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While there’s much talk of fitness and healthcare working closer together, research shows that there are still many barriers to overcome
HCM issue 2 2024
The UK is at the bottom of the pile when it comes to investing in physical activity. Figures published by the
Sport and Recreation Alliance (SRA) show that UK spends the smallest proportion of general government
expenditure on recreation and sport of all European countries.
news •
04 Oct 2023
The CIMSPA leader took the association from last chance saloon to award-winning organisation. Here she reflects on the gruelling early years
HCM issue 6 2023
The government has pledged £63m to support publicly-owned swimming pools and leisure
centres as part of a one-year scheme.
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15 Mar 2023
The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is set to end on
31 March leaving thousands set for closure or service cuts.
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23 Feb 2023
Lucy Frazer has replaced Michelle Donelan as culture secretary at the UK's newly-named
Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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10 Feb 2023
The damaging effect of the energy crisis due to government inaction and the impact on the
health of the UK population saw Tanni Grey-Thompson lobbying the government in the House
of Lords recently.
news •
24 Jan 2023
A number of the UK's local authorities and their leisure management partners are in
crisis due to rising energy costs, with around 40 per cent saying leisure centres and swimming
pools will be closed or services reduced before March 2023 unless they receive immediate
confirmation of additional grants from the government.
news •
24 Nov 2022
A coalition of leading organisations across the physical activity sector has called for radical
reform to support its growth and development.
news •
08 Jul 2022
How can organisations, including health club and leisure businesses, decarbonise, generate
clean energy and harness attitudes of 'energy sobriety' to reduce CO2 emissions? These are
some of the issues to be discussed at this year’s European Energy Transition Conference.
news •
09 May 2022
The health, fitness and activity sector is ramping up its sustainability drive to net-zero with the
launch of a new alliance called the Sport Environment and Climate Coalition (SECC).
news •
22 Mar 2022
The House of Lords' 'National Plan for Sport and Recreation committee' has invited
sporting organisations and members of the public in the UK, to provide their views on how
to tackle the barriers which prevent people from taking part in sport and physical activity,
as part of an inquiry into the government's performance in relation to participation.
news •
09 Dec 2020
The sport and physical activity sector is mounting a challenge to government plans to shut
down the
sector during "Lockdown 2", set to come into force on 5 November.
news •
03 Nov 2020
More than 100 sport and physical activity bodies have sent a letter to UK Prime Minister Boris
Johnson, urging him to give the sector a central role in the nation’s COVID-19 recovery plans.
news •
21 Sep 2020
How will facility provision change after lockdown? We ask the experts
HCM issue 5 2020
Business rates in England will be abolished for one year for firms in the leisure and hospitality
sectors with a rateable value below £51,000.
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11 Mar 2020
Representatives from the three main political parties have backed the view that physical activity has
a major role to play in the nation’s health by reducing the burden on the NHS.
news •
09 Dec 2019
The Sport and Recreation Alliance and ukactive will host sport and physical activity hustings with the
main political parties ahead of the December general election.
news •
21 Nov 2019
A new interactive map charting physical activity among children in England reveals that more
than 90 per cent of young people in some regions are failing to meet the minimum
recommended levels of exercise.
news •
22 Jul 2019
The figures revealed in today's Active Lives Children and Young People research have been described
an "urgent wake-up call" and a "national disgrace".
news •
06 Dec 2018
The Sport and Recreation Alliance (SRA) has launched a petition calling on politicians of all parties to
transform physical activity provision for children and young people as part of the Right To Be Active
campaign.
news •
25 Sep 2018
With such a huge proportion of the UK population not meeting recommended activity levels,
fitness professionals who expand their range of services will find unlimited opportunities
HCM issue 9 2018
The latest chapter of the government’s Childhood Obesity Plan – published this
week – has
received a mixed reaction from the physical activity sector.
news •
26 Jun 2018
A progress report on the government’s Sporting Future strategy has been overshadowed
by the omission of more than £300m in cuts to a programme for boosting pupil’s health. While sports
minister Tracey Crouch told Parliament there had been 'good progress on a number of fronts' since
the plan was introduced, her latest report failed to detail changes to the Healthy Pupil Capital
Programme.
news •
02 Feb 2018
Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has signed the Sport and Recreation Alliance's Mental
Health Charter to help improve accessibility to its facilities for all sections of the
community.
news •
20 Apr 2017
The threat to the existence of public parks is a threat to the nation’s physical and mental
health, a select committee has been told by several experts.
news •
26 Oct 2016
More than a third of women will be inspired by the Rio 2016 Olympics to take part in
physical activity, according to a study commissioned by the Sport and Recreation Alliance.
news •
05 Aug 2016
British Cycling has called upon the government to explore the possibility of opening up
more public paths to cyclists to boost participation and help deliver on sport strategy
outcomes.
news •
11 Jul 2016
A piece of work which offers sport and physical activity bodies advice on engaging with
public health organisations has been published by the Sport and Recreation Alliance and
ukactive.
news •
08 Jul 2016
Leisure industry heavyweights have raised concerns for the future after the UK voted to
leave the European Union (EU) following the referendum on its membership. KPMG – one of the big
four auditors along with Deloitte, EY and PwC – has said the decision is likely to cause CEOs within
the leisure and hospitality sector a great deal of uncertainty and concern.
news •
24 Jun 2016
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New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
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Now mental health is the number one reason for people to join a
health club, do fitness professionals need a grounding in counselling
to offer a more holistic service? Kath Hudson asks the experts
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As more people join clubs to support their mental
health, fitness professionals need to be empowered to
take a holistic approach. Kath Hudson shares useful
tools discussed at the ACE summit on mental health
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