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01 Jun 2021
ukactive has published new data from the National ReferAll Database (NRD) – the UK’s first
02 Dec 2019
The improvements in health and wellbeing associated with exercise referral schemes aren’t as large as
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
15 Feb 2018
ukactive has named Dr James Steele as its new principal investigator – a role which
01 Mar 2017
The chief executive of the organisation that runs some of Sheffield’s key leisure, wellbeing and
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global branding assets
21 Feb 2017
Life Leisure's actilife health programme has been adopted by two North West leisure trusts planning
23 Dec 2016
Half the number of people advised by NHS practitioners to go on exercise programmes to
06 Oct 2016
New research is being carried out to determine the extent to which exercise referrals can
18 Jul 2016
Local councils in England have warned that government cuts to public health funding could thwart
24 Aug 2015
Refer-all, the software solutions specialist for exercise referrals, has added two new staff member to
20 Jul 2015
Some obese and inactive NHS patients are unable to access public health initiatives designed to
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
27 May 2015
A new training course designed to equip exercise professionals with the behaviour change skills needed
20 Feb 2015
PayasUgym, the online gym pass provider, is trialling a programme that will see private gyms
07 Oct 2014
A group of the UK’s leading exercise referral experts have expressed concern at the initial
19 Sep 2014
A Plymouth-led research team has been awarded £1.3m in funding to investigate how a web-based
05 Jun 2014
Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) has appointed two new health and physical activity development officers to
15 May 2014
Sports and Leisure Management (SLM) – the company behind Everyone Active – has won the
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04 Sep 2013
A huge increase in usage of local health and leisure programmes and a multi-million pound
08 May 2013
This spring, the not-for-profit social enterprise Halo Leisure is celebrating its first anniversary in Bridgend
30 Jun 2011
The Joint Consultative Forum has released the latest standards for Exercise Referral, which will now
22 Feb 2011
Knight, Kavanagh and Page (KKP) has been selected to undertake a review of the DocSport
15 Nov 2010
A survey has been launched by Denbighshire County Council's (DCC) leisure service in order to
02 Dec 2009
Researchers studying an exercise referral scheme running in Forest Heath have found that those completing
07 Jul 2009
Less than half of GPs currently have access to an exercise referral scheme, due partly
30 Jun 2009
Less than half of general practitioners have access to an exercise referral scheme according to
05 May 2009
Central YMCA has teamed up with Westminster NHS in London to enhance an exercise referral
27 Jan 2009
Hambleton District Council in North Yorkshire has launched a new cycling scheme for locals. The
05 Feb 2008
Dearne Valley Leisure Centre in South Yorkshire has completed a £150,000 redevelopment of its fitness
27 Nov 2007
The second REPs Welsh Convention held in Cardiff recently focused on the development of exercise
05 Sep 2007
Sports trust Tone Leisure is launching a new referral programme for children called Activ8, which
07 Mar 2007
Sports trust Wycombe Leisure (WLL) has appointed a health programme co-ordinator to help develop its
30 Oct 2006
A £4m exercise referral programme which uses the Register of Exercise Professionals’ (REPs) level 3
09 Feb 2006
The Chief Medical Officer for Wales has recently published guidelines for exercise referral schemes, stating
07 Apr 2005
A campaign has got underway to encourage GPs to prescribe exercise for depression instead of
23 Feb 2005
Minister for health John Hutton has praised Southwark’s exercise referral scheme as a wonderful example
19 Jan 2005
Action Heart has returned to Russells Hall Hospital to continue its successful cardiac rehabilitation programme
02 Nov 2004
Minister for sport Richard Caborn will visit the Central YMCA health and fitness club this
27 Nov 2003
Glasgow’s Lord Provost has received a fitting tribute as the city approaches the end of
14 Mar 2003
Launched in January 2002, the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has had an extremely successful
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Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –
is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
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new strategy for 2024, as Kath Hudson reports
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consumer demand for strength training with a raft of new and
innovative launches and concepts, as Steph Eaves reports
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As health club operators move to incorporate recovery into their
offerings to meet growing consumer demand, Steph Eaves takes a
look at what cryotherapy and ice bathing can add to the equation
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McFit, the original budget gym is undergoing
a transformation with a new look and
estate-wide overhaul, as Liz Terry reports
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Members are telling us they need support with their mental and spiritual health and the industry is starting to see this need. Now’s the time to fast-track our response
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New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
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