mass-participation news
08 Sep 2025
PureGym, Sir Chris Hoy, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and The Royal Marsden NHS
20 Jan 2022
Hybrid fitness platform FitLab has closed its Series A financing, bringing total capital raised to
11 May 2021
A report commissioned by Parkrun has estimated that allowing mass-participation outdoor events carries an "exceptionally
16 Apr 2020
Organisers of some of the UK's largest mass participation sports events – including the London
06 Sep 2019
Tennis superstar Serena Williams and Olympic champion Usain Bolt have joined a team of high
14 Jul 2016
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has announced a new exclusive partnership with Reebok Spartan Race UK
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
06 May 2016
The row between parkrun and Stoke Gifford Parish Council about maintenance charges for local facilities
03 May 2016
Virgin Active has announced a range of new offerings aimed at extreme fitness fans ahead
11 Mar 2016
IAAF president Sebastian Coe, culture secretary John Whittingdale and Akira Shimazu, chief executive of Japan’s
10 Feb 2016
Hyde Park’s Serpentine pond – the venue for the London 2012 open water marathon swims
03 Dec 2015
Pure Gym has announced that it will partner the UK’s biggest mass participation running series
26 Nov 2015
Tribal Series, the mass-participation disability sport organisation established by Paralympian Sophia Warner, will launch four
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
26 Jan 2015
Reebok and Les Mills are teaming up to stage a series of one-day festivals that
18 Mar 2011
British Swimming has agreed a four-year rights deal with the BBC to broadcast swimming and
15 Oct 2009
A new campaign designed to get 100,000 people more active through dance ahead of the
23 Jun 2009
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has announced a scheme to boost the number of
24 May 2004
Health club chain, David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) and sports event management company, Nova International, have
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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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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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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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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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CEO, Les Mills“The Les Mills partnership with Hyrox is something I'm personally really excited about”
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