mental illness news
15 Oct 2025
Across Europe there are encouraging signs that governments are waking up to the value of
30 Sep 2025
Childhood trauma is linked to mental health problems and chronic pain in later life and
22 Apr 2025
Active IQ is preparing to launch a Level 3, nested wellbeing qualification that covers coaching
20 Mar 2025
As more people join gyms to support their mental health, it’s becoming apparent that some
17 Mar 2025
The Soma Space, which uses a trauma-informed approach to getting people active, has been awarded
28 Jan 2025
The results of the first major UK study to quantify the benefits of consuming culture
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
03 Oct 2024
The Health and Fitness Association’s new 2024 HFA Global Report shows that despite ongoing macro-economic
14 Mar 2024
The World Happiness Summit (WOHASU) is gearing up to hold its first-ever World Wellbeing Policy
06 Dec 2023
The world’s first certification for fitness professionals to support mental wellbeing will be launched early
06 Dec 2023
An Independent Commission for Healthier Working Lives, supported by the Health Foundation, is being established
02 Sep 2021
Sheri Morgan Muskin has been appointed general manager of wellness destination Miraval Austin in Texas,
12 Feb 2021
Destination wellness resort and spa brand Miraval Resorts has partnered with the National Alliance on
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
19 Nov 2020
Leisure management company 3d Leisure is introducing two new services across its corporate division, in
09 Nov 2020
The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has named mental wellness as a new US$121bn (€101.6bn, £91.8bn)
09 Aug 2020
A significant proportion of leisure facilities in England have not reopened since lockdown measures were
30 Oct 2019
A university study has helped a sporting charity secure funding to extend a successful mental
01 Aug 2019
The Global Wellness Institute (GWI), a nonprofit research and educational resource for the wellness industry,
02 Jul 2018
Millions of people with long-term health conditions will be targeted via a £1.3m investment project
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
28 Jun 2018
Sport England has partnered with a group of health charities from The Richmond Group to
18 Jun 2018
A leisure trust has ensured that all its senior managers are qualified "mental health first
09 Feb 2018
The link between a sound body and a sound mind has been demonstrated by scientists
15 Nov 2017
Activities such as cycling and running can improve memory function and help maintain a healthy
04 Oct 2017
As little as one hour per week of exercise can offer “significant protection” against depression,
18 Aug 2017
Yayoi Kusama – the Japanese artist famed for her use of repetitive patterns and bold
20 Mar 2017
Norway tops the global happiness rankings, moving up from 4th place in 2016, followed closely
08 Mar 2017
The NHS should prescribe sporting activities, such as football, to people with mental health conditions
30 Sep 2016
A temporary attraction installed for Halloween at Knott’s Berry Farm has been shut down after
30 Sep 2016
Nuffield Health has today (30 September) acquired cognitive behavioural therapy business CBT Services, enabling the
14 Jul 2016
The organisation behind Team GB’s sport science and medicine programme will plough more of its
15 Apr 2016
Peninsula Hot Springs in Australia has become the first Corporate Friend of Mental Health Australia,
07 Jan 2015
Every UK secondary school should appoint a ‘head of wellbeing’ tasked with improving the physical
20 Oct 2014
A new £2m programme using sport to improve the lives of people with mental health
02 Oct 2014
Exercising could help to induce changes in skeletal muscle, purging the blood of an unwanted
20 Aug 2014
Regular exercise could help to stave off depression in older men, according to new research
13 Aug 2014
Middle school-aged girls who are physically fit could be less prone to depression, according to
04 Aug 2014
The NHS is trialling a new treatment method developed in Australia in order to help
18 Jul 2014
A pioneering project designed to help people with mental health problems in the UK has
20 Jan 2011
Museum@WRI - a new permanent exhibition exploring the history of medicine - is to be
10 May 2010
Just five minutes of exercise in a green environment - like a park, back garden
04 Dec 2007
Football will be used as a rehabilitative tool in a new Football Foundation initiative launched
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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New launch, Salus House, elevates boutique wellness with
high service levels and a partnership with Technogym
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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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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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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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Phillip Mills
CEO, Les Mills“The Les Mills partnership with Hyrox is something I'm personally really excited about”
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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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