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- The Active Standard: a significant milestone for the future of the UK’s physical activity sector
- A national health strategy needs physical activity at its heart
- The Churchill Fellows series: a spotlight on research into physical activity in cancer care
- There’s a solution to our health crisis already contributing £100bn and it’s a long-term fix
- Fit for the Future? What to expect from the Government’s first Budget
- The powerful role of partnerships – bridging the gap between academia and industry
- The Churchill Fellows series: Active Ageing: Lessons from Europe and Japan on physical activity for dementia care
- Beyond National Fitness Day: Team GB weightlifting star Emily Campbell shares her thoughts on the importance of physical activity year-round
- National Fitness Day, the view from David Vaux: the importance of physical activity for musculoskeletal conditions
- National Fitness Day, the view from Dr Sonia Adesara: exercise and physical activity are the wonder pill for women’s health
- National Fitness Day, the view from Dr Xand Van Tulleken: the hidden power of exercise
- Community MSK activity hubs: a viable alternative for positive health improvements
- National Fitness Day, the view from Professor Greg Whyte OBE: Can exercise and daily activity improve brain health?
- National Fitness Day, the view from Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi: Embracing the power of movement
- Our gyms, pools and leisure centres can deliver change at the heart of communities
- Programmatic: the future of advertising in gyms
- GE24: Separating fact from fiction
- How can operators make the most of their digital strategy to boost revenue and enhance member experience?
- Protecting your business: how Ofgem is working to support the energy challenges facing the physical activity sector
- Withdrawal of BT Redcare: What does this mean for your leisure organisation?
- Our sector is growing – now we have the data reporting to reach our full potential
- Uniting for growth: what can large clubs and independent gyms learn from one another?
- Low-key Spring Budget build-up means bigger decisions lie ahead
- Fit for Office: Supporting MPs to realise the true value of physical activity for themselves and their communities
- Safer Spaces to Move: what’s happening in 2024?
- Active Uprising 2024: A day that inspired and challenged us all
- Destratification fans: a smart investment for sports and leisure facilities in 2024
- The importance of workplace activity wellbeing in the winter months
- Playing our part: the role of the physical activity sector in supporting equality, diversity and inclusion
- Previewing the Autumn Statement 2023
- A view from Party Conferences: where are the main parties in their journey to get the nation more active?
- Excitement is growing for the ukactive Awards 2023
- The importance of data and insight for the future physical activity sector
- European Mental Health Week: The impact of physical activity on mental health in the workplace
- Exercise to music. Just press play, right?
- How ‘youth voice’ will be the loudest in opening school facilities, thanks to the ukactive Research Institute
- The value of open-water swimming coaching to the sector and the nation
- A movement united in seeking change
- Why digital adoption is crucial for success in the children’s activity sector
- How are you feeling? Building better mental health in 2023
- Rishi Sunak can be the first PM to harness physical activity for the national good
- We need whole-sector collaboration to drive digital transformation
- Helping you succeed and grow in 2023
- Innovating to keep older adults physically active
- Making every contact count: How the fitness sector can help reduce the high cost of physical inactivity
- What to expect from the Autumn Statement 2022
- Open Doors and open young minds to the power of physical activity
- Special report: Keeping young people active with Open Doors
- Leading our sector into the future: ukactive member survey 2022
- Why nutrition coaches are important to the fitness industry
- The business of physical activity can boost health and economic growth for new PM
- Are you fishing from your data reservoir yet?
- Supporting more young people with mental health training
- Striving for a world-class membership experience
- National Fitness Day 2022 can support the UK to prioritise health and wellbeing
- Free summer holiday camps for Ukrainian children
- Collaboration between the fitness and leisure sector and business is key to drive growth in workplace physical activity
- Our unified voice and vision stand us in good stead for a new political chapter
- One step at a time: Setting the right foundations for digital transformation
- How PTs can earn the trust of GPs
- Energy drinks and young people
- Investment in digitalisation is essential to the future prosperity of the sector
- Are child attitudes towards PE at crisis point?
- Navigating the evolving learning landscape
- Together, ukactive and Sport England can help shift the dial on inequalities in physical activity
- Is it time to go beyond the sweat?
- The art of ‘training the mind to think’
- There’s never been a more important time for swimming and swimming teachers
- Growing Together: reflections on Children’s Mental Health Week 2022
- What does the Spring Statement mean for ukactive members?
- Taking action to address stress
- How we are growing as a sector to support women and girls
- How reduced COVID-19 restrictions will affect the return to exercise
- Can a negative relationship with PE be handed down from parent to child?
- Recognise and celebrate your achievements through the ukactive Awards 2022
- Prioritising the people behind a national plan for sport and recreation
- Looking differently at leisure places as spaces for chronic pain management
- Government must change its muddled approach to physical activity policy
- Looking after our mental health at Christmas and beyond
- Help us help you and we’ll achieve our shared ambition
- Success overseas
- Progressing the inclusion agenda in swimming
- This Sector Can: Our shared ambition to get more women and girls active
- Welcome return of face-to-face Fitness Trainer competition final
- COP26: Committing to sustainability in the sport and physical activity sector
- Fitness routines since the big reopening: what’s the story?
- Health and community on future high streets
- Rethinking exercise: focusing on activity
- A message from ukactive Chair, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
- Supporting healthy longevity
- The secret to Building Back Fitter lies in unlocking our sector’s potential
- Your passion fuels National Fitness Day so join us in celebrating its 10th anniversary
- Third place theory: how fitness businesses can build community online
- The real impact of mental health training in colleges
- The essential role our sector can play for disabled people
- Digital Futures: The opportunity and imperative for fitness and leisure operators
- It’s time to celebrate our industry
- Opening doors of opportunity for every child
- Time to unlock our sector’s full role in social prescribing
- Building the successful gym of the future
- The PM called on fitness support, now our ageing nation needs the same
- Save the date! National Fitness Day is coming and it’s more important than ever
- No substitute for experience when training specialists and professionals
- Our sector’s story is unfinished – together we can write the next chapter
- How AI can transform your gym business
- Celebrating the return of group exercise
- We must safeguard our free fitness legacy platform for NHS staff
- High Five! Let’s grab that group exercise energy and spirit
- Tackling sedentary behaviour in the workforce
- Politics driven by urgency: There’s no place for indifference in our response to COVID-19
- Millions will be celebrating the return of group activity indoors
- What it means to be back
- Support Team GB and ParalympicsGB’s Travel to Tokyo challenge and help families get active ahead of Tokyo Games
- Building on our community assets and raising the bar on memberships through social prescribing
- Four tips to help your freelance trainers stay connected as in-person classes return
- Now is the time to recognise hard work, talent and achievement in our sector
- Becoming central players in health and social care delivery
- We need phased programming for a safe return to exercise after COVID-19
- State of the Independents report shows good recovery in second half of 2020
- Take exercise, not tablets – that’s NICE advice
- Building back greener
- Five things PTs want in 2021
- Recover, revive, renew
- Harnessing digital design and behavioural economics to change fitness behaviours
- We have an essential role in Long Covid recovery
- How to future-proof your fitness business for a post-pandemic world
- Opening the conversation around student mental health
- How automation can help us meet today’s challenges
- Bouncing back and the boutique experience
- Preparing the community for social prescribing
- How lockdown has affected the gender gap in activity levels
- Making sense of this year’s vocational exams
- Delivering the sector’s evidence to Westminster
- Managing ‘people risk’ in your business: sports and leisure sector spotlight
- Our children’s health is in crisis and we need a proper plan to get them moving again
- A time to reflect and help others
- The UK’s relationship with partners across Europe has never been more important than it is now
- Exercise and the vaccine
- National Summit 2020: Lessons for a better future
- Lockdown mindset lessons
- The rising demand for EPA assessors
- The fitness and leisure sector: a frontline of the NHS
- Data is central to proving the fitness and leisure sector is safe
- Together: Celebrating our industry’s newest personal trainers
- Leading the change at the National Summit 2020
- Together: Online fitness—risk and insurance
- Simple tips to boost your mood as the clocks go back
- Launching the Learning & Development Network
- Together: How has COVID-19 impacted recruitment in fitness?
