Exercise referral news
22 Jun 2026
With Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, announcing his resignation this morning and Andy Burnham as a
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
23 Feb 2026
Speedflex has launched a series of low-intensity workouts for its Blade machine, making functional, resistance-based
08 Sep 2025
Head of health and wellbeing development at UK Active, Kenny Butler, has announced he is
02 Sep 2025
Work is underway on Central Bedfordshire Council’s £30 million leisure and community centre in Leighton
25 Jul 2025
According to a study commissioned by GM Active, health intervention programmes provide more than £20,000
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24 Jun 2025
Oldham Active has created the new role of head of health and wellbeing to tackle
13 May 2025
In a drive to target the hard-to-reach groups, Places Leisure has introduced a team of
05 Nov 2024
Pendle Leisure Trust – which operates in one of the most deprived areas in England –
15 Dec 2022
Following a £500,000 investment, Everybody Health and Leisure has unveiled a new 100-station Technogym fitness
01 Jun 2021
ukactive has published new data from the National ReferAll Database (NRD) – the UK’s first
08 Mar 2021
As health clubs prepare for reopening, some are introducing programmes designed to help people recovering
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04 Sep 2020
The fitness sector is perfectly placed to help people recovering from the effects of COVID-19,
27 Jul 2020
Bans on meal deals, stricter rules on food advertising and printing calorie contents on menus
02 Dec 2019
The improvements in health and wellbeing associated with exercise referral schemes aren’t as large as
21 Oct 2019
Public Health England (PHE) and the Centre for Ageing Better (CAB) have set out their
11 Feb 2019
Bury St. Edmunds Leisure Centre in Suffolk has become the first facility in the UK
01 Feb 2019
ukactive has called for the physical activity sector to increase the amount of evidence it
17 Apr 2018
Independently-owned boutique fitness operator Ten Health and Fitness has launched an exercise prescription programme for
15 Feb 2018
ukactive has named Dr James Steele as its new principal investigator – a role which
08 Jun 2017
Fitness professionals can now gain advanced skills in personal training after Active IQ launched a
01 Mar 2017
The chief executive of the organisation that runs some of Sheffield’s key leisure, wellbeing and
21 Feb 2017
Life Leisure's actilife health programme has been adopted by two North West leisure trusts planning
30 Jan 2017
The doctor of both the Great Britain men's basketball team and York City Football Club
23 Dec 2016
Half the number of people advised by NHS practitioners to go on exercise programmes to
01 Nov 2016
BH Live, a social enterprise which operates leisure facilities across the South of England, is
06 Oct 2016
New research is being carried out to determine the extent to which exercise referrals can
04 Oct 2016
In an attempt to counter Britain’s childhood obesity epidemic, ukactive will work alongside the Local
18 Jul 2016
Local councils in England have warned that government cuts to public health funding could thwart
23 May 2016
A new report has accused public health bodies of colluding with the food industry to
16 May 2016
Leisure centres should curtail the “unethical” selling of junk food if they want to be
10 May 2016
A conservation initiative which aims to offer “physical activity with a purpose” is planning to
11 Apr 2016
Beginning an exercise intervention programme with motivational interviewing to ease inactive clients into the idea
30 Mar 2016
NHS plans to offer personal trainers and exercise classes to tackle Type 2 diabetes mark
07 Mar 2016
The Retention Convention is back for 2016 with a second installment, featuring a bumper cast
11 Feb 2016
The ukactive Research Institute has ‘come of age’ according to ukactive operations director Geraldine Tuck,
01 Feb 2016
Leisure operator BH Live has made another high-profile acquisition as it continues its strong start
06 Jan 2016
Scientists are to launch a new pilot study which could be the first step towards
26 Aug 2015
As many as five million adults in England are in danger of becoming diabetic, Public
24 Aug 2015
Refer-all, the software solutions specialist for exercise referrals, has added two new staff member to
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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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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Shaun Grove
Owner, Stride Fitness“My goal was to invest in where fitness is going, not where it’s already been”
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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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MD, Brio“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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World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe talks to Liz Terry
about the launch of Run X in partnership with Technogym
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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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Lisa Starr tries the Ammortal
Chamber to see whether
layering 10 modalities into one
experience really delivers more
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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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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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A new report puts physical activity
at the heart of healthcare, says Muir Gray
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