We’re proud to announce that OriGym has been shortlisted for Education Provider of The Year at the UKactive Awards (2024). This recognition is one of the largest and most prestigious accolades of its kind, with the ceremony celebrating excellence and innovation across the health, wellbeing & fitness industry.
What Are The UKactive Awards?
Established in 1991, UKactive was founded to help improve the health of the nation through promoting fitness and activity.
The awards were created to shine a light on the added value that organisations (such as OriGym) bring to the physical activity sector. They celebrate the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle and getting more people as active as possible.
When discussing the awards and this years’ nominations, UKactive CEO said:
This year we have seen the UKactive Awards reach a new level of competitiveness, giving our judges their toughest task yet to choose from such a fantastic range of entries and nominations.
The UKactive Awards are the perfect opportunity to acknowledge the incredible work that individuals, organisations and partners do every day to keep the nation active and healthy and we can’t wait to welcome as many people as possible to celebrate with us on the night.
Why Is OriGym Nominated for Education Provider of The Year?
As one of only 7 finalists out of the entire health, wellbeing and fitness industry, this acknowledgement from UKactive reaffirms OriGym’s mission statement of ‘Transforming Lives Through Educational Excellence’.
This extends far beyond the students we qualify too, as our purpose is to equip graduates with the necessary theoretical knowledge and practical skills to transform the lives of their clients and students too.
Our ability to ‘transform lives’ is made possible by OriGym’s overarching values:
But what do these values actually mean and how do they translate to our UKactive nomination for Education Provider of the Year?
We Exceed: Firstly the services we provide far ‘exceed’ those offered by competitors. A clear example of this is our dedicated tutor support, which is available to students 7 days a week, including evenings and weekends.
No other training providers in the UK offer these services, but it allows OriGym students to access support via phone, email or live chat when they need it most.
We made the conscious decision to extend our operating hours following feedback provided by students. This arose when these individuals requested appointment times beyond the typical ‘office hours’.
Our dedication to ‘exceed’ is echoed by the fact we’re the highest rated training provider in the UK, with over 5,100, 5 star reviews.
We Innovate: As an organisation we’re continuously looking for further resources and features that can be added onto our various platforms, in order to promote inclusivity and accessibility. Through this action we’re able to qualify students from a variety of backgrounds and abilities.
One way in which we do this is through monitoring the latest technological advances and developments. Through this we are able to update and adapt our current services in order to provide an innovative way of learning to all students.
We Care: OriGym’s commitment to ‘transforming lives’ doesn’t stop once our students graduate, as we continue to show how much we ‘care’ through the finest post-course career support. This includes:
- Guaranteed job interviews
- CV analysis & distribution
- Alumni exclusive discounts
- Free business & marketing resources
These services have helped to ensure we have the highest work placement rate in the UK – with 92% graduates landing their dream career in fitness.
We regularly monitor this employment rate and the success of our graduates. You may have even seen us champion these alumni members across our website and social media platform, an example of which can be seen below:
We take great pride in the fact that our graduates have gone on to forge successful careers, cultivating their own dedicated communities of like minded clients and students.
It’s this ‘ripple’ effect that supports the very purpose of UKactive, which is to promote health, wellbeing and fitness to as many individuals as possible. In short, our graduates and the clients they train have played a vital part in this nomination process.
OriGym’s Head of Education had this to say regarding the nomination:
The UKactive nomination continues our great year, as we were also recently awarded CIMSPA Enhancing Status, as well as being nominated for the prestigious British Fitness Awards’ Best Training Provider of the Year.
The ceremony takes place on Thursday 3rd October! But in the meantime, if you want to learn first hand what makes OriGym an ‘Award Winning’ training provider, check out our personal trainer courses here!
You can also download a course prospectus for FREE, to learn more about all our industry-leading qualifications.
