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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
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
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
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
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
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
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
10 Feb 2021
A Parliamentary Petition calling for gyms to reopen first after the current national lockdown in
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
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
23 Dec 2019
New figures show that Sport England's playing field safeguarding measures, designed to protect sports provision
15 Oct 2019
Sportswear giant Nike is launching a programme which will support, empower and enable young people
16 Jan 2019
Demolition work has begun on the former Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh – acting as the
04 Jun 2018
The way elite sport is being funded in the UK could be facing a shake-up,
15 May 2018
Jennie Price will leave her role as CEO of Sport England at the end of
20 Jan 2018
Grassroots sport in the UK has received a cash injection of £125m, as a result
27 Nov 2017
Sport England has announced plans to invest £4.4m (US$5.87m, €4.92m) to recruit a new generation
02 Nov 2017
Great Britain must continue to invest in elite athletes or risk damaging participation numbers nationwide,
26 Jul 2017
Grassroots sport quango Sport England has signed a three-year deal to allow an Australian health
21 Jun 2017
Jennie Price, the chief executive of Sport England, has been recognised in the Queen’s birthday
30 May 2017
Manifestos launched by the major political parties ahead of the 2017 General Election have set
15 May 2017
A wide-ranging facilities audit has been launched by Sport Wales in an attempt to improve
24 Mar 2017
The world governing bodies of football, rugby and hockey have agreed to a set of
21 Mar 2017
Sport England has committed £40m (US$49.8m, €46.2m) to support parents on low incomes implement regular
07 Mar 2017
Several grassroots sports clubs may have to close down if the chancellor doesn’t extend business
27 Feb 2017
A report suggesting that the vast majority of the British public was not inspired by
09 Feb 2017
Sport and physical activity participation targets for the next three years will be published by
16 Jan 2017
Nick Bitel will complete a full eight-year term as Sport England chair after being appointed
30 Nov 2016
A Labour MP has proposed that professional English football clubs should discount ticket prices for
30 Nov 2016
Sport England has kicked off a review of the current coaching qualifications framework in an
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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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The industry is embracing consumer-facing tech. Now it’s time to
streamline back-of-house systems with Orbit4, says Daniel Jones
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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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If the health service is to
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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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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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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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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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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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UK market penetration has risen to 18 per cent – one of the highest
globally, yet with 100 per cent of people seeing benefits when they
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