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04 Dec 2025
Sport England has released the latest Active Lives Children & Young People Report for the
16 Jan 2025
More than 700 world-class leaders across health, wellbeing, technology and business are set to gather
05 Dec 2024
Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People Survey for the academic year 2023-2024 has
04 Jun 2024
According to new research from Ernst & Young, the gap between female and male engagement
29 Jul 2022
Nearly half (47 per cent) of men employed by fitness companies work in leadership roles
08 Feb 2022
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has launched its annual trends report revealing the top 10
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
21 Feb 2021
The physical and mental health of women in the UK has been put under unprecedented
03 Nov 2020
A new national campaign aims to bridge the physical activity gender gap between women and
28 May 2020
There has been a "surge in appreciation" of exercise during lockdown, with people turning to
15 Jan 2020
The latest edition of the highly-successful This Girl Can Campaign has been celebrated for its
25 Nov 2019
Nearly half (46 per cent) of the Irish population – around 1.78 million people –
23 Jul 2019
Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) has combined social media posts and machine learning
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07 Jun 2019
Fitness group Les Mills has joined forces with Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign to
11 Apr 2019
A record 62.6 per cent of the adult population are now classed as physically active,
24 Aug 2018
Latest figures from Sport Wales show that a "stubborn" gap still exists in sports participation
07 Nov 2017
Girls are missing out on the benefits of physical activity due to mounting pressures, a
12 Oct 2017
More than one million more men than women are taking up voluntary roles in sport
14 Sep 2017
US publication American Spa is launching a new Women in Wellness Leadership Conference, set to
26 Jan 2017
Sport England has ushered in a new era of data collection by publishing its first
08 Dec 2016
The growth in participation for hockey, netball and gymnastics has boosted the number of women
05 Oct 2016
Women who play sport are more likely to progress to senior management roles at work,
12 Jul 2016
Equality body Women in Sport has received backing from banking specialist Investec to compile and
08 Jul 2016
Sport England has committed to investing in its This Girl Can campaign for at least
09 Jun 2016
The number of people taking part in sport has reached the same level as the
16 Feb 2016
The number of Welsh adults participating in sport at least three times a week has
05 Feb 2016
London Sport – the network which offers support to local sports providers – has set
12 Jan 2016
As Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign celebrates its first birthday, the quango has released
19 Nov 2015
The gender gap in sports participation in Wales increases as students move on to further
18 May 2015
StreetGames is to lead a push to get women and girls in Wales more physically
16 Feb 2015
The Irish government has increased its investment in the country’s national governing bodies of sport
13 Jun 2013
New figures from Sport England reveal that 15.3 million people now play sport at least
10 May 2013
The town of Bury has received £1.8m funding to run an intensive one-year pilot to
07 Dec 2012
Record numbers of women and men in England are playing sport every week, according to
08 Dec 2011
Latest participation figures from Sport England have uncovered a decrease in the number of 16-
24 Jan 2011
Tottenham Hotspur Foundation (THF) has received £160,000 of funding from Sport England to encourage women
06 Jan 2011
Sport England has named the sport projects that will receive £10m of National Lottery money
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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The fitness industry is mourning the passing of Les Mills,
a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
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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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People on weight loss drugs reduce their activity levels, according to a team at St John’s Hospital Illinois
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World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe talks to Liz Terry
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