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Sport England has confirmed that Simon Hayes will take over from Tim Hollingsworth as CEO.
24 Mar 2025
Loughborough University in the UK has teamed up with Vitality to launch a Women in
06 Feb 2025
Sport England has announced that Tim Hollingsworth will stand down as CEO at the end
26 Oct 2024
Sport and physical activity creates annual savings of £10.5 billion for the NHS and social
Farrer tells government the physical activity sector is critical to fixing the UK’s sluggish economy
01 Feb 2024
Mike Farrar, chair of UK Active, has called on the UK government to deploy the
21 Sep 2023
Improved mental health is now a stronger motivation for Brits to exercise than staying in
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
02 Sep 2022
The Football Foundation is to invest 40 per cent of its total funding over the
24 Nov 2021
A total of 22.7 million Brits – more than a third of the total population
22 Sep 2021
Sports Minister, Nigel Huddleston, has joined gym-goers this morning to kick-off the annual National Fitness
24 Mar 2021
It is unlikely that the UK will see a Work Out to Help Out scheme
23 Mar 2021
A total of £100m has been allocated to 266 local authorities across England, to support
23 Nov 2020
Closing gyms and leisure facilities during any possible future lockdown would be "unthinkable", according to
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
16 Oct 2020
A UK government U-turn – just announced – will see gyms and leisure centres staying open
01 Jul 2020
Industry body ukactive has today (1 July) hosted a delegation of government and public health
04 Jun 2020
Former sports minister Richard Caborn has called on the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park to be
30 Apr 2020
Sports minister Nigel Huddleston has said the DCMS is working closely with Sport England to
09 Mar 2020
Gyms, health clubs, sports facilities and swimming pools across Italy have been forced to close
28 Jan 2020
The UK government is looking to create more physical activity opportunities for children by helping
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
04 Dec 2019
The Irish government will utilise funds sitting in dormant bank accounts by investing them in
18 Jun 2019
A majority of mothers do not exercise because it makes them feel guilty about not
17 Jun 2019
Sport Wales has revealed details of a new funding initiative designed to help people in
06 Jun 2019
Huw Edwards, acting CEO of ukactive, has called for a "cultural shift" across government, in
23 Apr 2019
A skating club and a beach volleyball team are among the organisations to benefit from
29 Mar 2019
Irish tourism body Fáilte Ireland has created a €15.5m (US$17.4m, £13.3m) fund for towns around
25 Mar 2019
Increasing sports participation among women and girls will be one of the "cornerstones" of a
07 Feb 2019
Now in its fourth year, Elevate continues to explore the benefits of physical activity for
07 Feb 2019
The UK Government’s chief medical officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, will be a keynote speaker
06 Dec 2018
The figures revealed in today's Active Lives Children and Young People research have been described
02 Nov 2018
Sports minister Tracey Crouch has resigned over the government's delay in bringing down the maximum
25 Oct 2018
The Scottish government and sportscotland have made £300,000 worth of extra funding available for projects
15 Oct 2018
Cox Architecture have been selected to design a new stadium at Moore Park in Sydney,
08 Aug 2018
Alex Smith, founder of Cares Family and a fellow at the Obama Foundation, will give
17 Jul 2018
Community-based sport and physical activity projects in Scotland are in line for a cash investment
14 Jun 2018
The debate over whether safe standing areas should be allowed in English top flight football
14 May 2018
The UK sports sector has been paying its tributes to former Labour cabinet minister Dame
09 Apr 2018
Premier League football club West Bromwich Albion (WBA) has had its proposal to establish a
04 Apr 2018
A French government watchdog has warned that the cost of hosting the Paris 2024 Olympic
12 Mar 2018
The Sport and Recreation Alliance (SRA) is encouraging the sports sector to engage in a
02 Feb 2018
A progress report on the government’s Sporting Future strategy has been overshadowed by the omission
31 Jan 2018
Sports minister Tracey Crouch has described the government’s strategy for sport as making “good progress”
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