sports participation news
04 Jun 2024
According to new research from Ernst & Young, the gap between female and male engagement
22 Nov 2023
The Exercise for Health Summit (EfHS), organised by EuropeActive, kicked off today at the Melia
29 Apr 2022
Physical activity levels are recovering slowly following the large drops in participation numbers caused by
11 Jan 2022
4 Global – a partner in the Moving Communities initiative – has completed an initial public
03 Aug 2020
DW Sports is going into administration saying it's working to save its 73-strong gym portfolio.
08 Apr 2020
Martin Long, CEO of DW Fitness First, has called on the government to speed up
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
30 Sep 2019
Two new synthetic grass football pitches have opened in Lincoln as part of a £1.8m
20 Sep 2019
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published the country's first ever
11 Sep 2019
Sport Ireland is to invest more than €3m (£2.7m) as part of plans to create
16 Aug 2019
DW Fitness First has launched its new Kit & Collect service, aimed at increasing secondary
12 Aug 2019
There has been a 'massive increase' in sports participation among the Chinese population following the
11 Apr 2019
A record 62.6 per cent of the adult population are now classed as physically active,
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
25 Mar 2019
Increasing sports participation among women and girls will be one of the "cornerstones" of a
02 Jan 2019
National governing body Swim England and leisure operator Everyone Active have signed a new partnership
04 Dec 2018
Five national governing bodies (NGBs) have pledged to work 'more closely' with the leisure sector
24 Aug 2018
Latest figures from Sport Wales show that a "stubborn" gap still exists in sports participation
06 Jun 2018
A new research report into the work of Sportscotland has found that participation programmes supported
25 May 2018
Double Olympic gold medallist, Max Whitlock, has launched a new gymnastics programme pledging to get
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
04 May 2018
Gym chain DW Fitness First has revealed its strategic vision to become the UK’s largest
12 Feb 2018
2016 Premier League champion Leicester City Football Club (LCFC) has revealed plans to build a
04 Jul 2017
Alex Danson, who won a Rio 2016 gold medal with Team GB’s hockey team, is
01 Jun 2017
Sporting Future, the first piece of major sports policy in over a decade, will be
12 May 2017
A major sports city district with a striking riverside stadium at its heart will be
20 Feb 2017
The partnership between Life Fitness and the University of Nottingham has continued with the installation
27 Jan 2017
Sport England is preparing to publish a “groundbreaking” piece of research that logs people’s attitudes
16 Nov 2016
Charitable leisure trust Sport Aberdeen has unveiled plans to open UK's first dedicated virtual gym.
01 Sep 2016
Australia’s Wave Park Group has proposed bringing one of its URBNSURF parks to Perth as
15 Aug 2016
Local authorities have been at the forefront of creating a “transformative” participation legacy following London
29 Jun 2016
Ever-closer collaboration between leading physical activity organisations such as ukactive and Sport England will be
09 Jun 2016
The number of people taking part in sport has reached the same level as the
02 Jun 2016
Everyone Active will begin managing Westminster City Council’s prestigious leisure portfolio next month, following a
19 May 2016
Sport England has made tackling physical inactivity its number one priority, with plans to triple
08 Apr 2016
Sport England funding should be rebalanced in favour of locally-led organisations and away from national
11 Mar 2016
Bristol has pledged to involve every corner of its “diverse community” after being unveiled as
12 Feb 2016
Sport England chief executive Jennie Price will address this year’s Sports Summit with a keynote
08 Feb 2016
Women in Sport is attempting to counter female physical activity drop-off rates during the winter
26 Jan 2016
Grassroots facilities have benefited from £47m (US$67m, €61.8m) worth of grants in 2015 according to
18 Dec 2015
A new UK government strategy is targeting wellness in children as young as five, investing
15 Dec 2015
Consumer spending on the UK leisure industry is expected to pass £80bn for the time
09 Dec 2015
Young disabled people and providers of disability sports should have more opportunities to bid for
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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Performance Health Systems, manufacturer of Power Plate,
has a new CEO, with an ambitious vision for the company
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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Julie Cramer highlights
recent health club flooring
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give their advice
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“Strength training has moved from the margins to the mainstream.”
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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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