- Dancing with We Are Undefeatable during the Great British Week of Sport
- Supporting our young people through the Great British Week of Sport
- ‘Fitness is the best gift of all’ – Lucy Wyndham-Read
- Disability school sport returns during the Great British Week of Sport
- ‘There is no situation, there is no age and no condition where exercise is not a good thing’
- Resistance training plays a strong role in National Fitness Day and Great British Week of Sport
- We can use physical activity and mindfulness to support the nation
- Despite declining levels of activity, lockdown lessons point the way forward
- We all have a part to play in helping children realise their potential – the Great British Week of Sport is the perfect chance to get involved
- Sport has always had the ability to ignite change – #BeActive and feel better
- An opportunity for unity with the Great British Week of Sport
- Will you go out with me? National GetOutside Day will help more people be active outside during Great British Week of Sport
- RunSome support active travel for the Great British Week of Sport
- ‘Everyone can dance’ – Para Dance UK reveals plans for Great British Week of Sport
- Rowing gives huge boost of confidence to ‘un-sporty’ kids – Fulham Reach Boat Club supports Great British Week of Sport
- Boost the morale of your workforce through National Fitness Day
- What is bipolar ionisation air purification and how can it help us fight COVID-19?
- Let’s unite our sector and tell our story using the Great British Week of Sport
- Together: Why Premier Global NASM is backing the Great British Week of Sport and National Fitness Day
- Together: Focusing on the delivery of specific health outcomes
- Reactivating the Physical Activity Sector
- Supporting people to build health resilience through regular physical activity
- Together: Adapting for a fitter future
- Together: Supporting the sector to reopen
- Together: Digital workouts – a view from the Netherlands
- Together: Actively proud, all year round
- Together: The secret to re-engaging gym members is easier than you think
- Together: Proud to give back to the NHS
- Together: No better time for physical activity in the workplace to be a national conversation
- Together: Open schools over the summer – the catch-up cure
- Together: Recruitment in fitness after lockdown
- Together: Thriving gyms and personal trainers after lockdown
- Together: Nurturing inclusivity after COVID-19
- Opportunities in the digital fitness age
- Together: Making the case for reopening gyms and leisure centres
- Exercise: The wonder drug
- Together: Supporting young people’s wellbeing in a home environment
- Together: A pandemic to learn from
- Together: Capitalising on lessons learned during COVID-19 to build better facilities for the future
- Unlocking the mental health continuum conundrum in light of Covid-19
- Together: What does Coronavirus mean for the digital future of the physical activity sector?
- Together: Now more than ever, businesses need to work hard to keep their members and workforce engaged
- Together: How ukactive Kids members are rising to the challenges posed by Coronavirus
- Welcome to our new Together series, at a time when collaboration is needed more than ever
- Why now is the time to develop your skills as a Fitness Professional
- As a sector we need to come together and be more inclusive
- Introducing the Learning & Development Network
- “Sport and physical activity has the power to change young lives – it changed mine”
- From Budget to Spending Review: a critical moment for the physical activity sector to influence Government
- Winning at the ukactive Awards helped us to improve our business
- Debunking the myths around apprenticeships
- Let’s end the contradiction in value
- Christmas – A time to reflect
- The most important election in a generation
- Social prescribing – are you ready?
- Manifestos off the mark when it comes to putting prevention at the heart of General Election
- Challenging youth violence through sport and physical activity
- We must be bold to make physical activity part of tomorrow’s high street
- Why government must put social prescription at the heart of the preventative health strategy
- Driving quality for learners and providers
- Moving office – a chance to improve health and wellbeing
- How EMS can help the high street
- Celebrating excellence and raising standards
- Showcasing inclusivity at Stoke Mandeville Stadium as part of the European Week of Sport
- Older people can be role models too
- Prevention in the 2020’s: Fit-Tech’s Role
- Strong is not a size; New Chief Medical Officer Guidelines Highlight Muscle Strengthening Benefits
- Sport and physical activity have the power to unite our divided nation
- Muscle strengthening was the ‘forgotten guideline’ but new CMO advice means it’s time for our sector to raise awareness of its importance
- Apprenticeships: not just for school leavers!
- Tackling the challenge of workplace wellbeing
- ukactive partners with Team GB, ParalympicsGB and Ed Coms to get families moving with Travel to Tokyo
- Have your say on the government’s Prevention Green Paper with our ukactive member consultation
- Why every gym needs a silver lining
- European Week of Sport and National Fitness Day are stronger than ever
- ukactive members can help us support Change4Life and get kids moving, with free Disney resources
- Are you sitting comfortably? (Then it’s time to stand up)
- Breaking down barriers to empower women to be active
- We want our members to shape our development
- Staying sharp through continuous learning and development
- Acting on what we learn
- Research Institute presents at major international academic conference
- Fitness operators can lead the healthy high street revolution
- Learning with the best on the Future Leaders programme
- Elevate Kids – engaging generation inactive
- Meticulous attention to detail and great diversity revealed by Active Uprising finalists
- Elevate a fitting way to end the trade show season
- Fitness innovation is booming, from Manchester to Cologne
- Collaborating for Success
- Elevate: an opportunity to bring together the health and physical activity communities
- An opportunity to come together at FIBO
- Collaboration is key: nothing’s off the table
- Social prescribing: The leisure sector can be the frontline of the NHS
- The dark web – how to avoid getting hit by cyber criminals
- The physical activity sector is ready to play its part in reducing knife crime
- Harnessing the power of immersive technologies for the health of the nation
- The low-down on Elevate 2019
- It’s time employers set an example by tackling mental health issues
- Reasons to attend Sweat 2019…with performance nutritionist and ukactive Avenger Ben Coomber
- The pillars of success
- Drawing on experience: how older fitness trainers could inspire a new generation of activity
- Organisations in physical activity are struggling to spend their levy – but why?
- Digital innovation lights way for the future of the physical activity workforce
- Reaching out to the dementia community
- Can fitness operators save our high streets?
