We specialise in teaching fitness and exercise to women before, during and after pregnancy.
We provide networking opportunities and continuing education for qualified instructors.
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR INSTRUCTORS
If you would like to join the Guild then go to the application form page.
From 1st June 2008, annual membership of the Guild has gone up to £35 for a full member and £25 for an associate member. Associate membership is being discontinued from end of May 2009. It was agreed at the AGM that all renewals in future would fall due on 1st June. So until 1st June 2009, membership subscriptions will be on a sliding scale. Normally, you will receive a renewal form by post and this will state the subscription you have to pay, but you can download a form in pdf format below. Check with us what your subscription should be.
Please note that if you are an active teacher you must have appropriate insurance. You are responsible for checking with your broker and/or insurer that your insurance is current, relevant and at an appropriate level for you and your clients' needs. Make sure your insurance covers the special groups you teach, the type of exercise you do and the environment you teach in. And make sure you have baby cover if babies are present - see below. It is your responsibility to ensure you are fully insured.
Following the AGM in March
2008 you are also expected to undertake one study day per annum relevant to ante
and/or postnatal exercise as part of your
continuing professional development.
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR INSTRUCTORS Do you teach classes where babies
are present? Important changes have been made
to the Children & Disabled Persons Act of 1996 which affects all instructors
who teach sessions with babies present. This Act was amended in 2004 and is now
being enforced. The Duty of Care clause within
the Children's' Act states that everyone, including parents, has a total duty of
care for the safety and well-being of children. From a teaching perspective this
means that although the mother is present, the instructor is still
responsible for the safety and well-being of the baby in the class. If a
baby incurs injury whilst in your class that child has a right to sue you when
they reach 18. This applies to any type of exercise session being conducted. Instructors must act responsibly
and not include anything in the session which increases the potential risk to
babies either directly or indirectly i.e. using the baby for resistance
exercises/running with the buggy or positioning them near/in potentially
hazardous surroundings. Additional insurance cover is
available to instructors and is strongly recommended. ‘Mothers exercising
with babies with buggies’ is available to Fit Pro members through Cyril
Cooper. For more details contact Cyril on 01794 516740 ****SCAM
WARNING*** Two of our members have been approached by people emailing from
abroad offering large sums of money in advance 'because their wife is coming to
England and would like to get their shape back'. This is simply a way to try and
get hold of your bank details. You are advised to Ignore any such
correspondence.