The UK government has got behind Joe Wicks’ latest initiative – Activate, a new animated series of five minute workouts for kids.

A ten-year plan for health has been published for the UK, with a pivot to prevention at its heart. Kath Hudson gives a briefing and also reports on Joe Wicks’ allied kids’ fitness initiative

Contrast bathing and social wellness start-up Othership has raised US$11.3 million (€10.5 million, £8.94 million) to expand its presence across the US.

Tim Gurner, Australian developer and founder of Gurner Group, is expanding the Saint Haven wellness concept across Australia, with plans for its first locations in the UAE (in Dubai) and the US by the end of this year.

Sport England has announced investment into 53 areas highlighted in the top 10 per cent of the UK in terms of inactivity, social need, deprivation and health inequality.

Arc, London’s highly anticipated social wellness club, has officially debuted today (31 January) in Canary Wharf with a sleek 5,000sq m flagship urban bathhouse.

The social wellness club movement that has taken the US East Coast by storm looks set to reshape London’s wellness scene in early 2025. ARC, an all-new urban wellness brand, is due to launch in January, bringing a fresh concept that blends connection, community and evidence- based wellness practices to the UK.

The Bobby Moore Sports Hub is setting new standards in sustainable design

While British adults are the most active they’ve been in a decade, health inequalities remain with the same groups missing out, according to Sport England’s latest Active Lives Adults Report.

Urban wellness brand Othership has ambitions to expand its social bathhouse concept throughout North America, according to CEO and co-founder Robbie Bent.

Health is a national asset that drives prosperity at an individual and collective level. Alliance Leisure CEO, Sarah Watts, explains how the organisation is supporting communities through the reimagining of public sector leisure

A number of gym operators are concerned that local lockdowns could come into effect in some areas of the UK before gyms reopen, further delaying the full restarting of the industry –  especially in major urban areas.

Physical activity body ukactive has partnered with developer Barking Riverside Limited (BRL) to help create a mixed-use residential project with a focus on healthy, active lifestyles.

Everyone Active has been awarded a contract with Bromsgrove District Council to manage its leisure facilities across the district for the next 21 years, including a new £10m (US$13.2m, €11.2m) sports centre.

Everyone Active has been awarded a 10-year contract to manage leisure centres across the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

In 2017 Forum Events will be celebrating 20 years of the Facilities Management (FM) Forum, an event dedicated to professionals responsible for the FM their organisations

Pulse Fitness - the dedicated equipment arm of the Pulse Group - has supplied and installed fitness gear at a new £6million (US$7.5m, €6.9m) youth facility in the Wirral called ‘The Hive’.

North Country Leisure (NCL) and Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) are to join forces and merge their operations later this year.

NHS England has today (1 March) announced plans to create 10 ‘healthy new towns’ across the country which will explore and test creative solutions for 21st century healthcare challenges.

Technogym’s Pure Strength range allows regular members to train like elite sportspeople

Comfort Zone has partnered with South Kensington Club (SKC) in London, a newly-opened luxury health club measuring 25,000sq ft (2,323sq m).

GLL is to open an extreme sports facility at Barking Sporthouse and Gym next week (5 May), featuring London’s biggest indoor skate park and a unique climbing wall, as the operator bids to broaden its leisure appeal.

Leisure operator GLL has announced it will open east London’s first ever indoor trampoline park this summer at Barking Sporthouse and Gym, as part of the site’s burgeoning range of services.

Sauna and steam room manufacturer DaleSauna has created a luxury thermal spa at a London leisure centre.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced finalised plans for a new cycle superhighway in the UK capital.

Construction is well underway on the new £14m (US$22.4m, €17.8m) Abbey Leisure Centre in Barking in east London, complete with a luxury spa.

GLL, the UK's largest leisure charitable social enterprise, held its first ‘Steps into Work' graduation ceremony this week, which saw eight students with learning disabilities graduate from an internship programme run by National Star College in partnership with Remploy.

Austrian fitness app Runtastic has launched a new feature that provides runners with stories as they work out, in an attempt to keep them motivated and entertained during their training sessions.

Becca Douglas takes a look at some of the initiatives aiming to deliver a legacy from last year's London Paralympic Games

London Mayor Boris Johnson has outlined a £913m plan to promote cycling in the capital, which will see the establishment of Dutch-style segregated cycle tracks over the next three years.