Active Lives news
03 May 2026
Activity levels are still rising among English adults according to Sport England’s new Active Lives
16 Mar 2026
The first Jetts Fitness in India will open its doors on 28 March in New
14 Jan 2026
PureGym has announced a partnership with Hatch Athletic to upskill 3,000 PTs across its international
04 Dec 2025
Sport England has released the latest Active Lives Children & Young People Report for the
29 Oct 2025
The UK’s chief medical officer, Sir Chris Whitty, has given evidence to the Health and
08 Oct 2025
Following a recently concluded public consultation, Rushmoor Borough Council is preparing a detailed planning application
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
25 Sep 2025
Everyone Active will be taking over the contract to run Woking Borough Council’s four leisure
24 Jul 2025
Construction work is underway on the Newhaven Health Hub, a co-location project combining fitness and
24 Jun 2025
Oldham Active has created the new role of head of health and wellbeing to tackle
10 Jun 2025
Sport England has confirmed that Simon Hayes will take over from Tim Hollingsworth as CEO.
12 May 2025
As cost is still a major barrier to participation in physical activity, leisure centre operator
25 Apr 2025
Physical participation figures are the highest ever, but inequalities remain with the same groups still
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
10 Apr 2025
Sport for Confidence and Everyone Active have launched a community-focused delivery model in Westminster, London
10 Feb 2025
After a year expanding into new territories, In2Fitness is planning to open a further 25
05 Dec 2024
Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People Survey for the academic year 2023-2024 has
26 Oct 2024
Sport and physical activity creates annual savings of £10.5 billion for the NHS and social
27 Sep 2024
Edinburgh Leisure has launched its first impact report since 2015, which shows progress in the
10 Sep 2024
Global fitness technology and corporate wellness company, EGYM, has gained a foothold in the US
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
15 Jul 2024
In a bid to get girls more active, Nuffield Health has launched a campaign, Move
04 Jun 2024
According to new research from Ernst & Young, the gap between female and male engagement
15 May 2024
Sport England’s This Girl Can team has launched a new campaign, Let’s Get Out There,
02 May 2024
Active Oxfordshire has received £1.3 million to tackle inactivity and inequality and launch a new
26 Apr 2024
While British adults are the most active they’ve been in a decade, health inequalities remain
17 Jan 2024
Physiotherapy patients are being offered treatment in leisure centres thanks to a tie-up between London
05 Jan 2024
Fitness and recovery brands Hyperice and Escape Fitness have teamed up to create dedicated recovery
14 Dec 2023
This summer's Nike’s Open Doors programme saved many children from a summer on the sofa
07 Dec 2023
Physical activity levels among children and young people have improved compared to five years ago,
15 Jun 2023
Fitness training company, Future Fit, has acquired iCareiMove, which provides health services to specialist populations.
21 Apr 2023
Overall physical activity levels among adults in England have returned to pre-pandemic levels, being in
14 Mar 2023
The UK government has declared that boys and girls should have equal access to sports
16 Feb 2023
As the physical activity sector works to deepen its relationship with the health sector, a
10 Jan 2023
A report issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Sport England
12 Dec 2022
Children’s and young people’s activity levels are back to pre-pandemic levels, confirms Sport England in
16 Nov 2022
UK Active and Nike have released an impact report for the 2022 Open Doors programme,
09 Aug 2022
Mark Sesnan, CEO of GLL, has pushed back on Tower Hamlet Council’s decision to take
20 Jul 2022
UK Active and Nike have launched the 2022 Open Doors programme. The scheme provides children
29 Apr 2022
Physical activity levels are recovering slowly following the large drops in participation numbers caused by
22 Oct 2021
The pandemic has had an "unprecedented" impact on physical activity levels in England, with 1
14 Sep 2021
An award celebrating outstanding individuals in the fitness sector is to be named in honour
12 May 2021
There is "incredible resilience" in the sports and physical activity sector – but the industry
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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New launch, Salus House, elevates boutique wellness with
high service levels and a partnership with Technogym
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Performance Health Systems, manufacturer of Power Plate,
has a new CEO, with an ambitious vision for the company
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Stephen Price
Founder, SP&Co Group“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Deena Gillan
Chair of UK Active’s Independent Council and GM at 3-1-5“There are so many dedicated people in the independent sector – they work hard because they’re passionate about changing lives”
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Consolidation, specialisation and shifting consumer behaviours
are reshaping the sector, say Deloitte and EuropeActive
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