- Uniting an active nation – opportunities
- Reflection on 2018 – a year of progress through partnerships
- Making the news during the Brexit blackout
- Why exercise is critical to combat poor mental health
- The importance of mental health awareness for the physical activity sector
- Future Fit Training announces new partnership with ukactive to promote learning and development in the sector
- Studio cycling and a chance to ride higher
- Swimming: more than just a lifesaving skill
- Not just an industry knees-up – the clue is in the word ‘training’
- Don’t forget! Bodyweight resistance training a great option to meet the guidelines
- Information on a bigger scale: a closer look at active leisure trends
- CAPA research findings show a great example of supporting older adults to be more active
- Building a better evidence base for physical activity interventions
- Towards open science in sport, exercise and physical activity
- Reflections on National Fitness Day 2018
- Rising to the Sport England challenge
- Physical Activity for ALL
- Is Age Just a Number?
- Reimagining Ageing: Getting involved
- Being more active doesn’t have to be difficult
- The impacts of physical activity on health are tremendous
- Becoming a social hub
- Creating Healthy High Streets
- Personal Trainer Apprenticeship Standard – not before time!
- Barbara Keely MP: National Fitness Day to bring out the fun of fitness
- Sharon Hodgson MP: Why I’m getting behind National Fitness Day 2018
- How can our sector make a meaningful impact independent of Government?
- An inside look at Golf on Referral
- English Devolution: what does it mean for the physical activity sector?
- Active Training Awards – a high point in our calendar
- The active revolution: tech changing the way we move
- Are fitness aggregators creating value, or just taking some of yours?
- Employers need support to leverage the levy
- ActiveLab Video Series: The fit-tech start-ups helping inactive populations get moving
- Education AND Training is the way to developing a highly skilled and professional workforce
- As The NHS Turns 70, Here’s Why We Need A ‘Sure Start For The Elderly’ And A Better Childhood Obesity Plan
- Community spirit: what can we learn from the rise in boutique fitness?
- Breaking the frame
- Together we are stronger
- How can gyms do their bit to reduce plastic waste?
- The Impact of physical activity on crime and anti-social behaviour
- The vital ingredients missing from Jamie Oliver’s childhood obesity strategy
- How can new technology remove the barriers to activity for disabled people?
- The apprenticeship model in our sector is established and successful
- Why We Can’t Wait For Westminster To Move On Health Inequality
- Replicate good practice but don’t duplicate existing regulated activity
- We must ensure the Professional Workforce Strategy takes into account the evolving reforms in technical education and apprenticeships
- How can fitness professionals be equipped to improve their clients’ wellbeing?
- Retaining top talent within our sector
- Spreading the message – the importance of good communications for the physical activity sector
- Can physical activity tackle the UK’s loneliness crisis?
- ukactive in Westminster: a review of 2017
- Making 2018 the year of action
- How to improve customer relationships through data
- With Marc Woods as CIMSPA Chair and the wealth of activity planned for next year, 2018 looks to be very promising
- An encouraging and supportive environment is crucial to encourage people to exercise
- Shaping the future of fitness education
- Why pool-based fitness is the next big trend
- How popular culture influences us to be more active
- Moving more, ageing well: how can physical activity help solve the social care crisis?
- Letting employees take the lead on workplace wellness
- Tackling inactivity: is it time to look abroad?
- Building the case for an active nation
- Setting the benchmark: wellness hubs
- We look forward to continuing to work closely with CIMSPA
- Activity: a prescription for loneliness
- Are we doing enough to maximise revenue from the pool?
- Government needs to take physical activity seriously
- ‘Fitprofessionals: using the power of influencing to educate’
- Misplaced priorities? Physical activity should be the backbone of the skills agenda
- An evolving sector that recognises its place in the world
- Making physical activity the obvious choice
- Turning mental health words into actions
- Is physical activity the ultimate second chance?
- What is the real value of leading an active life?
- We need stability, consistency and continuity, as workforce development organisations navigate their way through the education reforms
- To be truly inclusive our sector must do more to embrace disabled people
- General Election 2017 – assessment and next steps
- Promoting positive mental health – getting a-‘head’ of the game
- Want to get children moving? Let them take the lead
- Keeping data secure should become a priority for the physical activity sector
- The Change Game
- It is of paramount importance that the system ensures chances to deliver the “asks” of the employers they seek to serve
- Further clarification on the Apprenticeship Levy is required for sector employers navigating the new system
- Head of ukactive Kids Jack Shakespeare speaks about battling childhood physical inactivity
- Our job is to collectively shape the Post-16 Skills Plan and ensure our sector gets the recognition it deserves
- ActiveLab Live! Panellist Tom Halls talks about the gamification of physical activity
- Progress and momentum has been made toward CIMSPA’s ‘single set of standards,’ although there is still work to do
- It’s the Year of the Rooster as Water Babies makes a big splash, exporting baby swimming to China!
- Education is key to a safe and active Britain
- Rise to the challenge
- Future Leaders 2016 Review – Joe Robinson
- The ukactive National Summit Experience
- The Path to fitness – How to prevent injuries whilst training
- 3 Ways a Custom Branded Fitness App Can Help You Build More Brand Awareness
- Time is more valuable than money
- It’s National Baby Swimming Week – ten good reasons why families should join in the splash!
- Navigating the youth activity landscape
- What does it really take to get more people more active?
- Time to break up the boys’ club in sport and activity
- Our female leaders must inspire the nation to get active, from the top
- The Challenge of Digital: What Can the Fitness Sector Learn from Other Industries?
- At Flame 2016, keynote speaker Stefan Hyttfors, will explore whether the sector is ready to take ‘the jump’
- Gym Memberships Reach an All Time High, What is the Future of Fitness in the UK?
- Engaging Young People in the Physical Activity Sector
- Raising the Bar
- Too fat to work?
- Charity partnership encourages Slimming World members to get active
- Real Life : Turning Research Into Practice
- Working together for an active future
- The end of the big box? A rebellion has broken out…
- Category: COVID-19
- Category: Events
- Category: governance
- Category: Government
- Category: Journal
- Category: News
- ukactive launches The Active Standard to unify and raise standards across the UK physical activity sector
- ukactive warns Chancellor of threat to national health as physical activity sector reveals impact of Budget on prices, jobs and growth
- ukactive and CIMSPA to develop support for physical activity sector in its approach to GLP-1
- A step to ‘fix the foundations’ but sport, recreation and physical activity sector left absent from role it can play in supporting economy and health of the nation
- Sector leaders call on Government to use Budget to drive physical activity and make UK most active nation in Europe, as Sport England report shows £100bn social value
- Physical activity must form part of prevention strategy alongside weight-loss drugs – joint statement from ukactive and CIMSPA
- ukactive Awards 2024 winners revealed! Sector celebrates national heroes, progress and growth
- Communities come together to celebrate National Fitness Day 2024!
- Family Fitness Face-off! Over half of adults think they were more active as kids than today’s generation but just two in five kids think their parents are fit and healthy
- Government must match our ambition to harness full power of sport, recreation and physical activity
- Olympic weightlifter Emily Campbell joins National Fitness Day campaign with message that strength training is for everyone
- ukactive statement on Lord Darzi’s NHS report
- Maisie Summers-Newton calls for nation to get active as Paralympic GB swimmer joins National Fitness Day 2024
- Report on trailblazing MSK Hubs pilot offers hope to millions suffering musculoskeletal pain
- Sports Minister joins National Sector Partners Group at Parliamentary reception for MPs
- We want to be more active! Children and young people reveal motivations to move as screen time explodes from 11 to 14
- Finalists announced for the ukactive Awards 2024 – find out who’s made it!
