide trusted, local support that improves physical and mental wellbeing. They also bring community spaces to life, create employment and make high-quality activity more accessible to people of all ages and abilities.
By helping more qualified professionals build sustainable careers, the Study Active and fibodo partnership aims to:
- Put more skilled fitness professionals at the heart of local communities.
- Make high-quality coaching easier for people to find and access.
- Create more opportunities for people to become active, connected and confident.
- Strengthen grassroots fitness and make better use of community spaces.
- Help talented professionals remain and progress within the industry.
- Raise standards through continued learning and professional development.
The ambition is to create a stronger pathway from education into sustainable professional practice. Supporting coaches not simply to qualify, but to build lasting careers and make a meaningful difference in the communities they serve.
Study Active Managing Director, James Luscombe, sums it up perfectly:
“By partnering with fibodo and integrating their CORE platform into our ecosystem, we are giving our students and graduates immediate access to world-class business infrastructure. This removes the daunting technological and administrative barriers that so often slow down new professionals. It allows our graduates to focus entirely on what they do best: transforming lives, activating community spaces, and making a lasting difference to physical and mental wellbeing.”
Bridging the gap between learning and earning
A qualification gives a coach the knowledge, skills and confidence to help others. But turning those skills into a sustainable career requires more.
Professionals also need to attract and manage clients, promote their services, take bookings and payments, organise their time and build a trusted presence within their community.
The Study Active and fibodo partnership bridges that gap by giving learners and graduates access to the professional tools and business infrastructure they need from the beginning.
By removing the administrative and technological barriers to getting started, coaches can spend less time managing systems and more time doing what matters most: helping people become healthier, happier and more connected.
Anthony Franklin, CEO at fibodo, says:
“This partnership is particularly meaningful because it builds on almost a decade of collaboration between fibodo and Study Active.
“We’ve worked together on initiatives including Doing Our Bit, where we helped provide free fitness support to NHS workers during COVID, and we’ve continued to explore how the industry can create better career pathways for trainers, instructors and coaches.
“This partnership connects Study Active’s strength in education with the business operating system professionals need to put those skills to work. It’s a natural evolution of what we’ve been trying to achieve together for nearly ten years: helping more great coaches enter the profession, stay in it and create lasting value in their communities.”