Social enterprises news
17 Jul 2024
Community Leisure UK (CLUK) and The Richmond Group of Charities have joined forces to support
24 May 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a webinar series to explore the future of
09 Nov 2020
Hundreds of heritage attractions and organisations in England will share a £103m government rescue fund
09 Sep 2020
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS), has announced that a “Call for Wellness Innovations” contest, as
08 Jun 2020
Ever since the UK's leisure facilities were closed on "lockdown day" – 20 March –
05 Aug 2019
A new initiative looks to deliver innovation in the healthy ageing market as part of
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
22 Feb 2019
The first ever Community Leisure UK Awards will be held at The Lowry hotel in
05 Dec 2017
Twelve areas across England will take part in a groundbreaking pilot to reach physically inactive
26 May 2017
Jubilee Hall Trust won two accolades at the Sporta UK Awards 2017 during a ceremony
03 Aug 2016
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has launched a new £8m (US$10.6m, €9.5m) investment programme designed
08 Jun 2015
Leisure industry stalwarts Andy Reed OBE, chair of the Sport & Recreation Alliance, and Nick
13 May 2015
Operator Tone Leisure is to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of GLL, as the burgeoning not-for-profit
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
30 Jan 2015
Leisure operator GLL has furthered expanded its territories beyond the enterprise’s London heartland, through the
12 Aug 2014
The Scottish government has revealed its latest Glasgow 2014 legacy project – the Sustainable Sport
13 May 2014
Cardiff council is exploring new ways to operate its leisure centres and two major cultural
04 Mar 2014
The Scottish government has launched a new fund to help communities own and run their
10 Jan 2014
Plans have been unveiled for a progressive SkyCycle network, designed to give cyclists a dedicated
05 Jun 2013
sporta, which represents more than 100 charitable trusts across the UK, is holding its third
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
03 Jun 2013
sporta has expanded its head office team to further support its cultural and leisure trust
18 Apr 2013
East Kent social enterprises Thanet Leisure Force (TLF) and Vista Leisure (VL) have merged, as
04 Oct 2012
Seaford based Wave Leisure Trust Ltd has been awarded the Social Enterprise Mark, which proves
17 Sep 2012
Bridgend County Borough Council has appointed social enterprises, Halo and Greenwich Leisure (GLL), to run
17 Sep 2012
Image: The first phase will include the creation of a new gym Plans have been
05 Sep 2012
Two of YMCA London South West's Y+ Fitness gyms are set for refurbishment this year,
10 Aug 2012
A '£100 billion business turned upside down' was how Peter Kelly, Director of Public Health
11 Jun 2012
sporta's second Time to Trust conference will cast the net wider than cultural and leisure
04 May 2012
Aquaterra Leisure has successfully retained its Social Enterprise Mark status until 2013. Businesses displaying this
24 Feb 2012
Bridgend Recreation Centre, the South Wales town's largest facility, is to undergo a £4.2m revamp
14 Feb 2012
The Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal, a former Culture Secretary
30 Jan 2012
Halo and Greenwich Leisure have been selected to run leisure facilities owned by Bridgend County
05 Dec 2011
Two leisure trusts in the North West of England have joined forces in a strategic
28 Nov 2011
Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) and Link4Life have announced a new strategic alliance in a bid
05 Sep 2011
Phil Lane, the former Chief Executive of the British Paralympic Association has joined charitable Social
01 Jun 2011
Bury St Edmunds-based Abbeycroft Leisure won two prizes at the Haverhill Chamber of Commerce Business
08 Apr 2011
GLL, one of London's largest social enterprises, is celebrating after winning a prestigious Social Enterprise
04 Apr 2011
GLL, one of London's largest social enterprises, is celebrating after winning a prestigious Social Enterprise
08 Mar 2011
"Leisure trusts have a lot of important learning to share with others," according to Paul
07 Mar 2011
Kirklees Active Leisure's Future Jobs Fund scheme was referred to by a Parliamentary Select Committee.
07 Mar 2011
The Social Enterprise Mark is celebrating its first birthday by launching bigger and better services
07 Mar 2011
Kirklees Active Leisure (KAL) has been awarded a prestigious mark in recognition of its status
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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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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Performance Health Systems, manufacturer of Power Plate,
has a new CEO, with an ambitious vision for the company
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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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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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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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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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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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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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Phillip Mills
CEO, Les Mills“The Les Mills partnership with Hyrox is something I'm personally really excited about”
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With corporately-owned clubs,
franchise networks, investments
and proprietary tech, Viva Leisure’s
ecosystem is redefining how
gyms scale and generate revenue.
Its CEO speaks to Kate Cracknell
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“Strength training has moved from the margins to the mainstream.”
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