- London Aquatics Centre to host National Fitness Day kick-off as summer of sport returns to communities
- GE24: People want our next Government to prioritise prevention
- Eight in 10 Brits want next Government to prioritise prevention rather than weight-loss drugs to tackle health crisis
- Scottish adults reveal decline in physical activity as ukactive warns of major impact on health and economy
- GE24: Manifestos – game over, or all to play for?
- Leading bodies for health, sport, recreation, fitness and leisure urge party leaders to commit to making UK most active nation in Europe
- GE24: Debate debuts, campaign clangers and more on the way
- ukactive launches enhanced Digital Futures consultation as fourth year of programme drives sector’s digital maturity
- GE24: A week is a long time in politics
- ukactive supports letter to party leaders calling for greater focus on rehabilitation in communities
- Opening School Facilities: ukactive’s role in going beyond the numbers
- ukactive and partners celebrate success of Opening School Facilities programme
- National report reveals growing consumer demand for gyms and leisure centres as ukactive calls for Government to slash health costs for NHS and business
- ukactive announces Governance restructure as 30 new representatives join Member Council groups
- ukactive calls on Government to help drive growth as gyms, pools and leisure centres report continued pressure from energy costs
- Date announced for National Fitness Day 2024 as physical activity sector prepares celebrations for communities across UK
- Active Lives 2022-23: Sport, recreation and physical activity sector calls for stronger measures to reduce inequalities
- ukactive responds to Government’s welfare reform announcement
- Parliamentarians prove they are ‘Fit for Office’ as Westminster’s physical activity champions crowned
- ukactive Awards 2024 get set for Birmingham as entries open for sector’s greatest prize
- Physical activity sector bodies unite to drive industry standards
- Private fitness operators report 10.2% growth in memberships since 2022 as ukactive and 4GLOBAL publish first Private Sector Benchmarking report
- Cross-sector collaboration sees fitness and leisure facilities continue safety improvements with ‘Ask for Angela’ pilot
- A missed opportunity for Government to realise its own ambitions: Sport, recreation and physical activity sector responds to Spring Budget
- MPs begin physical activity challenge ‘Fit for Office’ following Westminster health checks with TV’s Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi and colleagues
- ukactive and Myzone call on politicians to prove they are ‘Fit for Office’ with physical activity challenge
- ‘Deploy physical activity sector to help save NHS and economy’ – Mike Farrar’s message to Government at Active Uprising
- National Sector Partners Group for sport, recreation and physical activity meet with Shadow Minister for Sport Stephanie Peacock
- Patients to benefit from NHS physiotherapy in gyms under pilot from ukactive and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust
- Lionesses legend Jill Scott and Sports Minister Stuart Andrew join speakers for Active Uprising 2024
- January gyms: Over half of Brits go to the gym to manage a health condition
- There’s no growth without health: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer must prioritise our physical activity in 2024
- New Year, New Mindset: elevating gym member wellness through the power of music
- Sport and physical activity sector leaders urge Government to work with sector as new evidence shows stark inequalities limiting our most vulnerable children’s life chances
- ukactive and Nike reveal results of Open Doors 2023 with more girls experiencing benefits of physical activity
- Active Uprising 2024 heads to London with agenda for growth and improving nation’s health
- Third Digital Futures report shows rewards for operators investing in digital strategy
- ukactive launches Sustainable Futures programme to support physical activity sector’s move to net zero
- ‘Growth depends on health’: Sport, recreation and physical activity sector responds to Autumn Statement 2023
- ukactive launches inclusion self-assessment tool to help accelerate sector’s ambition to become the most inclusive industry
- Health and fitness services remain at risk as gyms, swimming pools and leisure facilities report ongoing energy cost pressures
- Rates rise threatens future of town and city centres
- The importance of baby and toddler swimming
- National Fitness Day 2023 reaches 88 million people as campaign puts spotlight on lifelong health
- ukactive Awards winners revealed as sector unites in Leeds for a night of celebration
- New information hub launched to help sport, recreation and physical activity sector reduce environmental impact
- World Heart Day 2023: The life-saving value of exercise referral
- Mental health the main motivation for exercise but three-quarters of Brits don’t know recommended activity levels – National Fitness Day survey
- REVEALED: The dream workout partners Brits most want to exercise with!
- UK lags behind European neighbours on activity as sector bodies unite in drive to make the UK the most active nation in Europe
- ukactive announces first-ever National Fitness Day app with prizes to help get the UK moving
- ukactive and 4GLOBAL announce three-year strategic partnership to improve data and insight for UK health and fitness sector
- There’s a bigger role for sport and physical activity
- ukactive responds to Government’s sports strategy as part of National Sector Partners Group
- ukactive and partners ramp up plans for National Fitness Day, as thousands of facilities prepare with one month to go
- Finalists revealed for the ukactive Awards 2023 after entries received from across the sector
- Applications open for ukactive Board member to help drive commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
- STA named headline sponsor for ukactive’s prestigious annual awards as shortlisting begins
- ukactive and Nike launch third annual Open Doors programme to unlock school sports facilities and help address the gender gap by getting more girls active
- Your Health is for Life: ukactive announces theme for National Fitness Day 2023 as Movember and Endurance Zone named campaign partners
- Vision 2030: ukactive reports on progress and sets new milestones in strategy to get more people active
- The choices we face for our nation’s health: ukactive CEO Huw Edwards’ opening speech at Elevate
- Clemency Lion joins Marianne Boyle and Jules Booker as newest members of ukactive’s Executive team
- ukactive launches 2023 Digital Futures Consultation in collaboration with Sport England
- ukactive Awards heading to Leeds Armouries in 2023 as entries open for sector’s biggest prize
- This Girl Can and ukactive join forces on guidance for gyms and leisure centres to support safer spaces for women
- ukactive responds to Sport England’s Active Lives Survey 2021-22
- Sweat 2023 speakers say ‘bring it back to basics’ to thrive in current economy
- ukactive’s Everyone Can report reveals what disabled people want from the fitness and leisure sector
- Spring Budget: ukactive highlights opportunities for physical activity sector to drive growth
- ukactive responds to Government’s swimming pool financial support announcement
- Sweat 2023 line-up announced in new partnership with PerformX Live
- Up to £57m investment received for schools to open their sports facilities to support communities to be more active
- Leading bodies for health, sport, fitness and leisure urge Prime Minister to intervene as grassroots facilities face ‘final straw’ if energy relief ends
- Major study on physical activity support for Long-COVID patients launched by ukactive, Sport England and Sheffield Hallam University
- Call for greater support remains following energy crisis meeting with Sports Minister
- Trailblazing pilot sees musculoskeletal programme expand to 100 leisure centres as ukactive ramps up activity therapy service
- Leading bodies issue urgent plea to Government to support grassroots sport and physical activity sector
- ukactive Chair Mike Farrar sets out vision for physical activity sector’s role in national renewal
- Myzone Group CEO Dave Wright joins ukactive Board and GLL’s Mark Sesnan reappointed
- ukactive calls for review of Energy Bills Discount Scheme to support energy intensive gyms, pools and leisure centres
- ukactive and Myzone announce winners of inaugural Parliamentary Physical Activity Challenge
- ukactive warns of ongoing threat to children and young people despite return to pre-pandemic activity levels
- Everyone Can: Three leaders share their views on disability inclusion in the physical activity sector
- Digital Futures 2022 report from ukactive and Sport England charts sector’s progress on digital maturity
- ‘Clarity and commitment needed to preserve the nation’s physical, mental and social wellbeing’: Sport, recreation and physical activity sector responds to the Autumn Statement
- WATCH: Open Doors summer programme from ukactive and Nike reaches more children and young people than ever
