grassroots sport news
16 Jun 2026
Freedom Leisure and Ebbsfleet Garden City Trust have opened the £13 million Weldon Wellbeing Pavilion
Sport England research shows sport and exercise contributes £123 billion to the UK economy each year
18 Nov 2025
Grassroots sport and exercise boost the UK economy by £36.2 billion every year, according to
17 Jul 2025
The UK government has got behind Joe Wicks’ latest initiative – Activate – a new
20 Jun 2025
The UK's Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced £900 million for major
06 Jun 2025
UK Active and Swim England are urging the government to provide support for swimming pools
27 Mar 2025
The UK government has announced £100 million of new funding to support grassroots sports and
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
27 Feb 2025
Sport England has announced investment into 53 areas highlighted in the top 10 per cent
18 Nov 2024
UK Active has written to chancellor, Rachel Reeves, asking for measures to offset the cost
31 Oct 2024
Chanchellor, Rachel Reeves, talked about fixing the NHS and rebuilding Britain in the budget, but
02 Aug 2024
Lisa Nandy, secretary of state at the UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport
10 Jan 2023
A report issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Sport England
02 Sep 2022
The Football Foundation is to invest 40 per cent of its total funding over the
Strength training has never been more important for member retention, facility differentiation and long-term commercial
09 Aug 2021
The Labour Party has accused the Conservatives of slashing grassroots sport funding by nearly half
03 Aug 2021
A cross-party DCMS Committee in the UK has called on the government to launch a
30 Jun 2021
Former racing cyclist Chris Boardman has been appointed the new chair of grassroots body, Sport
12 May 2021
There is "incredible resilience" in the sports and physical activity sector – but the industry
23 Mar 2021
A total of £100m has been allocated to 266 local authorities across England, to support
17 Mar 2021
The government has said it has no plans to fund a Work Out to Help
10 Feb 2021
A Parliamentary Petition calling for gyms to reopen first after the current national lockdown in
26 Jan 2021
Sport England has vowed to tackle inequality and create a nation of "more equal, inclusive
25 Jan 2021
Fitness instructors, personal trainers, coaches and other self-employed physical activity workers in Wales are being
29 Oct 2020
The UK government has provided a lengthy response to a petition which demanded that gyms
06 Oct 2020
The UK and Scottish governments should classify gyms, health clubs, swimming pools and leisure centres
21 Sep 2020
More than 100 sport and physical activity bodies have sent a letter to UK Prime
27 Jul 2020
Health clubs, swimming pools, leisure centres and other indoor sports facilities have reopened to the
13 Jul 2020
Following its announcement that grassroots sport could restart on 11 July and that gyms and
08 Jul 2020
A free-to-access training platform has launched to help the sport and fitness workforce confidently return
17 Jun 2020
Madrid city council (Ayuntamiento de Madrid) has set out plans to develop a number of
10 Jun 2020
An industry-wide campaign will provide fitness operators with the practical resources needed to ensure a
15 May 2020
Sports clubs and community activity groups hit by the COVID-19 lockdown will be able to
30 Apr 2020
Grassroots sports clubs and organisations in England have received a total of £8m worth of
11 Mar 2020
Business rates in England will be abolished for one year for firms in the leisure
06 Feb 2020
Sport England has revealed the 16 projects which will share £1m worth of funding from
23 Dec 2019
New figures show that Sport England's playing field safeguarding measures, designed to protect sports provision
19 Dec 2019
Sport England is investing in a programme which aims to offer children from some of
15 Oct 2019
Sportswear giant Nike is launching a programme which will support, empower and enable young people
05 Aug 2019
This year's ukactive National Summit will explore plans to shape the future of public health,
14 Jun 2019
A major new Sport England campaign, aiming to use sport as a force for good,
03 May 2019
The UK's largest sports organisations have reinvested £142m of their broadcasting income into developing grassroots
23 Apr 2019
SCL Education Group has appointed Brad Rushton as managing director of its SCL Education and
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Social fitness the missing link to member engagement, according to a new Myzone report
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
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
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
HCM promotional features
HCM magazine
New legislation is exposing weakness
and potential liabilities in the
management of customer data in
health clubs, says Andy Chesterman
HCM magazine
Software suppliers explain how AI,
automation and connected digital
experiences can work for the good
of operators and consumers
HCM magazine
World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe talks to Liz Terry
about the launch of Run X in partnership with Technogym
HCM magazine
The fitness industry is mourning the passing of Les Mills,
a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
HCM magazine
The new CEO of UK Active talks to HCM about the gym-curious and
why he believes the sector can double in size by the end of the next decade
HCM magazine
As the 20th State of the Industry Report is released,
LeisureDB has rebranded to Evolve, as Kath Hudson reports
HCM magazine
HCM People
Matt Parker
MD, Brio“We’ve reduced the level of council investment over the last three years by 40 per cent and increased our turnover by 9 per cent”
HCM magazine
HCM People
Shaun Grove
Owner, Stride Fitness“My goal was to invest in where fitness is going, not where it’s already been”
HCM magazine
Shaping the future of the sector with a clear mission,
unified voice and open channels of communication.
This is the ambition of UK Active’s new chair
HCM magazine
A new report puts physical activity
at the heart of healthcare, says Muir Gray
HCM magazine
Lisa Starr tries the Ammortal
Chamber to see whether
layering 10 modalities into one
experience really delivers more
HCM magazine
Current vacancies
Operations Manager - Brentwood School Enterprises Brentwood School Sports Centre
£32,000 - £34,000pa + pension + benefits
Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom
Read the latest issue
Opinion
promotion
“Strength training has moved from the margins to the mainstream.”
Featured supplier news
Strength training has never been more important for member retention, facility
differentiation and long-term commercial success.
Featured supplier news
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the
stage of RiminiWellness 2026: Phil Heath, Lee Haney, Ronnie Coleman and Hany Rambod.
Company profiles
IndigoFitness creates bespoke training spaces for commercial, education, public-sector, and specialist clients including the MoD ...
Company profiles
Orbit4 is a digital operations platform designed to help fitness and leisure operators manage assets, ...
Catalogue Gallery
Click on a catalogue to view it online
Directory
Hot tubs
Water experiences and hydrotherapy solutions
Spa and beauty equipment
Industrial washing machines
Fitness tracking platform
Lockers
Property & Tenders
Stratford, East London.
Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
Property & Tenders
Diary dates
21-24 Sep 2026
The Langham Huntington Pasadena , Pasadena, United States
Diary dates
Search news, features & products:
Find a supplier:
