Gloucester, UK - 18 August 2026 - Safehire.ai, the digital risk screening company, has become an official Benefit Partner of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA), giving eligible CIMSPA partners preferential access to its Digital Risk Screening service. CIMSPA is the chartered professional body for the UK’s sport and physical activity workforce, supporting the development of a professional, trusted and high-quality sector, spanning national organisations, employers, coaches, and instructors.
Organisations across sport and physical activity operate in environments where safeguarding, safer recruitment and public confidence matter. Traditional checks and safeguarding procedures remain essential, but they do not give organisations visibility of publicly available digital risk signals that may be relevant to safeguarding, conduct or reputational risk.
Safehire.ai’s Digital Risk Screening (DRS) service is designed to close this gap. DRS helps organisations identify publicly available digital risk signals that may be relevant to safeguarding, conduct, reputational risk, and safer recruitment decisions. Safehire.ai’s methodology draws on military intelligence analytical processes, combining large language model capability trained around those methods with human verification by ex-military intelligence-trained analysts. DRS searches open-source data on the surface, deep and dark web, then applies AI-enriched context to the raw data before finally integrating human analyst verification to produce evidence‑based digital intelligence packaged into easy-to-understand background risk reports.
Historically, this depth of digital due diligence, would have been beyond the budget of many sports clubs, coaching organisations, and voluntary bodies to access. Through this new partnership, eligible CIMSPA partners will be able to access DRS, with a preferential, discounted rate available through agreed CIMSPA access channels.
Hasan Mussa, Head of Governance and Compliance at CIMSPA, said:
“We are delighted to have Safehire.ai onboard as a CIMSPA Benefit Partner. As the sport and physical activity sector landscape evolves, we are committed to ensuring the safeguarding of participants, particularly more vulnerable populations such as children and young people. As a benefit available for our partners, Safehire.ai will allow more confidence in recruitment within trusted roles in their organisations.
As we prioritise professional recognition through CIMSPA professional status and highlight the importance of competence and safe practice, Safehire.ai aligns with CIMSPA’s strategy and crucial work in the sector to allow everyone taking part in sport and physical activity to enjoy safe and high-quality experiences.”
Simon Holden, CEO of Safehire.ai, said:
“As a father of a competitive gymnast, I know how much trust families place in sport. Coaches, instructors and volunteers can play a huge role in a young person’s life, and that trust has to be protected.
Our partnership with CIMSPA is about giving sport and physical activity organisations practical, proportionate access to digital due diligence, so they can make better-informed decisions about the people they bring into those environments.
Safehire started in education, where safeguarding and safer recruitment are rightly under intense scrutiny. This partnership is an important step in taking that learning into another high-trust sector where the same responsibility exists.”
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About Safehire.ai
Safehire.ai provides Digital Risk Screening for high-trust hiring, safeguarding and workforce assurance decisions. Its platform helps organisations identify relevant digital risk signals across surface, deep and dark web sources, with findings reviewed by human analysts before being reported.
Safehire.ai supports organisations that need proportionate, defensible visibility into people-related digital risk, while complementing - not replacing - statutory checks, regulated screening, references or human judgement.
Website: www.safehire.ai
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