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07 May 2026
Cheshire-based, leisure charity, Everybody Health and Leisure, has announced the appointment of four high-profile patrons,
14 Feb 2025
Mike Farrar is stepping down as chair of UK Active, after being appointed interim Permanent
07 Nov 2022
Politicians in the UK are taking part in a physical activity challenge hosted by UK
20 Jul 2022
UK Active and Nike have launched the 2022 Open Doors programme. The scheme provides children
23 Jun 2022
A special task force has been established to boost physical activity opportunities for people with
22 Sep 2021
Sports Minister, Nigel Huddleston, has joined gym-goers this morning to kick-off the annual National Fitness
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
26 Aug 2021
A consultation has been launched to review the current provision of fitness and leisure facilities
04 Aug 2021
Paralympic champion and ukactive chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has issued a rallying cry for the
12 May 2021
The Local Government Association (LGA) has appointed Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson as its new president. The
21 Feb 2021
The physical and mental health of women in the UK has been put under unprecedented
11 Nov 2020
The Parliament will hold a debate on COVID-19 restrictions on gyms and sport on Monday
04 Nov 2020
Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for the
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
03 Nov 2020
Industry body, ukactive, is encouraging all fitness operators in England to contact their local MP
21 Sep 2020
Exercise has been voted the number one way the public can help the NHS –
21 Apr 2020
ukactive Kids and sports equipment giant Nike have launched a service designed to help children
12 Mar 2020
A new initiative has been launched to engage and empower women working in the UK
19 Nov 2019
Huw Edwards, CEO of ukactive, has written to Boris Johnson, requesting that the Prime Minister's
31 Oct 2019
The physical activity sector has called for the UK's party leaders to commit to improving
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
30 Aug 2019
Strictly Come Dancing star Ashley Roberts and DJ Locksmith from dance music group Rudimental have
05 Aug 2019
This year's ukactive National Summit will explore plans to shape the future of public health,
30 Jul 2019
The ukactive board has named Huw Edwards as the not-for-profit body's permanent chief executive. Edwards,
21 May 2019
Sports psychologist Jeremy Snape and Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams are among the keynote speakers
03 May 2019
The fitness of children falls dramatically during the holidays – but the problem could be
06 Mar 2019
Primary school staff that are helping and inspiring children in London to be active are
21 Feb 2019
Steven Ward will step down from his role as ukactive CEO in April 2019, after
11 Dec 2018
Physical activity sector leaders, parliamentarians and leading figures in health and business have called for
06 Dec 2018
The figures revealed in today's Active Lives Children and Young People research have been described
22 Jun 2018
Winners of the inaugural ukactive Awards were revealed at a gala dinner in Manchester last
01 May 2018
Architects MnM Studio, Maria Brightei and Marcello D'Orsi were named as joint winners of the
16 Mar 2018
A major new consultation aiming to shape the future of children’s physical activity across the
20 Feb 2018
A consultation launched earlier today by not-for-profit health body ukactive will look to shape future
20 Jan 2018
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has been named as a keynote speaker for the Getting Wales Moving
01 Nov 2017
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has called on the government to help make physical activity a ‘national
30 Oct 2017
Funding charity Spirit of 2012 has appointed Alan Coppin as chair. He replaces Dugald Mackie
28 Jul 2017
UK Sport’s ‘no compromise’ approach to funding elite sport “needs a rethink”, according Baroness Tanni
24 May 2017
National governing bodies and other sports organisations have work to do to improve their safeguarding
08 May 2017
ukactive has promoted its executive director Steven Ward to the position of CEO, the health
05 May 2017
Public sector workers should be entitled to at least three days of paid leave if
21 Apr 2017
National governing bodies of sport should be required to have at least one named person
19 Apr 2017
ukactive chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has pledged that the voice of the physical activity sector
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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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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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The industry is embracing consumer-facing tech. Now it’s time to
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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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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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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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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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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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Researchers have long known that the brain changes as a result of exercise. Now researchers believe this process is actually driven by the brain
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Designing multi-functional
spaces can lead to
fewer bottlenecks at
peak times. Julie Cramer
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