Resources

ISPAL (The Institute for Sport, Parks and Leisure) is the professional membership body for a fast growing industry, representing sport, parks and leisure industry professionals.

ISPAL was formed in January 2007 by the amalgamation of two previous bodies, ILAM (The Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management) and NASD (The National Association of Sports Development). They aim to provide support, advocacy and professional development for those involved in the sports, parks and leisure industries.

The cornerstones of ISPAL’s services can be summarised as follows:

• Learning and Development
  ISPAL provides continuing professional development (CPD) for its members, as well as offering a wide range of training courses at venues across the country. They also offer in-house training courses.
• Professional Development Board
  The recently formed ISPAL Professional Development Board will guide and support the Learning & Development strategy going forwards ensuring that ISPAL fulfils its role in the market place and takes responsibility for promoting high standards of professional skills and expertise to individuals within the industry.

Resources

This is a sample of articles produced by ISPAL. For further resources please Contact ISPAL.

• Travel and Tourism - Some Key Facts (269kb .pdf)
• Out in the Open - the Government's Comprehensive Area Assessment programme (221kb .pdf)
• Take Your Partners - Case Study: Berkshire CSP (116kb .pdf)
• Onwards and Upwards - ISPAL's CPD Programme (123kb .pdf)
• On Course for Success - Universities Partnership Scheme and Graduate Careers (124kb .pdf)

ISPAL has provided HLST with the following selection of Olympics-related resources.

These resources and more are available through ISPAL's online Information Hub.

For more information on the Information Hub Download the Information Hub Flyer (532kb .pdf) or Visit the ISPAL Information Hub Web Page.