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31 Oct 2025
Everyone Active, Sarah Watts and Sandwell Leisure Trust were among those to be honoured at
20 Aug 2025
The finalists of the UK Active Awards 2025 have been announced today (19 August) following
04 Oct 2024
Some 800 people attended the UK Active Awards ceremony last night (3 October) in Birmingham.
23 Jul 2024
Finalists for the UK Active Awards 2024 have been announced. Winners from across the 14
18 Jun 2024
More than 20 organisations have joined together in the UK to form the Swim Alliance,
RLSS UK, STA and Swim England are joining forces to bring Aquatics to Elevate 2024
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
23 Feb 2023
The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end
Parkwood Leisure, one of the UK’s leading leisure operators, has reached the milestone of teaching
09 Sep 2020
A new training initiative is aiming to 'retool the physical activity workforce' to help businesses
14 Feb 2020
The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) and Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) have signed a partnership
30 Oct 2019
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) is proud to be the industry leader
03 Oct 2019
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has confirmed it is extending its partnership
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
25 Jun 2019
The number of drownings in the UK's inland waters has risen in the last year.
28 May 2019
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has appointed Robert Gofton as its new
17 May 2019
Swim England and the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS UK) have entered into a new
29 Mar 2019
Recently appointed chief executive officer Martin Symcox has a list of improvements he wants to
15 Feb 2019
Water safety charity The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has launched a new
04 Jan 2019
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) is shuffling its top team heading into
15 Oct 2018
Water safety charity The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has named Jo Talbot
11 Oct 2018
Metro Blind Sport has appointed Martin Symcox, the former director of drowning prevention charity the
04 Oct 2018
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) and Leisure Media have announced a partnership,
01 Jun 2017
Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has launched a campaign to recruit older people to help tackle
09 Jul 2015
The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS UK) has announced Martin Symcox as the new director
29 Aug 2014
The Chartered Institute for Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has announced a new
13 Jun 2014
A drowning prevention campaign, which aims to cut down the hundreds of deaths caused by
04 Sep 2013
Bath Sports and Leisure Centre and Culverhay Sports Centre have already helped 50 local people
03 Sep 2013
Virgin Active has employed eight lifeguards at its new site in Falmer, Brighton, following free
28 Mar 2013
The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) has introduced a new course which aims to teach
15 Mar 2013
There are just two weeks left to nominate lifeguards and other fitness professionals who keep
12 Feb 2013
The Register of Aquatic Professionals (RAPs) has officially been launched into its pilot phase. Owned
11 Jan 2013
According to the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) there were no drowning deaths in public
19 Sep 2012
Image: The single qualification framework is set to come into force in 2014 SkillsActive has
28 Feb 2012
Nearly 3,000 trainers from leisure facilities throughout the UK have signed up for an update
12 Jul 2011
The first lifeguards in the city of Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, have been awarded the
08 Sep 2010
Staff at Plymouth Pavilions swimming pool have completed a new management course to enhance their
06 Sep 2010
With 300,000 visitors a year and pools being particularly busy due to the poor summer
26 May 2010
IQL UK's National Pool Management Qualification (NPMQ) has been used by a Middle Eastern site
29 Sep 2009
Australia's top pool lifesavers have been invited to take on some of the world's best
07 Sep 2009
Tom Heeley, 18, from Hoyland in Barnsley, is celebrating his new full time position as
17 Aug 2009
The Bolton Sports and Physical Activity Alliance (BOSPAA) has unveiled plans to invest £10,000 in
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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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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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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
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LeisureDB has rebranded to Evolve, as Kath Hudson reports
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