- Forty per cent of council areas at risk of leisure centre and swimming pool closures and restrictions before April without immediate support
- BEIS Commission: Energy Bill Relief Scheme review
- Amy Williams, Victoria O’Byrne and Katy Cox join ukactive Board of Directors
- ukactive and Myzone announce Parliamentary Physical Activity Challenge for MPs and Peers
- ukactive responds to Government’s plans to help cut energy bills for businesses
- Let’s get physical – ukactive and ITN Business make ‘Fitness for Everyone’ this National Fitness Day
- National Fitness Day launches with a bang as thousands of free events take place across UK
- ukactive statement on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II
- ukactive calls on new PM Liz Truss to stop energy crisis becoming major physical and mental health crisis
- One month to go! Plans gather pace for National Fitness Day as sector unites to help nation prioritise health and wellbeing
- ukactive and Nike launch Open Doors summer programme to provide sport and food to children and young people as health inequalities grow
- ukactive and Battle Cancer form strategic partnership to help grow engagement and improve cancer recovery
- NSPG response to National Audit Office report: Grassroots participation in sport and physical activity
- ‘Unlock the potential of sport, recreation and physical activity to improve the health and wellbeing of the nation’ urge sector leaders
- Fitness and leisure operators offered free digital score tool in ukactive’s Digital Futures consultation 2022
- UK health pilot to explore how untapped potential of leisure facilities could save millions from painful MSK conditions and billions for NHS
- School building supervisor scoops UK’s first Active School Hero Award for inspiring pupils to be physically active
- ukactive Awards winners announced as sector reunites in celebration
- This Girl Can teams up with ukactive and CIMSPA to help the leisure sector workforce make their spaces safer and more inclusive for women
- ukactive sets out first set of key milestones in delivery of Vision 2030
- ukactive responds to Government’s extension of the PE and Sport Premium
- Fitness and leisure sector holds key to getting nation’s workforce physically active and saving UK economy up to £17bn a year
- ukactive launches Everyone Can Task Force as sector leaders unite to drive improvement in physical activity for disabled people
- Former NHS leader Mike Farrar announced as new Chair of ukactive from August
- Radical rethink required to boost health and productivity across UK workforce – new report from ukactive
- ukactive and Nike launch blueprint for unlocking nation’s school sport facilities outside of school hours
- Sector leaders call for urgent action from Government as energy costs put leisure facilities and pools at risk of closure within six months
- ukactive Kids and Nike announce first ever UK finalists for Active School Hero
- Active Uprising breakout sessions announced as excitement builds for ukactive’s flagship event
- ukactive and Sport England announce five-year systems partnership to drive sector progress and tackle inequalities
- Finalists revealed for ukactive Awards 2022
- Active Lives Survey underlines case for sector support to combat health inequalities
- Energy price rises pose ‘clear and present threat’ to swimming pools, MPs warned
- ukactive announces theme for Active Uprising 2022 as flagship event returns
- This Mum Moves set to expand after pilot shows improved confidence among healthcare professionals to promote physical activity
- ukactive report reveals largest national COVID-19 safety data set – representing over 240 million visits to gyms, pools and leisure centres
- ukactive responds to Chancellor’s Spring Statement
- Spring Statement 2022: Statement by the National Sector Partners Group representing the sport, recreation and physical activity sector
- ukactive raises concerns with Government as energy costs double for gyms, pools and leisure centres, threatening services and levelling up ambitions
- Sport Environment and Climate Coalition statement on climate change and environmental sustainability
- ukactive announces ‘Fitness for Everyone’ – a new programme in collaboration with ITN Productions Industry News
- ukactive Kids and Nike expand Active School Hero to every school in the UK following huge success in England
- How ukactive members can help Ukraine
- ukactive responds to Government’s ‘Living with Covid’ strategy
- ukactive announces new Membership Council to represent sector and help drive shared ambition for growth
- Save lives in your facility and local community with a defibrillator
- Physical activity sector has essential role to play in Government’s levelling up ambitions
- Sweat 2022 line-up announced as industry experts plot next chapter for boutique fitness sector
- Levelling Up will require a ‘Public Health Chancellor’ if we are going to begin national recovery from COVID
- ukactive Awards and Active Uprising heading to Birmingham in 2022 as entries open
- Leading the Change report calls for Government to help reduce pressure on NHS by backing social prescribing in fitness and leisure sector
- ukactive urges the Government to think again on Chancellor’s Omicron business support package
- ukactive response to Chancellor’s announcement on Omicron business support
- ukactive calls on Government to again recognise physical activity sector as safe and essential ahead of critical January period
- Digital Futures report from ukactive and Sport England shows need for digital revolution in fitness and leisure
- ukactive responds to House of Lord’s Sport and Recreation Report
- ukactive responds to Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People Survey
- Confidence in UK fitness and leisure sector safety remains very high as operators show less than one COVID-19 case per 100,000 visits since April reopening
- Record-breaking 22.7 million Brits were active on National Fitness Day, ukactive reveals
- ukactive and This Girl Can launch practical guide for gyms and leisure centres to support more women and girls to be active
- Sport, recreation and physical activity sector responds to the Autumn Budget and Spending Review
- ukactive responds to Sport England’s Active Lives Survey
- ukactive Conference podcast special: Moving on, moving up, moving together
- ukactive Conference podcast special: Creating better incentives for physical activity
- Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson sets out shared ambition with Government in final speech at ukactive Conference
- Read Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson’s ukactive Conference speech
- Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson to hand over role as ukactive Chair in 2022
- ukactive and Sport England unite to understand workplace activity provision and needs of workforce
- Matty Lee, Tanni Grey-Thompson and Nigel Huddleston call for nation to get moving as millions join National Fitness Day celebrations
- ukactive reveals how Government can support unlocking fitness and leisure sector to get over five million more people active by 2030
- Less than a third of Brits are happy with their fitness levels following COVID pandemic – as National Fitness Day calls for a revolution in activity
- Sarah Howard and Sir Keith Mills revealed as keynote speakers for ukactive Conference
- ukactive responds to report on future of public leisure services from LGA, APSE and CLOA
- Industry celebrates 10th anniversary of National Fitness Day as ukactive announces new award in honour of founder Jan Spaticchia
- UK fitness and leisure sector continues to set benchmark for safety and COVID-19 reporting following reopening
- National Fitness Day Activity Finder goes live with one month to go
- ukactive launches Everyone Can consultation to examine fitness and leisure provision for disabled people
- Winners of ukactive Awards revealed as physical activity sector demonstrates excellence in face of adversity
- ukactive launches Digital Futures in latest step to accelerate sector’s transformation
- Countdown begins to National Fitness Day, 22 September: Tanni Grey-Thompson says UK must go for gold in global physical activity rankings
- ukactive responds to DCMS Committee’s ‘Sport in our Communities’ report
- ukactive responds to Government’s National Disability Strategy
- ukactive Conference announced for October with sector uniting to plan recovery and development
- ukactive and Nike announce winner of Active School Hero 2021 for inspiring primary school children to be active
- ukactive and Nike announce Open Doors programme in four cities to give vulnerable young people access to sport and physical activity over summer
- ukactive launches consultation on social prescribing and other health links to uncover physical activity sector’s full potential
- ukactive responds to Government’s update on Step 4 reopening in England
- Public Leisure ‘Recover and Reform’ – a joint statement from ukactive and the Local Government Association
- ukactive and Community Leisure UK announce new partnership to help support sector recovery and development
