How Holmes Place Portugal linked up with the Portuguese Cardiology Foundation to raise the issue of inactivity

Gymtopia’s Ray Algar reports on a health club that now offers a world-class facility for people with spinal cord injuries

As part of our Gymtopia series, we look at how one Canadian club is making a long-term difference with its charitable work

The organiser of the London Marathon is to fund the expansion of running community GoodGym across three new locations in London to help spread physical activity and social good.

The My Sportlady club has forged an invaluable place in the lives of women in Munich and beyond

Rochester Midtown Athletic Club in the US believes there’s no charity too big or too small to support

Ray Algar reports on Planet Fitness’ four-year push to raise funds for breast cancer research

Ray Algar reports on the health club chain giving young homeless people a future, thanks to the legacy of Baron Carl Gripenstedt

Moving tributes have been paid to Lifestyle Fitness chair and founder Baron Carl Gripenstedt, who has died suddenly one month shy of his 60th birthday.

Ray Algar reports on a pioneering fitness facility that’s been built at Antarctica’s front door

Health clubs and leisure centres should embrace the commercial opportunity derived from being ‘socially useful’, says Kate Cracknell

Ray Algar reports on the remarkable health club in the US that’s been giving back to its community for 26 years

UK-based Mosaic Spa & Health Clubs is working with a charity in Uganda to rediscover the company’s mission. Ray Algar reports

Ray Algar reports on a joint US mission bringing war veterans and communities together through fitness initiatives

Ray Algar reports on US charity-powered gym The Movement

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decision to refer the proposed merger of The Gym Group and Pure Gym to an in-depth investigation – a move which prompted the low cost operators to scrap the deal – was based on a “narrow definition of the market” according to health and fitness industry analyst Ray Algar.

The cream of the health and fitness industry gathered in Telford this week, as 14 awards and three special accolades were distributed at the highly-anticipated Flame Awards 2014.

Ray Algar reports on the GoodGym initiative, where the act of running is given a valuable social purpose

Gymtopia, Hukka, Finland, squash balls, therapeutic blankets, autistic, autism

Finalists for the new-look 2014 Flame Awards were announced yesterday afternoon by ukactive CEO David Stalker during a live webinar.

Ray Algar reports on an initiative that went beyond fundraising to touch on the very personal sphere of bone marrow donation

A new report from Oxygen Consulting has said that the physical activity sector must “unleash” its social purpose potential to thrive among the wave of private and budget gyms.

Ray Algar takes a look at an initiative by Denmark's Fresh Fitness to fund fresh water wells in Uganda

Ray Algar reports on a Gymkit initiative to send refurbished gym equipment to rehab centres in Laos

In the second part of our new series, Ray Algar takes a look at a charitable fundraising venture being run by The Gym Group in the UK

In a new series for Health Club Management, Gymtopia founder Ray Algar reports on a gym shoe donation project in Brazil

A new project has been launched to bring together stories, insight and inspiration from the health and fitness industry encouraging gyms and their members to have a wider reaching social impact.

Can the sector better engage with members by more wholeheartedly embracing CSR? Kate Cracknell reports on the birth of Gymtopia