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Members from UK leisure and cultural trusts have stepped up and logged an impressive 21.5million steps in a ‘Road to Tokyo’ challenge, as part of a free initiative from leisure & cultural marketing experts, Bigwave Marketing.

Newly appointed Sporta chief executive Cate Atwater has admitted her members face a “worrying landscape” as economic pressure mounts in the charity sector.

Sports minister Tracey Crouch MP will deliver this year’s keynote address at Elevate, the UK’s largest cross-sector event focused on tackling physical inactivity.

Education and knowledge sharing is the name of the game at this year’s event

Leisure Industry Week (LIW) has announced a new strategic partnership with Sporta to support leisure industry operators.

Sporta, the national association of leisure and cultural trusts, has announced that its AGM in Bournemouth next month will be expanded to feature a brand new awards show recognising the achievements of members throughout the UK.

An ambitious initiative to track the progress and development of the UK sports & leisure centre over the last six decades has won support from a number of key industry bodies ahead of a key consulting session next month.

Aquatics training body STA has secured a 12-month partnership with The Sports and Recreation Trusts Association (Sporta) – representing leisure and cultural trusts – which sees STA become the organisation’s preferred aquatic training supplier.

Fitness operators in the public sector are more confident of their future prospects now than they were last year, according to a state of the industry report from sporta.

Mike McCardle has announced that he is retiring from his position as executive secretary at sporta, the representative body for UK leisure and cultural trusts, after five years in the role.