- Regional winners announced for Active School Hero as England celebrates primary school staff getting children moving more
- ukactive report sets out key role sector can play in getting our ageing nation active
- Finalists revealed for ukactive Awards following toughest year on record
- ukactive says European Health & Fitness Market Report provides further evidence of support required for recovery
- ukactive welcomes Government’s commitment to continue PE and Sport Premium
- ukactive welcomes Government’s announcement on rent relief
- ukactive responds to Prime Minister’s announcement on delay to Step 4 in England
- ukactive urges Government to set out business support measures to avoid ‘cliff-edge’ moment for the sector
- Unsung primary school heroes inspire kids to be active more than professional athletes do, say parents
- ukactive and ReferAll publish new data from UK’s first open access database for exercise referral schemes
- Indoor group exercise and sport begins to reopen across UK in health boost for communities
- ukactive Chair Tanni Grey-Thompson urges PM to deliver on Queen’s Speech as risk to gyms and leisure centres threatens recovery
- ukactive statement on the death of Jan Spaticchia, Chair of énergie Fitness and Vice Chair of BMF
- ukactive welcomes return of indoor gyms, pools, leisure facilities and group exercise classes in Wales
- ukactive responds to Active Lives Adult Survey showing drop in activity levels during pandemic
- ukactive partners with GGFit and 4global to show impact of COVID-19 on independent fitness clubs
- ukactive welcomes reopening of indoor gyms, pools and leisure facilities in Scotland and Northern Ireland this week
- ukactive Kids and Nike launch Active School Hero across England to celebrate unsung school staff inspiring children to be more active
- ukactive announces return of ukactive Awards for 2021
- CEO message to members: Reopening and the road ahead
- Obesity and exercise: Beyond the aesthetic
- ukactive responds to reopening plans for Wales
- ukactive welcomes announcement of new Office for Health Promotion
- The UK must act now to address the legacy of lockdown inactivity
- Building back fitter: A year on from lockdown, our challenge is bigger than obesity
- ukactive responds to Chancellor’s Spring Budget statement
- Spring Budget 2021: Invest in our sector’s recovery to rebuild a healthier nation
- ukactive estimates 400 gyms, pools and leisure centres already lost and further 2,400 at risk without greater support in Budget
- Could swimming pool closures lead to increased childhood morbidity and mortality?
- A roadmap to collective wellbeing
- National Sit-down: Brits admit sitting for more than 14 hours longer each week in lockdown, as health experts warn of risks to children and vulnerable
- Coalition of health bodies, athletes, academics and celebrities writes to Prime Minister, backing ukactive’s call for support
- Inspiration for the post-pandemic bounce back: leading industry experts announced for Sweat 2021
- ukactive welcomes £10m investment from Government to open schools for physical activity over holidays and after hours
- ukactive supports Activity Alliance survey findings in calling for greater focus on activity provision for disabled people
- EuropeActive and ukactive sign Memorandum of Understanding for an active alliance to enhance mutual collaboration
- Threat to gyms and leisure facilities could leave COVID patients without rehab and further damage our nation’s health
- ukactive responds to Sport England’s new 10-year strategy
- COVID-19 preys on our underlying health – physical activity must lead our nation’s recovery
- ukactive response to Active Lives Children and Young People Survey
- Generation C demands wellbeing in DNA of built environments, say experts at National Summit
- The Government’s reset moment must include public health
- Leading academics use National Summit to call for greater evidence and data-sharing to press value of physical activity sector
- ukactive welcomes £390m investment from Government to support vulnerable children and young people over school holidays
- Tanni Grey-Thompson, Andy Burnham and Jo Stevens use National Summit to call on Government to safeguard physical activity sector
- National Fitness Day 2020 inspires record 19 million people to be physically active as part of the Great British Week of Sport
- One week to go! Bear Grylls with BMF to launch National Fitness Day from Battersea Power Station
- Landmark report shows £85bn value of sport and physical activity, as Great British Week of Sport approaches
- ukactive and Les Mills announce Born To Move support to help schools and families get involved in Great British Week of Sport
- ukactive supports health ambitions of child poverty taskforce set up by Marcus Rashford
- ukactive launches the Great British Week of Sport to celebrate the power of being active
- ukactive, hospitality and retail trade bodies call for introduction of Property Bounceback Grant
- ukactive Awards postponed until 2021
- ukactive and WM Violence Reduction Unit expand Open Doors programme to engage more vulnerable young people in Birmingham
- ukactive statement on localised lockdowns
- ukactive offers full support to DW Sports’ organisational restructuring
- ukactive welcomes reopening date for physical activity sector in Wales
- ukactive welcomes planning reforms which open up high streets and towns to gyms and leisure facilities
- National Fitness Day 2020 aims to help UK bounce back from COVID-19 under the banner of ‘Fitness Unites Us’
- The Government wants to fight obesity – the ultimate prize is far greater
- ukactive calls for programme of taxation and regulation measures to put physical activity at heart of Government’s obesity strategy
- We need a fundamental change in the way physical activity is valued
- ukactive launches Independent Operators Steering Group
- Golf lessons help improve life satisfaction and strength for patients with chronic conditions, new study shows
- Physically active students have improved wellbeing and social connections, new survey from ukactive and partners shows
- ukactive Chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson writes to Prime Minister Boris Johnson on reopening plans
- ukactive announces plans for digital Active Uprising and National Summit as part of free events programme for 2020
- Together: A conversation about BAME representation across the sport and physical activity sector
- ukactive joins MPs and sector leaders to discuss COVID-19 impact on physical activity sector
- Gym workouts top list of activities the public is most looking forward to post-lockdown
- BMF with Bear Grylls to launch #BeActive Hour across Europe in lead up to National Fitness Day 2020
- ukactive unveils recommended framework for reopening the fitness and leisure sector safely
- ukactive and Sport England launch This Mum Moves workouts for pregnant women and new mums as more than half report activity drop during lockdown
- ukactive announces key policies needed to support reopening of physical activity sector
- ukactive statement on the death of Steve Franks, CEO of Water Babies
- ukactive Kids and Nike launch Move Crew programme to get kids moving
- 2,800 fitness facilities and 100,000 jobs at risk of being lost from high streets and communities within next 11 weeks
- Active Uprising and ukactive Awards postponed
- ukactive welcomes Budget 2020 support for physical activity sector
- Nike and ukactive Kids announce return of Active School Hero as programme expands from London to Birmingham
- Sweat 2020 offers clear vision of how to succeed in boutique fitness
- ukactive response to The Marmot Review, Health Equity in England
- ukactive announces partnership with HCA Healthcare UK to deliver workplace health and physical activity consultation
- ukactive announces two new reports as part of Business Intelligence service to help sector grow
- ukactive and Lawrence Dallaglio’s RugbyWorks launch Open Doors to support young people at risk of crime
- New report to offer fresh insight into impact of multi-operator fitness memberships
- ukactive submits Budget representation on behalf of physical activity sector
- International speakers and hottest boutique topics revealed for Sweat 2020 agenda
- miha bodytec extends partnership with ukactive’s flagship events
- ukactive announces ‘Together’ programme of events for members across the UK
- ukactive welcomes Government funding for its Schools-as-Community Hubs model
- ukactive and Sense launch research partnership to understand activity needs of families with disabled children
- ukactive bolsters management team with four new additions
- ukactive urges new Government to commit to investment in physical activity for nation’s health and wellbeing
- Hustings reveal cross-party support for ukactive policy calls ahead of General Election
- ukactive response to Sport England figures on activity levels of children and young people
- Sport and Recreation Alliance and ukactive announce speakers for sport and physical activity hustings
- ukactive statement in response to BBC Wales
