Tanni Grey-Thompson news
21 Feb 2021
The physical and mental health of women in the UK has been put under unprecedented
11 Nov 2020
Andy Burnham and shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens have joined Paralympic legend Tanni Grey-Thompson in
11 Nov 2020
The Parliament will hold a debate on COVID-19 restrictions on gyms and sport on Monday
04 Nov 2020
Physical activity body, ukactive, has revealed plans to create a new sector standard for active
04 Nov 2020
Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for the
03 Nov 2020
Industry body, ukactive, is encouraging all fitness operators in England to contact their local MP
25 Mar 2021
Welsh leisure trust, Aneurin Leisure (ALT), has announced it’s forging ahead with a £600,000 (US$821,000,
21 Sep 2020
More than 100 sport and physical activity bodies have sent a letter to UK Prime
21 Sep 2020
Exercise has been voted the number one way the public can help the NHS –
09 Jul 2020
The UK's fitness industry can finally get back to business on Saturday 25 July, following
06 Jul 2020
Boutique gym operator, Gymbox, faced threats of legal action over its bid to reopen on
03 Jul 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that gyms may be able to reopen in a
01 Jul 2020
Industry body ukactive has today (1 July) hosted a delegation of government and public health
26 Nov 2020
L&R Kältetechnik has launched a new division, named artofcryo.com, after 30 years’ experience with -110
25 Jun 2020
Tanni Grey-Thompson, Chair of ukactive, Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of Pure Gym and ukactive board member
24 Jun 2020
Momentum is gathering pace in the push for a U-turn on the government's decision to
01 May 2020
The physical activity sector has been left in shock by news that Steve Franks, the
21 Apr 2020
ukactive Kids and sports equipment giant Nike have launched a service designed to help children
17 Mar 2020
The leisure industry is increasingly feeling the pressure as countries introduce measures to tackle the
12 Mar 2020
A new initiative has been launched to engage and empower women working in the UK
23 Oct 2020
Red light therapy equipment supplier, Red Light Rising has partnered with Aidan Robinson of ITRM
19 Nov 2019
Huw Edwards, CEO of ukactive, has written to Boris Johnson, requesting that the Prime Minister's
31 Oct 2019
The physical activity sector has called for the UK's party leaders to commit to improving
30 Oct 2019
The time has come for Westminster to provide the same urgency and focus for the
19 Sep 2019
A nation divided by Brexit could be united by diverting focus to a "more pressing
05 Sep 2019
Moves towards making NHS care more personalised could see physical activity become a "miracle cure".
30 Aug 2019
Strictly Come Dancing star Ashley Roberts and DJ Locksmith from dance music group Rudimental have
05 Aug 2019
This year's ukactive National Summit will explore plans to shape the future of public health,
30 Jul 2019
The ukactive board has named Huw Edwards as the not-for-profit body's permanent chief executive. Edwards,
21 May 2019
Sports psychologist Jeremy Snape and Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams are among the keynote speakers
03 May 2019
The fitness of children falls dramatically during the holidays – but the problem could be
06 Mar 2019
Primary school staff that are helping and inspiring children in London to be active are
21 Feb 2019
Steven Ward will step down from his role as ukactive CEO in April 2019, after
11 Dec 2018
Physical activity sector leaders, parliamentarians and leading figures in health and business have called for
06 Dec 2018
The figures revealed in today's Active Lives Children and Young People research have been described
19 Sep 2018
More than £346m in "wasted" childcare funding should be used to get children more active
13 Sep 2018
A new report has called for a "major culture shift" in order to get older
12 Sep 2018
Ukactive chair Tanni Grey-Thompson has made a passionate call for the government to finally recognise
05 Jul 2018
The government "needs to show more leadership" and work with the physical activity sector if
22 Jun 2018
Winners of the inaugural ukactive Awards were revealed at a gala dinner in Manchester last
01 May 2018
Architects MnM Studio, Maria Brightei and Marcello D'Orsi were named as joint winners of the
16 Mar 2018
A major new consultation aiming to shape the future of children’s physical activity across the
20 Feb 2018
A consultation launched earlier today by not-for-profit health body ukactive will look to shape future
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Research
“Preschool children with higher cardiorespiratory fitness had higher scores on academic ability tasks related to general intellectual abilities ”
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Editor's letter
As health clubs around the world start reopening, controlling COVID-19 – while also delivering a great service to customers – must be an obsession for everyone in the sector
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Ask an expert
In spite of having met all government-agreed, COVID-secure operating
standards, group exercise has had a rough ride during the pandemic, being
closed more than gyms. HCM asks why this is and what can be done about it
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Finance
New tax laws will hit the UK fitness
sector in early April, changing
the way freelance PTs are legally
classified for income tax and national
insurance, as Abi Harris reports
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Policing the rules, even if it means
losing members, will be crucial to
building trust as health clubs reopen,
Paul Roberts tells Kath Hudson
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“In a creative world where you have to come up with innovative solutions to out-think your competitors, you can’t stay productive for long hours without a break. We encourage our team to step away from their desks and do some exercise”
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A new tracking tool, called Moving Communities, will assess
the impact of the UK’s £100m National Leisure Recovery
Fund, as well as evaluating the contribution public sector
facilities make to their local communities, as HCM reports
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“It’s a beautiful vision but there’s a lot of hard work ahead”
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Changing rooms
have been largely closed during the pandemic, but as clubs open up, how will ongoing pandemic restrictions impact
changing room design?
We ask the experts
for their observations
and reflections
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David Blitz
CEO, BlitzLake“One of the best aspects of Studio Three is our loyal membership community. Our team has really come to know our members and where they are in their wellness journey”
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Katie Lewis and Lindsey Simpson co-founded Workplace Mental Wealth
to drive workforce change in the health and fitness industry. Liz Terry talks
to Lewis about their first research study – the Fitness and Active Leisure
Workforce State of Mind Survey – and the launch of The Good Work Pledge
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How will digital, gyms and live fitness mesh to create a new customer offering in health clubs? Phillip Mills, executive director of Les Mills, shares his views
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