children’s activity news
24 Feb 2026
David Lloyd Clubs has announced plans to develop a premium, family-friendly club in Hampton Court,
30 Dec 2025
The Bannatyne Group has bought a premium health and wellbeing facility in Basingstoke, as part
04 Dec 2025
Sport England has released the latest Active Lives Children & Young People Report for the
05 Dec 2024
Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People Survey for the academic year 2023-2024 has
10 Jan 2023
A report issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Sport England
25 Feb 2022
Anantara will open its third Chinese property in ecotourism destination Anji County, in the northwestern
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
01 Mar 2021
3d Leisure has put the current lockdown to good use, by stepping in to help
04 Nov 2020
Physical activity body, ukactive, has revealed plans to create a new sector standard for active
23 Jul 2020
A new family fitness focused operator is preparing to open its first site in Putney,
06 Jul 2020
The government has confirmed that the £320m Physical Education and Sport Premium will be made
03 Mar 2020
Dean Horridge, founder of children’s activity provider Fit For Sport, is stepping down from his
05 Dec 2019
Almost half of children and young people (46.8 per cent) in England are doing the
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
05 Sep 2019
Les Mills has made its Born to Move programming – which targets children as young
07 Aug 2019
The Association of Play Industries (API) has called for urgent and sustained investment in public
18 Jun 2019
A majority of mothers do not exercise because it makes them feel guilty about not
25 Mar 2019
Enjoyment is the single biggest factor in motivating children to be active – while "physically
02 May 2018
International architects Snøhetta have designed a new planetarium and a visitor centre for Norway’s largest
20 Feb 2018
A consultation launched earlier today by not-for-profit health body ukactive will look to shape future
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
12 Jul 2017
School summer holidays are creating a class divide between the fitness levels of deprived children
09 Feb 2017
ukactive has bolstered its senior team in an effort to drive forward the physical activity
01 Feb 2017
Children’s activity levels at school can now be monitored after the launch of an online
30 Sep 2016
Organisations providing physical activity programmes for children would attract more public funding if they improved
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
16 Mar 2016
The UK government has announced plans to introduce a surprise £520m levy on sugary drinks
19 Feb 2016
The Oberoi Group is opening three hotels in 2016 in Morocco, India and United Arab
14 Sep 2015
Former ukactive CEO David Stalker has been named chair of Fit For Sport, one of
02 Sep 2015
Physical activity is affected by the design and maintenance of public spaces and people’s perceptions
18 Aug 2015
The Swimming Teachers’ Association STA has joined forces with the newly-established Children’s Activities Association (CAA),
02 Jul 2015
ukactive has revealed the results of the recent election for its revamped Membership Council, reflecting
26 May 2015
ukactive has today (26 May) confirmed the shortlist of candidates vying for nine seats on
05 May 2015
ukactive is calling on existing members to apply for its newly-formed Membership Council as the
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
06 Nov 2014
Les Mills has become the latest fitness brand to set its sights on tackling youth
03 Nov 2014
Les Mills UK has added four new members to its team as it gears up
22 Oct 2014
Children's activity and sport provider Fit For Sport has strengthened its management team with two
18 Sep 2014
Compass – the representative body for providers of children’s activity and sport in schools and
14 Jul 2014
The Crowne Plaza Hotel Marlow in London has begun a £500,000 refurbishment project including upgrades
03 Apr 2014
A new ukactive report calls on the government, schools and everyone involved in childhood development
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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Performance Health Systems, manufacturer of Power Plate,
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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,
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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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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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Researchers have long known that the brain changes as a result of exercise. Now researchers believe this process is actually driven by the brain
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Vicci Wells shares insights from the
recent Class of 2035 report into
physical activity in Generation Alpha
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