Frequently asked questions
Active Health Group was founded by Richard Johnson, who also founded the Sports Therapy Organisation back in the 1990s.
Richard is Principal, supported by Co-Founder, Christian Platts. Richard and Christian run the Health Coaching, Nutrition and Integrative Health courses, supported by Dawn, Dr Rosemary, and Charlie.
Kirsty, is Head of Training & Quality Assurance, and is supported by Nik, Nikki, Beth, Gill, and Tanya.
Whilst training with us at AHG you may also meet examiners from STO, TQUK, RSPH, ActiveIQ, VTCT, and ITEC, whose job it is to ensure good quality assurance on all of our courses.
Most of our certification is through Ofqual Regulated Awarding Organisations. We are approved to run qualifications for:
Active IQ
VTCT
ITEC
Royal Society for Public Health
TQUK
We also work with professional and industry related bodies for accreditation and insurance purposes.
Sports Therapy - STO, IICT, IMPH, CNHC
Sports Massage - STO, CNHC, FHT, SMA, IICT, IPMH
Health Coaching - UKHCA, IICT, CMA, IMPH
Nutritional Therapy - FNTP, IICT, CMA, IMPH
STO - Sports Therapy Organisation - UK
IICT - International Institute of Complementary Therapists - UK and overseas
CMA- Complementary Medicine Association - UK and overseas
UKIHCA - UK & International Health Coaches Association - UK and overseas
SMA - Sports Massage Association - UK
FHT - Federation of Holistic Therapists - UK
IPHM - International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine - UK and overseas
FNTP - Federation of Nutritional Therapy Practitioners - UK
CNHC - Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council - UK
Our courses can be paid for by Cash, Credit/Debit Cards and Bank Transfer. Where instalments are available, these must be paid for by equal monthly credit/debit card subscriptions, which are interest-free. Due to the huge costs involved (which would have to be passed on to our learners), we do not offer Adult Learner Loans (19+/24+).
We are proud to be part of the largest network of sports therapists, anywhere! Our Alumni benefit from many free online courses and workshops to help with their practice, we also have private mentoring groups where we can offer continuing support. Most of our students have come to us through word of mouth, so it is absolutely in our best interest to ensure that we go above and beyond anyone else in terms of providing ongoing support for our graduates. We are extremely proud that some of our Alumni from the start of our history, still keep in touch with us, from all over the globe! Without sounding clichรฉ, we do feel strongly that AHG keeps its family feel, as our students and graduates help stop our job feeling like work!



