Active People Survey news
09 Dec 2020
The House of Lords' National Plan for Sport and Recreation committee has invited sporting organisations
15 Oct 2018
Group fitness classes and adrenaline sports are among those benefiting from increases in interest, as
22 Mar 2018
Sport England has published its latest Active Lives Adult Survey (ALAS), which shows that 27.7
06 Mar 2018
Offering free access to gyms and leisure centres – and promoting them heavily – could
21 Nov 2017
Women-only swimming sessions could hold the key to improving numbers, according to an initiative by
27 Jan 2017
Sport England is preparing to publish a “groundbreaking” piece of research that logs people’s attitudes
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26 Jan 2017
Sport England has ushered in a new era of data collection by publishing its first
16 Dec 2016
Sport England has ushered in a new era of governing body funding, with director of
12 Dec 2016
Two-thirds (65.6 per cent) of adults aged between 50 and 70 years old – known
08 Dec 2016
The growth in participation for hockey, netball and gymnastics has boosted the number of women
17 Nov 2016
Strategies developed by the UK government to increase physical activity a far from robust, according
07 Nov 2016
England Golf and Mytime Active – one of the UK’s largest pay and play golf
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
27 Oct 2016
Not-for-profit health body ukactive has launched a new scholarship initiative to fast-track talented disabled people
26 Aug 2016
Engaging disabled people with targeted campaigns – similar to Sport England’s This Girl Can initiative
19 Aug 2016
Adam Paker, the chief executive of the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA), has left the organisation.
18 Aug 2016
British Cycling’s membership has mushroomed by 75,000 people since London 2012 – demonstrating the significant
15 Aug 2016
Local authorities have been at the forefront of creating a “transformative” participation legacy following London
11 Aug 2016
The Olympic success of Adam Peaty and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor is encouraging people to seek out
15 Jul 2016
Eight national disability sports organisations (NDSOs) have joined forces to launch a campaign to get
11 Jul 2016
Badminton England has lost 10 per cent of its Sport England funding after failing to
08 Jul 2016
Sport England has committed to investing in its This Girl Can campaign for at least
13 Jun 2016
The number of individuals joining boxing and archery clubs has surged in the past year
10 Jun 2016
Physical activity providers need to be more “proactive” in trying to appeal to the disabled
10 Jun 2016
Sport England has praised the governing bodies of rugby union, netball and cricket for their
09 Jun 2016
The number of people taking part in sport has reached the same level as the
20 May 2016
Sport England has pledged to work with CIMSPA to produce a new workforce strategy by
19 May 2016
Sport England has confirmed that it will replace its Active People Survey with a revised
13 May 2016
A fast-growing female membership and the launch of high-profile women’s events have resulted in British
25 Apr 2016
An increase in the number of indoor velodromes and outdoor road circuits would give British
22 Mar 2016
The legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games was “done down” because sport participation figures
08 Feb 2016
Women in Sport is attempting to counter female physical activity drop-off rates during the winter
05 Feb 2016
London Sport – the network which offers support to local sports providers – has set
28 Jan 2016
Sport England has launched a consultation process as it prepares to develop its plan to
12 Jan 2016
As Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign celebrates its first birthday, the quango has released
22 Dec 2015
The “customer-centric approach” emphasised in the government’s wide-ranging sports strategy will make physical activity more
21 Dec 2015
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) will offer 6,000 coaching hours and hand out 10,000 free
17 Dec 2015
The first government review on sport strategy in a decade included a number of initiatives
17 Dec 2015
Sport England’s Active People Survey will be scrapped in favour of research that explores different
17 Dec 2015
The number of people taking part in open water swimming in the UK has increased
15 Dec 2015
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) will invest £57m (US$86.4m, €78.5m) into the development of 100
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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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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“We’ve reduced the level of council investment over the last three years by 40 per cent and increased our turnover by 9 per cent”
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As the 20th State of the Industry Report is released,
LeisureDB has rebranded to Evolve, as Kath Hudson reports
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Lisa Starr tries the Ammortal
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The new CEO of UK Active talks to HCM about the gym-curious and
why he believes the sector can double in size by the end of the next decade
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New legislation is exposing weakness
and potential liabilities in the
management of customer data in
health clubs, says Andy Chesterman
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Would you stop selling memberships to prevent your club getting overcrowded?
How do you strike the balance between maximising profits and prioritising
the member experience? Kath Hudson talks to the experts
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A new report puts physical activity
at the heart of healthcare, says Muir Gray
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Owner, Stride Fitness“My goal was to invest in where fitness is going, not where it’s already been”
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