Sport England releases the latest Active Lives Children and Young People Report for 24-25, as Kath Hudson reports

Sport England has released the latest Active Lives Children & Young People Report for the 2024-25 academic year.

Strategic advisor, Andy Reed, founder of SajeImpact, has called for a fresh approach to physical activity strategy.

Founder member of the Active Wellbeing Service, Martyn Allison, talks through the vision of the sport and physical activity sector collaborating to deliver a service, which can narrow gaps in activity and tackle health inequalities.

Physical participation figures are the highest ever, but inequalities remain with the same groups still losing out, according to the new Active Lives Adult Survey Report 2023-2024.

NHS England has released a report, Harnessing the benefits of physical activity that suggests it is keen to collaborate with the physical activity sector.

Improvements in life expectancy in Europe have slowed according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health Journal, with England showing the largest deceleration.

The team at industry research outfit, Active Insight, celebrate 25 years of advisory work and outline their succession plan to Kate Cracknell

Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People Survey for the academic year 2023- 2024 has found that one of the biggest determinants of physical activity levels is children having positive attitudes towards exercise.

Edinburgh Leisure has launched its first impact report since 2015, which shows progress in the face of extreme budget pressures and soaring demand.

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.

Active Oxfordshire has received £1.3 million to tackle inactivity and inequality and launch a new programme for children.

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.

Physical activity levels among children and young people have improved compared to five years ago, according to Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People Report 22-23, which was published today (7 December 2023).

With the sector’s widespread view that the UK government’s new physical activity and sport strategy lacks vision, Martyn Allison dissects the finer details, while industry thought leaders also comment

Over 100 experts in health and wellbeing gathered in central London yesterday (Friday 8 September) at the invitation of Kim Leadbeater MP, to discuss how a future Labour government in the UK could deliver policies for a "healthier happier and more productive Britain."

The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) is likely to miss the targets it has set itself for boosting walking and cycling.

Health and wellbeing should be at the heart of all government policymaking according to a new report from UK member of Parliament Kim Leadbeater, who has called for a major transformation in the way the government protects the health and wellbeing of all citizens.

Almost half of the European Union (EU) population do not exercise or play sport and the impact of this inactivity on European healthcare services is costing billions.

Another year of challenges lies ahead. Kath Hudson asks key players how they intend to optimise the opportunities presented by the market

A conference held in London this month will discuss the "next frontier" in health- and wellness-based urban design and civic architecture.

Eleven local authority areas in England are sharing £12.7m as part of a multi-year funding programme to deliver social prescriptions for walking and cycling.

The UK government is to invest £338m in transforming active travel through infrastructure upgrades, changes to The Highway Code and new requirements to ensure that active travel schemes' effects are properly assessed.

The paralympic champion is backing Sheffield City Region’s proposals to create safe, active travel routes

An area north of Sheffield City Centre in the UK is to be designed as an Active Neighbourhood, with the view to creating an environment which promotes physical activity.

The Bicycle Mayor of Coventry talks about bikes and public health challenges

The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre is working to improve population health

Physical activity levels in England have continued to fall from those recorded at the initial phase of lockdown – partly due to schools, shops and workplaces reopening, giving people less time to exercise.

The government's pledge to invest £2bn in improving the UK's cycling and walking infrastructure has been described as a 'once in a generation opportunity' to create a sustainable active travel network.

Ukactive has called on HM Treasury to invest more in the physical activity sector, in order to increase its impact across the full breadth of societal issues facing the UK today.