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08 Oct 2025
The Positive Prime Global Summit will take place between 3 and 5 November. It will
18 Aug 2025
The three-year Opening School Facilities initiative smashed all targets according to a report into its
21 Sep 2020
Exercise has been voted the number one way the public can help the NHS –
30 Jul 2020
This year's National Fitness Day (NFD) will be the "biggest unified celebration of fitness in
15 Jan 2020
The Rugby Football League (RFL) has been awarded £660,000 from the Youth Endowment Fund to
15 May 2019
Sports should be harnessed to help tackle knife crime and gang violence, according to a
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
21 Mar 2018
The government’s new Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper could present a funding opportunity for the
25 Jan 2018
Community sports leaders continue to face a shortage of funding and support, according to findings
19 Jul 2016
In a startling discovery that raises fundamental questions about human behaviour, researchers at the University
21 Jan 2016
Sports minister Tracey Crouch has highlighted the importance of technology and apps in trying to
20 Oct 2015
The government’s public consultation on a new sports strategy has ignited a "great response" from
19 Jun 2014
Leisure industry marketing experts believe that despite the increasingly fragmented nature of social media, online
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
25 Nov 2013
UK leisure trusts are being invited to bid for a share of £2m worth of
13 Sep 2013
A new study has suggested that adding a mental health component to school-based lifestyle programmes
23 Aug 2013
A partnership of local and central governments is using sport to deliver social change in
26 Jun 2013
A £3.15m grant has been created to develop a Scotland-wide network of full-sized 3G pitches
20 May 2013
Using sport to tackle social issues among disadvantaged young people could save billions of pounds
05 Jul 2012
Edinburgh Leisure, the not for profit social enterprise which manages sport and leisure facilities on
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
26 Jun 2012
Image: The project will target young jobless adults Young unemployed adults living in inner city
10 Apr 2012
Anglia Community Leisure's Street Sport sessions have already proven hugely popular with local young people
06 Sep 2011
Nearly 60 per cent of adults questioned as part of new research by the Football
02 Jun 2011
Anglia Community Leisure (ACL) is to expand its free Street Sports initiative following a successful
22 Mar 2011
A new report has underlined the 'highly effective' role of sports schemes in helping combat
08 Mar 2011
Consultation on plans for a minimum price of alcohol in Northern Ireland has been unveiled
01 Mar 2011
Crusaders Rugby League and Chester Football Club have helped Flintshire County Council (FCC) launch a
02 Nov 2010
Freedom Leisure is to continue its Friday Night Project at K2 Crawley after securing funding
01 Nov 2010
Leisure trusts are feeling the pinch, with confidence in the medium to long-term down significantly
01 Nov 2010
Freedom Leisure is delighted to announce that it's Friday Night Project at K2 Crawley will
29 Sep 2010
London mayor Boris Johnson has launched the Safer Parks Award to recognise steps taken by
23 Sep 2010
A new report compiled by Loughborough University has revealed how a London cricket scheme launched
27 Aug 2010
Bassetlaw District Council (BDC) has officially unveiled the new £130,000 Hallcroft Play Area, which has
09 Aug 2010
Leisure trust Impulse Leisure is targeting physically inactive people in Thurrock as it takes ZigZag
05 Aug 2010
North Lincolnshire Council (NLC) have revealed that 12 local play projects could have to be
05 Aug 2010
Thurrock residents, from eight to 80, are being encouraged to get interactive as Impulse Leisure
04 Aug 2010
An initiative lead by leisure trust Tone Leisure in Devon is encouraging young people to
04 Aug 2010
British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) chief executive Brigid Simmonds has written to the Home
03 Aug 2010
A Devon initiative in which young people are encouraged to visit local leisure centres on
08 Jul 2010
Freedom Leisure has received official community recognition for its Friday Night Project (FNP) at K2
08 Jul 2010
Seven of the UK's largest hospitality industry associations have called on the government for a
25 May 2010
New standards - designed to help tackle crime and anti-social behaviour - have been launched
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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New insight from Deloitte and Grant Thornton shows record growth, but the real shift is towards identity and perceived value, revealing opportunities to deepen engagement with members
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Record market penetration in the UK
fitness sector masks a deeper shift
around consumer engagement, according
to a report from Grant Thornton and
UK Active, as Liz Terry reports
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