Community Leisure news
02 Oct 2025
Mark Tweedie has joined the Devon-based Plymouth Active Leisure (PAL) board as a non-executive director
01 Sep 2025
Trafford, in Greater Manchester, UK, has a new wellbeing facility following a £20 million upgrade
31 Aug 2025
On 2 August, the leisure industry lost one of its pioneers – a man who
27 Jan 2025
Fitness and leisure facilities in Sheerness, UK, are being upgraded as part of a regeneration
30 Aug 2024
Friends from the leisure industry have been paying tribute to editor and lobbyist Jonathan Ives
25 Jul 2024
Sector leaders in the UK have collaborated to create the Physical Activity Leadership Network that
Strength training has never been more important for member retention, facility differentiation and long-term commercial
17 Jul 2024
Community Leisure UK (CLUK) and The Richmond Group of Charities have joined forces to support
15 Jun 2024
More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to
02 May 2024
Consultancy and change architects, Miova, have welcomed industry veteran Mark Tweedie on board. Tweedie had
21 Apr 2024
Charitable trust, Mytime Active, has removed all single-use plastic overshoes from its swimming pools and
21 Apr 2024
Community Leisure UK is helping the drive to Net Zero with the launch of a
23 Feb 2024
The ICO has ruled that eight leisure operators have been unlawfully processing the biometric data
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
20 Dec 2023
The UK’s most recently-formed local government body – North Yorkshire Council – is making wellbeing
08 Dec 2023
A proposed change to the way councils organise the operation of their leisure facilities – including
26 Jul 2023
Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first
28 Mar 2023
Fitness industry leaders, including UK Active CEO Huw Edwards, will take to the stage at
23 Feb 2023
The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end
11 Jan 2023
The UK government has announced it will be scaling back financial support for businesses as
14 Dec 2022
Sport England has released the Future of Public Sector Leisure report which looks at how
12 Sep 2022
As the UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss prepares an energy bailout, UK Active has
05 Aug 2022
Easton Leisure Centre in the UK has announced a 100 per cent reduction in heating
15 Jul 2022
Community benefit society Leisure in the Community (LITC) and 1Life Leisure Management Solutions (1Life) have
15 Jun 2022
Key organisations from the UK’s leisure industry are lobbying the government for financial support to
16 May 2022
Active Nottingham, part of Nottingham City Council, has released a children’s book called Can We
21 Mar 2022
Lobbying is gearing up in advance of the Spring Budget this week, with UK Active
12 Jan 2022
Mark Sesnan, co-founder and CEO of GLL, has been awarded an OBE in the New
10 Nov 2021
A new guide has been published to give health clubs, gyms and leisure centres in
16 Sep 2021
Members from UK leisure and cultural trusts have stepped up and logged an impressive 21.5million
05 Aug 2021
Harrogate Borough Council has launched a community health and wellbeing company to manage its portfolio
07 Jul 2021
There is a "clear case" to evolve the purpose and role played by the UK's
17 Nov 2020
Leisure-net is running a repeat of its initial Post Lockdown Recovery Survey, in order to
26 Oct 2020
Gains made getting people more physically active over the last few years were all but
21 Sep 2020
More than 100 sport and physical activity bodies have sent a letter to UK Prime
09 Sep 2020
A new training initiative is aiming to 'retool the physical activity workforce' to help businesses
27 Aug 2020
Over 22,000 jobs are at risk across the UK's public leisure sector, out of a
11 Aug 2020
Health clubs, gyms, indoor pools and leisure centres have reopened in Wales – nearly five
09 Aug 2020
A significant proportion of leisure facilities in England have not reopened since lockdown measures were
27 Jul 2020
Bans on meal deals, stricter rules on food advertising and printing calorie contents on menus
27 Jul 2020
Health clubs, swimming pools, leisure centres and other indoor sports facilities have reopened to the
22 Jul 2020
The UK's industry's leading trade associations have united to call for a major review of
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Social fitness the missing link to member engagement, according to a new Myzone report
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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Lisa Starr tries the Ammortal
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experience really delivers more
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A new report puts physical activity
at the heart of healthcare, says Muir Gray
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Shaping the future of the sector with a clear mission,
unified voice and open channels of communication.
This is the ambition of UK Active’s new chair
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People on weight loss drugs reduce their activity levels, according to a team at St John’s Hospital Illinois
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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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After decades of focusing on adult audiences, operators are starting to engage young people – unlocking growth opportunities while supporting the health and wellbeing of future generations
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World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe talks to Liz Terry
about the launch of Run X in partnership with Technogym
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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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The fitness industry is mourning the passing of Les Mills,
a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
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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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