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12 Jun 2026
Global group exercise specialist, Les Mills, is inviting operators to sign up to its Workout
04 Dec 2025
Sport England has released the latest Active Lives Children & Young People Report for the
27 Nov 2025
Sport England has announced 27 new partnerships that will benefit from its place-based approach, which
30 Sep 2025
Childhood trauma is linked to mental health problems and chronic pain in later life and
12 May 2025
As cost is still a major barrier to participation in physical activity, leisure centre operator
25 Apr 2025
Physical participation figures are the highest ever, but inequalities remain with the same groups still
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
11 Apr 2025
A Sussex hospital-based stroke rehabilitation programme, delivered by health instructors and NHS physiotherapists, has seen
25 Mar 2025
The national governing body for group exercise in the UK – EMD UK (Exercise, Movement
27 Feb 2025
Sport England has announced investment into 53 areas highlighted in the top 10 per cent
11 Dec 2024
The UK’s largest healthcare charity and a leading research university have teamed up to create
05 Dec 2024
Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People Survey for the academic year 2023-2024 has
26 Oct 2024
Sport and physical activity creates annual savings of £10.5 billion for the NHS and social
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
27 Sep 2024
Edinburgh Leisure has launched its first impact report since 2015, which shows progress in the
30 Aug 2024
Under a new annual initiative, the Ignite365 Awards, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is awarding
19 Jun 2024
With the UK General Election imminent, industry strategist, Martyn Allison, says it’s time for the
02 May 2024
Active Oxfordshire has received £1.3 million to tackle inactivity and inequality and launch a new
09 Jan 2024
Solving the UK's social care problem is the key to overcoming the financial challenges facing
03 Dec 2023
New insight from UK quango, Sport England has found that healthy life expectancy in England
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
06 Nov 2023
The 15th annual Spa China Summit was recently held at the Ritz-Carlton in the northern
10 Sep 2023
Over 100 experts in health and wellbeing gathered in central London yesterday (Friday 8 September)
21 Mar 2023
Health and wellbeing should be at the heart of all government policymaking according to a
14 Mar 2023
The UK government has declared that boys and girls should have equal access to sports
07 Nov 2022
Politicians in the UK are taking part in a physical activity challenge hosted by UK
28 Sep 2022
New Eurobarometer research results, published by the European Commission, show conclusively that women remain less
21 May 2022
Go Fit has been selected by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) as
10 May 2022
Sport England and UK Active have signed a five-year partnership agreement which will see the
22 Sep 2021
Plans have been revealed for a US$400bn city which could be the home for up
11 May 2021
The Sport and Recreation Alliance (SRA) has published its new four-year strategy, outlining its vision
09 Apr 2021
A parliamentary report is calling for a £3bn intervention fund to build back better health
15 Mar 2021
Non profit, 'nomadic' Boston-based museum, Design Museum Everywhere, has launched its Diversity in Action three
26 Feb 2021
A new guide looks to offer local level practitioners and commissioners – as well as
26 Jan 2021
Sport England has vowed to tackle inequality and create a nation of "more equal, inclusive
20 Oct 2020
Persistent and rising levels of lifestyle disease across the world have exacerbated the effects of
GWI Q&A: Canyon Ranch’s Nicola Finley talks inequality and the black community’s concept of wellness
12 Aug 2020
Dr Nicola Finley, doctor and integrative medicine practitioner at Canyon Ranch, Tucson, spoke with GWI’s
18 Jun 2020
Over 150 black and minority wellness professionals have united to sign a charter demanding reform
15 Jun 2020
The sport and physical activity sector "hasn't done enough" to tackle persisting inequalities within the
12 Mar 2020
A new initiative has been launched to engage and empower women working in the UK
05 Dec 2019
Almost half of children and young people (46.8 per cent) in England are doing the
17 Oct 2019
The number of UK adults classed as physically active has increased by 1 million in
20 Sep 2019
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published the country's first ever
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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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,
has a new CEO, with an ambitious vision for the company
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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
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to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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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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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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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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Stephen Price
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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Deena Gillan
Chair of UK Active’s Independent Council and GM at 3-1-5“There are so many dedicated people in the independent sector – they work hard because they’re passionate about changing lives”
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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
exercise, how high could it go? Kath Hudson asks the experts…
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Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers
confirming the event’s largest-ever drinks reception as registrations continue to run more
than 10% ahead of last year.
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