The healthy ageing advocate argues that doctors should be prescribing exercise along with – or instead of – medication

The CEO of Freedom Leisure on the trust’s work with its 30 local authority partners and what developments lie ahead

Former England rugby union player and contestant on the BBC’s celebrity Traitors show, Joe Marler, is fronting a men’s mental health initiative in the run up to Valentine’s Day.

The CEO of Fit House of Brands has been busy rescuing and reimagining the company’s flagship brand, F45. He talks to Liz Terry

How can clubs best serve Gen Alpha? Vicci Wells shares insights from the Youth Sport Trust study

Nuffield Health is set to roll out its new Long-Term Conditions Rehabilitation Programme, aiming to offer 50,000 free places across the UK every year from 2027.

The leisure business and commercial manager of Move Southwark talks to HCM about the experience of bringing leisure services back in-house

Work is underway on Central Bedfordshire Council’s £30 million leisure and community centre in Leighton Buzzard.

Construction work is underway on the Newhaven Health Hub, a co-location project combining medical and fitness facilities, being led by Lewes District and Eastbourne Borough Councils.

The CEO of Mytime Active is delivering fitness and wellness interventions both within facilities and in the community. He explains all to Kate Cracknell.

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

Colin Waggett, Tom Leverton, Elaine Jobson and Liz Clark are among the line-up of CEOs giving their take on current issues, such as how to influence governments and whether the recovery trend is here to stay.

Sport for Confidence and Everyone Active have launched a community-focused delivery model in Westminster, London to improve access to physical activity for people with disabilities and long-term health conditions.

Nuffield Health is partnering with the UK government to offer 4,000 health workers who live with chronic joint conditions a free rehabilitation programme to get them back to work.

The duo have brought together a wellness trust and a GP federation to create a new model with clinical governance embedded at its heart, as Kate Cracknell reports

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.

Group exercise is the engine room of the sector, relying on its talent to deliver. Abi Harris asks industry experts how we can engage the next generation of instructors

Testosterone shots, GLP-1s and wellness – HCM talks to industry leaders about their plans for 2025 and examines current opportunites, threats and trends

Everyone Active, has collaborated with wellbeing consultant, Oliver Patrick, to launch a new membership category, You+.

The UK’s largest healthcare charity and a leading research university have teamed up to create a scalable intervention to use physical activity to treat chronic health conditions.

With 2.8 million people in the UK economically inactive due to long-term sickness, the government has published a White Paper setting out plans to get people back to work by improving their health and employability.

News editor of HCM, Kath Hudson, taps the zeitgeist at the recent W3Fit EMEA industry event that was held in Sardinia, Italy

Independent charity, Everybody Health and Leisure, has been awarded the delivery of the One You programme across Cheshire East for an initial three-year period from November.

Sport and physical activity creates annual savings of £10.5 billion for the NHS and social care, according to Sport England research published today (22 October).

With one in six people in the world set to be aged over 60 by 2030, the demand for healthy ageing and longevity services is expected to rise. We talk to operators active in this space and ask how their premium offerings can filter down to the mainstream

Xcel Leisure Centre has strengthened its outreach pathways with the region’s first Technogym Biocircuit

Telehealth specialist HealthHero has announced a partnership with UK operator, Parkwood Leisure.

Sector leaders in the UK have collaborated to create the Physical Activity Leadership Network that aims to raise physical activity levels, address inequalities and create an Active Wellbeing Service.

Sport for Confidence CIC has received a national award for its pioneering work hardwiring occupational therapy driven services into community sport and leisure settings.

As the UK health sector struggles with demand, health clubs are now stepping in to offer medical service support