- Sport and Recreation Alliance and ukactive to host hustings with main parties
- ukactive kicks-off latest survey to understand value of physical activity to students
- Professor Greg Whyte OBE joins ukactive Board of Directors
- Ground-breaking study shows fitter bodies could lead to fitter economies – ukactive response
- Physical activity sector challenges party leaders to commit to improving nation’s health in election manifestos
- Millions of people celebrated National Fitness Day 2019 as part of the European Week of Sport
- ukactive and EuropeActive pledge to continue working together after Brexit
- ukactive highlights full potential of sector in response to Sport England Active Lives Survey
- ukactive responds to Chief Medical Officer’s report, ‘Time to Solve Childhood Obesity’
- ukactive supports Travel to Tokyo where families and pupils join Olympic and Paralympic athletes to celebrate getting active
- Jessica Ennis-Hill, Kate Hardcastle and Tim Hollingsworth to speak at ukactive National Summit
- Young Londoners take to the water for European Week of Sport
- National Fitness Day– 5 Ways to Get Involved
- Brits spend twice as long making tea per week as exercising
- Personalised care will help NHS use physical activity as ‘miracle cure’, says ukactive Chair Tanni Grey-Thompson
- Spending Review 2019: Physical activity sector has the solutions for a health-focused economy
- Ashley Roberts and Locksmith join Darcey Bussell and Tanni Grey-Thompson for countdown to National Fitness Day 2019
- ukactive’s Strategic Partner Group explores customer centricity at the Shard
- Caroline Casey, Lord Gus O’Donnell and Helen Stokes-Lampard announced as speakers for ukactive National Summit 2019
- ukactive seeks new board members with expertise in public leisure and wider physical activity sector
- Launch of new travel research grants in physical activity for healthier lives
- ukactive National Summit to reveal active Britain of the future
- Huw Edwards appointed new CEO of ukactive
- ukactive responds to the appointment of the new Prime Minister
- ukactive responds to the School Sport and Activity Action Plan
- ‘Open our schools over the holidays’: parents back ukactive call to unlock community facilities
- ‘Silver pound’ could drive significant growth in public leisure, new research shows
- Physical activity sector’s finest revealed at largest ever ukactive Awards
- ukactive and Sport England announce new Communities of Learning platform as part of five major commitments to physical activity sector
- ukactive response to key All Party Group report on wellbeing economics
- Active students enjoy better mental health and are less likely to feel lonely, according to new research
- ukactive response to DCMS report on social impact of participation in culture and sport
- ukactive calls for government to stop disadvantaged children being ‘left behind’ by summer holiday lockout
- ukactive helps Barking Riverside design-in physical activity for blue water development
- ukactive kicks off This Mum Moves project with first insights from mothers and healthcare professionals
- ukactive response to Sport England Active Lives Survey 2019
- ukactive CEO recruitment update
- Children’s views show huge opportunity to get more young people active
- Four reasons to enter the ukactive Awards
- ukactive response to Spring Statement: Brexit continues to distract from major community issues
- ukactive reveals nine fit-tech start-ups selected for ActiveLab 2019
- ukactive partners with Mitigo to offer new member discount
- ukactive Kids partners with Nike to launch Active School Hero
- ukactive Awards expanded to celebrate breadth of physical activity sector
- Steven Ward to leave ukactive as CEO
- ukactive launches apprenticeship with Pearson to accelerate professionalisation of physical activity sector
- ukactive signs three-year strategic partnership with leading trade show Elevate
- Brand, experience and disruptors take centre stage as full agenda announced for boutique fitness event Sweat
- National Referral Database expansion holds key to improving exercise referral schemes
- Fitness sector gets off to a flyer in 2019
- ukactive’s Sweat 2019 to explore risk of ‘peak boutique’ in fitness
- ukactive submits response to DCMS inquiry on immersive and addictive technologies
- Sector leaders elected to ukactive Membership and Supplier Councils
- NHS 10-year plan: ukactive response
- The year ahead for ukactive
- UK leads Fit-Tech boom as ActiveLab accelerator sees record number of international applications
- ukactive Research Institute and AoC Sport investigate physical activity and sport among college students
- Big-hitters descend on Westminster to drive push for more active Britain
- First Active Lives Survey for children and young people underlines scale of inequality
- ukactive responds to largest ever behaviour change study
- ukactive calls for greater strategic alliance between sports governing bodies and leisure sector
- ukactive reveals winners of Active Training Awards 2018
- Video: New Total Fitness CEO Sophie Lawler talks about her first 100 days
- UK Spa Association and ukactive announce new membership alliance
- ukactive brings together disability champions to improve physical activity services through Everyone Can
- UK Anti-Doping and ukactive announce partnership to support clean sport and exercise
- ukactive responds to Health Secretary’s vision to put prevention at heart of policy
- ukactive responds to 2018 Budget: Missed opportunity for preventative health solutions
- Seize the FitTech Opportunity
- Five takeaways for the sector from the International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
- ukactive launches family activity programme to engage inactive residents in Hull
- Fitness and leisure sector driving up exercise levels in the UK, Active Lives Survey shows
- ukactive announces new partnership with disability charity Sense
- UK adults spend 12 hours a week watching on-demand TV but only 90 minutes exercising
- ukactive calls on Government to use childcare cash surplus to get disadvantaged kids active
- Get older people moving or face social care crisis, says ukactive report
- ukactive welcomes appointment of Tim Hollingsworth as Sport England CEO
- ukactive praises Meek Review for highlighting role of physical activity in offender rehabilitation
- Getting back in the swing: GPs urged to refer older patients for golf lessons
- Physical activity holds key to improving student mental health – new study
- Indoor cycling leads the way among exercise classes, shows Moving Communities report
- Steven Ward challenges boutique operators to grow the market for fitness
- Olympians hand teacher new award for getting pupils more active
- West Midlands commits to improving physical activity levels
- Government must grasp childhood obesity big picture
- ukactive thanks Jennie Price for leadership of Sport England
- ukactive and Sainsbury’s launch Active Kids holiday clubs
- Government encourages employers to get their staff moving
- ukactive and RSPH call for GPs in gyms
- ukactive submits evidence to childhood obesity inquiry
- ukactive launches online show The Fit Fix
- ukactive leaders set for active nation debate at Elevate
- ukactive CEO Steven Ward: Fit-Tech can be the cradle to grave game-changer for public health
- Baroness Grey-Thompson calls for collective effort to tackle childhood inactivity
- Why we need to think bigger than the Sugar Tax and obesity
- ukactive announces the new Fit-Tech start-ups set to revolutionise physical activity
- Government offers Brexit support to physical activity sector
- UK adults flocking to HIIT, new Active Lives Survey shows
- It takes a community to raise a child – why we need to develop a national physical activity approach for children
- Major consultation launched on children’s health and physical activity
- Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson calls for ‘new alliance’ at LGA’s annual Public Health conference
- ukactive unveils new Kids Council led by Adrian Packer
- Physical activity sector shapes landmark guidance on swimming pool safety
- ukactive invites experts to write next chapter of Generation Inactive
- Joint vision: Startup superhighway to drive physical activity sector growth through digital innovation
- ukactive pledges to deliver on Government’s healthy school holiday vision
- Data insight service to revolutionise fitness facility planning
- ukactive Chair highlights inactivity for disabled people on The One Show
- ukactive starts 2018 by spreading the active message
- Steven Ward, ukactive CEO, hails appointment of new CIMSPA Chair
- ukactive response to Citizens Advice on gym memberships
- ukactive response to 2017 Autumn Budget
- Public Leisure generates over £3.3bn in social value to the UK
- Use Meals on Wheels and pharmacists to keep older adults active
- Landmark National Fitness Day gets 5m more Britons moving
- World Mental Health Day 2017: Time to Focus on an Active Future
- What Fitness Means to Me
- How Sport & Physical Activity Turned My Life Around
- Get Yourself Active this European Week of Sport!
