Trafford, in Greater Manchester, UK, has a new wellbeing facility following a £20 million upgrade by operator Trafford Leisure, to improve provision and sustainability.

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

A move from Brimhams Active to Miova will see Tweedie tackling consultancy

Roland Omamor, Mike Lyons and Ken Masser talk about serving communities and building strategic partnerships in their letters to HCM

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

A Parliamentary Petition calling for gyms to reopen first after the current national lockdown in the UK has passed the 100k signature milestone, which means the motion will be considered for a debate in Parliament.

Less than half (44.9 per cent) of children and young people in England met the recommended levels for exercise (60 minutes or more a day) during 2020.

Larissa Davies and Themis Kokolakakis summarise the findings of the Active Lives Adult Survey linking sports and physical activity with positive wellbeing outcomes

The ukactive Kids board has produced a new long-term strategy to tackle youth inactivity – a growing issue described as ‘a ticking time-bomb for the NHS.’

We’ve reached a tipping point in the healthy living revolution, with Healthy New Towns and Sporting Future two huge opportunities to embrace, says Liz Terry

Sport England has launched a consultation process as it prepares to develop its plan to fulfil the government’s wide-ranging physical activity strategy.

Physical activity should be embedded into every aspect of society, says ukactive, which will today (5 November) publish a new call-to-arms Blueprint urging the government to make overcoming inactivity a top-tier public health priority.

Steven Ward offers an overview of ukactive’s new vision document

Exercising more, losing weight and drinking less could slash the the number of Britons getting cancer by 84,000 a year, according to health experts.

The World Health Organisation has sets its sights on overcoming the growing physical inactivity epidemic by outlining a 10-year strategy to get Europeans moving more.

A physical activity loyalty card (PAL), which rewards users with shopping vouchers, has been launched in Northern Ireland with the aim of combating inactivity.

ukactive CEO David Stalker has outlined his organisation’s credentials to serve as independent watchdog for the national physical activity plan suggested in today’s report from the All-Party Commission on Physical Activity.

Following Chancellor George Osborne’s weekend announcement that the UK’s first garden city for 100 years would be built in Ebbsfleet, ukactive CEO David Stalker has called on developers to ensure spaces for physical activity are high on the planning agenda, saying a successful outcome could provide a breakthrough in reducing the UK’s inactivity crisis.

CEO of ukactive David Stalker discusses the parliamentary group set up to examine physical inactivity

With studies showing UK physical activity levels are dropping, it's time for a national strategy, says ukactive CEO David Stalker

The Scottish Government is investing £12m into physical activity initiatives in schools and workplaces.

A pilot programme to tackle the issue of obesity in children diagnosed as either overweight or clinically obese has been a success in Northern Ireland.

The Chief Medical Officer for Wales has recently published guidelines for exercise referral schemes, stating that they must only be made to instructors who are registered with the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) at level 3 as an Advanced Instructor and with qualifications for working with specialist populations.