kids active news
17 Jul 2025
The UK government has got behind Joe Wicks’ latest initiative – Activate – a new
07 Nov 2024
Prestatyn Leisure Centre has unveiled some new fitness experiences designed to engage children with physical
20 Jul 2022
UK Active and Nike have launched the 2022 Open Doors programme. The scheme provides children
08 Feb 2021
The government has pledged to invest more than £10m to open school sports and swimming
21 Apr 2020
ukactive Kids and sports equipment giant Nike have launched a service designed to help children
05 Sep 2019
Les Mills has made its Born to Move programming – which targets children as young
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
03 May 2019
The fitness of children falls dramatically during the holidays – but the problem could be
25 Mar 2019
Enjoyment is the single biggest factor in motivating children to be active – while "physically
06 Mar 2019
Primary school staff that are helping and inspiring children in London to be active are
07 Jan 2019
All primary schools in England could be offered the opportunity to get involved in the
19 Sep 2018
More than £346m in "wasted" childcare funding should be used to get children more active
29 Sep 2017
Never underestimate the positive social and mental effects of activity – that was the message
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
16 Mar 2017
Imoves - a digital teaching platform to help get schools active - has been named
25 Nov 2016
The first 12 physical activity disruptors to benefit from the ActiveLab startup mentoring scheme have
05 Feb 2016
Fitness instructor Mr Motivator has said he’s on a new mission to tackle youth inactivity
25 Jan 2016
Disney and Creative England have named Liverpool-based tech firm Citrus Suite as the winner of
13 Jan 2016
Spafinder Wellness 365 announced its 2016 Spa & Wellness Top Ten Trends Forecast in a
17 Mar 2015
Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the entire Looney Tunes gang could soon be putting UK
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
03 Nov 2014
Les Mills UK has added four new members to its team as it gears up
08 Sep 2014
Fit For Sport commercial director Paul Bowman, is set to leave the company this month
05 Jun 2014
Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) has appointed two new health and physical activity development officers to
04 Jul 2011
Active Nation has launched a new signature event designed to get more children active. The
05 May 2010
Youngsters interested in taking part in this year's Suffolk Youth Games are being called to
14 Oct 2009
Interactive gaming attraction provider MagiQuest has opened its newest site at the Mall of America
25 Sep 2009
The Child's Play family activity centre in Las Vegas, which opened earlier this year, has
14 Jul 2009
More than 177,000 young people have taken part in Sport Unlimited, a programme aiming to
27 Jan 2009
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is to issue guidance tomorrow (28
29 Oct 2008
ZigZag is the UK’s leading provider of innovative children’s activity solutions, offering a portfolio of
26 Feb 2008
Dame Kelly Holmes has launched a new scheme in east London to tackle inactivity, ill
28 Nov 2007
Kidspace has opened its new flagship site in Croydon, south London. The £2m centre, which
20 Nov 2007
Youth fitness brand SHOKK has teamed up with the SLAM Community Development Trust in County
01 May 2007
Aston Villa players Thomas Sorensen and Craig Gardner have opened a new gym for children
30 Jan 2007
Following his TV series Unfit Kids, former England footballer Ian Wright is fronting another campaign
7 May 2002
In a bid to fight the dramatic increase in child obesity, FitClub has launched a
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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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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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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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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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BLK BOX has been reimagining elite performance
spaces for more than a decade. Founder and
former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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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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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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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Consolidation, specialisation and shifting consumer behaviours
are reshaping the sector, say Deloitte and EuropeActive
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Researchers have long known that the brain changes as a result of exercise. Now researchers believe this process is actually driven by the brain
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Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing
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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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