The Community Sports Leader Award gives people aged 16 and over the skills needed to lead groups in safe sporting and recreational activity. It encourages participants to take responsibility for others, develops organisational and communication skills and instils confidence in people for whom leading groups in sporting activities is a new experience.

The majority of the course is practical in nature with an emphasis on learning through doing, rather than through written work. This award allows both adults and cadets to assist in sporting activities and to obtain a nationally recognised qualification.

The Community Sports Leader Award syllabus is divided into eight units:

Organisational skills
Safety in sport
Know your friends
Fitness sessions for sport
Organisation of events and competitions
Improvisation and adapted games
Games and activity experience
Ten hours voluntary leadership experience
To qualify as a Community Sports Leader, all units must be satisfactorily completed.

Most of these courses are run over two weekends, however this does depend on student to Instructor ratio, and the number and experience of the group.