- CIMSPA funding an ‘investment in the sector’, says ukactive
- Education Minister Responds to ukactive Kids Research in Parliamentary Speech
- ukactive takes to the airwaves to support PHE Active 10 app
- NHS Healthy Towns – Behind The Headlines
- Female-driven ‘class culture’ transforming local leisure centres
- NHS Healthy Towns proposals puts ukactive in spotlight
- Pioneering health scheme gets Essex seniors fighting fit
- ukactive urges government shake-up of sedentary office culture
- Together we aim to make ‘more people, more informed, more qualified’.
- School summer holidays driving ‘Victorian-era’ health inequalities among children
- ukactive Response to General Election Result
- Watch: Our Parks CEO Born Barikor outlines the future of grassroots physical activity participation
- Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson spotlights ukactive Manifesto For An Active Britain in i Newspaper
- Disruption and innovation in the spotlight as ukactive finalise Flame Conference speaker line-up
- ukactive media blitz puts physical activity in the spotlight
- ukactive Manifesto for an Active Britain
- ukactive responds to Baroness Grey-Thompson’s independent report on Duty of Care in Sport
- miha Bodytec drives international expansion plans with major ukactive partnership
- Active ageing agenda hits national headlines
- Active workplaces will boost bottom lines, says ukactive
- Baroness Grey-Thompson calls for an overhaul of English town planning laws
- Spring 2017 Budget: A missed opportunity for the next generation
- Tanni Grey-Thompson urges radical action on high street health crisis
- Future Fit helps ukactive team see personal training in a whole new light
- ukactive strikes deal to save gym operators thousands in licensing
- ukactive response to DCLG Committee Report on Parks
- Exercise in the spotlight as ITV Tonight illuminates the power of physical activity
- ukactive strengthens senior team with new talent
- Three Big Boutique Fitness Industry Trends
- Listen: ukactive Executive Director Steven Ward answers questions on the burgeoning role of digital in the fitness world
- ukactive to inspire top sector talent with expanded Future Leaders programme
- Top tips on sourcing your boutique fitness site
- MPs call on Government to encourage active mile initiatives in schools
- ukactive and Premier Sport research shines spotlight on wealth disparity around kids’ fitness levels
- ukactive bolsters Board with raft of new Directors
- 1 in 5 children miss out on school PE
- Business Funding Options in the Physical Activity Sector
- ukactive response to Active People Survey figures
- Promising Practice 2 – your chance to tell us ‘what works’ in getting more people, more active, more often
- Are these health and fitness startups the answer to UK’s £20bn inactivity crisis?
- ukactive response to 2016 Autumn Statement
- Embed activity into children’s daily lives, Dr Steven Mann tells Good Morning Britain
- Landmark research project to shine light on solutions to inactivity crisis
- Time for joined-up approach to health delivery, Tanni Grey-Thompson tells Daily Politics show
- Invest £1bn to make leisure centres the new NHS frontline
- ‘Now is the time to tackle youth inactivity’ Tanni Grey-Thompson tells BBC Breakfast
- LeadAbility programme to inspire new generation of disabled leaders
- Parks “fundamental” to tackling inactivity crisis: ukactive
- Startup accelerator to unearth UK’s first health and fitness unicorn
- Fitness sector primed for substantial growth: ukactive report
- The Long-Term Benefits of a Leadership Approach
- ukactive to lead research into exercise referrals
- ukactive to drive government strategy for healthy leisure venues
- Why investing in our Future Leaders puts us on the path to prosperity
- ukactive Kids Forum: ‘Crunch time’ for activity providers
- Earning our All Blacks shirts at the 2016 Future Leaders Programme
- Give activity the green light by investing in parks, says ukactive Chair Tanni Grey-Thompson
- The graveyard shift: Our offices are killing us, now is the time to fight back
- Why an active future is our only option – Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
- Future of Fitness will see tech transform our workouts
- Paralympics can banish ‘hidden barriers’ to activity, says Tanni Grey-Thompson
- ukactive response to Childhood Obesity Strategy
- ukactive responds to BIT Calorie Counting report
- ukactive responds to Lancet inactivity research
- ukactive back supporting Change4Life’s 10 Minute Shake Up with Disney, as industry operators sign up to help get families active this summer
- New-look ukactive Kids board outlines ambitious plan to put children’s activity top of the agenda
- ukactive responds to Theresa May’s ascension to U.K. Prime Minister
- Sport and Recreation Alliance and ukactive launch Physical Activity and Health report
- ukactive responds to EU Referendum result
- Top players are investing in the future of the physical activity sector through the ukactive Future Leaders programme
- ukactive announce Duke of Edinburgh’s Award as charity partner of the year
- ukactive welcomes Sport England focus on inactivity
- ‘iPad Kids’ at risk of long-term poor health as parents struggle to wean children off gadgets
- ukactive welcomes breakthrough NHS partnership
- Sugar Tax must tackle inactivity
- ukactive host Westminster Dinner to unveil Parliamentary strategy to get nation moving
- Avoid large fines by following industry best practice
- ‘Radical overhaul of office life’ needed to save NHS, claims Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
- Sporting Future Strategy is ‘step in the right direction’ on inactivity
- Fitness sector walks the walk on activity
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