Everyone volunteers their time in F&S Luxembourg

Friskis&Svettis is a non-profit organisation which base all its activities on people volunteering their time. The most visible volunteers are the instructors and the hosts, but ten people also work on the Friskis&Svettis Luxembourg Board.

Instructors

In total there are almost 7 000 Friskis&Svettis instructors in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Aberdeen, Brussels, Copenhagen, London, Luxembourg and Paris. All these instructors have been trained centrally by Friskis&Svettis in Sweden. In fact F&S has trained its own instructors since it began in 1978. Instructors are recruited by the local Friskis&Svettis organisations and have to pass a selection test. Then they follow a training which is divided into two steps.

Step 1 is a four day theoretical course which focuses on physiology and it is the same for everyone, regardless of the specialisation the instructor will have. Step 2 is a five day course, which concentrates entirely on the form of training that the participant will give instruction in. Step 1 takes place in Sweden and Step 2 either in Sweden or Brussels. Those who complete these two courses and pass the theoretical and the practical test are awarded a diploma and become F&S instructors.

Each class prepared individually

The individual instructors develop their own programmes, but all programmes build on movements that have been carefully developed in cooperation with experts in the fields of medicine and physiology centrally at Friskis&Svettis in Sweden. Instructors also choose their own music. The result is that each class is unique and this personal stamp is an important part of the Friskis&Svettis training concept. It takes around 40 hours to put together the music and movements for one class.

A part from the two training courses all instructors are monitored and evaluated, by specially trained monitors on a regular basis. Instructors are also invited to follow-up training and inspiration courses.

Details about the Friskis&Svettis Luxembourg instructors and the classes they lead.

Hosts

Hosts play a very important role in Friskis&Svettis. At each class the hosts welcome members, check membership cards, help the instructors, answer questions about Friskis&Svettis etc. Simply put hosts are the face, as well as the eyes and ears of F&S Luxembourg.

Friskis&Svettis Luxembourg is always looking for people who are willing to give their time and being a host is a great door into the organisation. As a host you will, apart from helping members and the instructors, together with the other hosts, make a schedule and decide which classes you are responsible for. You will also get training about Friskis&Svettis and how to help out if an accident occurs during a class. In return you get to exercise for free.

Does this sound interesting? Send us an e-mail and get more information and/or sign up to become a host and receive your free membership card.

Friskis&Svettis Luxembourg Board

Friskis&Svettis Luxembourg is lead by a Board, which has six members and three deputy members and one adjunct member. Board members are elected at the annual meeting in April, in which all members of Friskis&Svettis Luxembourg can vote.

At the 2011 Annual meeting four new members joined the Board: Radmlla Sakaliene (Treasurer), Sigrid Wucherpfennig, Marianne Brugman and Cynthia Tavares (Webmaster).

Jenny Hällen Hedberg was re-appointed Chairman of Friskis&Svettis Luxembourg and Cinzia Monteleone vice-President.

The remaining members of the F&S Luxembourg Board are Elisabeth Ekelund-Mittel (Secretary), Niina Hämäläinen (Instructor Team Leader), Maria Österblad, Patricia Plaza (Host Team Leader).

The Board would like to hear from you and have your views on how we can make our organisation even better. And if you want to get involved or have any questions, don't hesitate to talk to the instructors, hosts or Board members or to send an e-mail.