Dean Horridge news
03 Mar 2020
Dean Horridge, founder of children’s activity provider Fit For Sport, is stepping down from his
01 Feb 2017
Children’s activity levels at school can now be monitored after the launch of an online
20 Sep 2016
Organised sport should not be used to engage children in physical activity as it alienates
15 Jul 2016
The ukactive Kids board has produced a new long-term strategy to tackle youth inactivity –
19 Apr 2016
A new Sport-England funded programme has engaged more than 15,000 school children in regular activity
10 Nov 2015
Health experts are calling on the government to scrap the so-called ‘fat letters’ posted to
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
14 Sep 2015
Former ukactive CEO David Stalker has been named chair of Fit For Sport, one of
16 Jul 2015
Almost three quarters of primary school teachers expect their pupils to spend the impending summer
06 Jul 2015
A “once in a lifetime” opportunity for the London 2012 Games to inspire a generation
02 Jul 2015
ukactive has revealed the results of the recent election for its revamped Membership Council, reflecting
19 Jun 2015
Fitness levels among English schoolchildren are lower than ever and still getting worse, with a
15 Jun 2015
Only half of seven-year-olds are meeting recommended physical activity guidelines of 60 minutes per day,
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
26 May 2015
ukactive has today (26 May) confirmed the shortlist of candidates vying for nine seats on
22 Apr 2015
More than two thirds of children in Britain fall below recommended levels of fitness for
17 Apr 2015
ukactive is to renew efforts to tackle childhood inactivity through a raft of initiatives following
17 Mar 2015
Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the entire Looney Tunes gang could soon be putting UK
11 Mar 2015
The University of Bristol is launching a new study to assess whether a peer-led intervention
22 Oct 2014
Children's activity and sport provider Fit For Sport has strengthened its management team with two
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
18 Sep 2014
Compass – the representative body for providers of children’s activity and sport in schools and
24 Oct 2013
More than 700 children took part in a day of activities and healthy competition designed
13 May 2013
Sport England has awarded £180,000 of National Lottery funding for a project aiming to improve
04 Apr 2013
The Compass Association (TCA) - the newly launched industry body for sports providers - has
04 Apr 2013
The Compass Association (TCA) - the newly launched industry body for sports providers - has
07 Feb 2013
The Compass Association (TCA), a new industry body looking to support and promote physical activity
23 May 2011
Researchers from the University of Essex and London Metropolitan University have found that the measures
04 May 2011
New research published to mark the launch of the Tata Kids of Steel triathlon initiative
30 May 2008
Fit for Sport, the children’s activity provider, has launched a new service designed to help
19 Jul 2007
Fit for Sport and Next Generation have announced the winners of the first ever Fitter
30 Jan 2007
Following his TV series Unfit Kids, former England footballer Ian Wright is fronting another campaign
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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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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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
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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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Pulse Fitness has created a
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BLK BOX has been reimagining elite performance
spaces for more than a decade. Founder and
former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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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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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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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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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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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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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
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us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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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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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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UK market penetration has risen to 18 per cent – one of the highest
globally, yet with 100 per cent of people seeing benefits when they
exercise, how high could it go? Kath Hudson asks the experts…
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