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.

Disability sports lead at Matta, Marina Logacheva, outlines ways in which health club operators can better welcome people with disabilities

This Girl Can has launched a new campaign – We Like the Way You Move – which redefines how women getting active looks and champions women from underrepresented groups.

Work is underway on Central Bedfordshire Council’s £30 million leisure and community centre in Leighton Buzzard.

Carers UK is re-launching its successful Carers Active project to encourage carers – who often struggle to prioritise their own health – to be active.

In a win for the UK health and fitness industry, health secretary, Wes Streeting, has said GPs should refer people to health clubs and gyms rather than write sick notes.

A ten-year plan for health has been published for the UK, with a pivot to prevention at its heart. Kath Hudson gives a briefing and also reports on Joe Wicks’ allied kids’ fitness initiative

Digital exercise platform for teenage girls, Studio You, has teamed up with Nike to launch a series of new exercise videos to improve the school PE experience for girls in England.

The UK government has announced £100 million of new funding to support grassroots sports and physical activity, targeting deprived areas and supporting participation among under- represented groups.

The importance of strength training for special populations is leading to the creation of a new generation of equipment that facilitates safe use. Julie Cramer investigates

With 2.8 million people in the UK economically inactive due to long-term sickness, the government has published a White Paper setting out plans to get people back to work by improving their health and employability.

Sport and physical activity creates annual savings of £10.5 billion for the NHS and social care, according to Sport England research published today (22 October).

The Bobby Moore Sports Hub is setting new standards in sustainable design

Thoughts from Helen Rowbotham of Access Sport and Jason Stanton of Mytime Active

As the fitness industry moves closer to the healthcare sector, Lyndsey Barrett and Andrew Chapman argue an overhaul is needed in the language used to make sure it’s inclusive.

A stellar line up of industry thought leaders give their views on what might be coming down the tracks in the next 18 months and where to find the chinks of light in the current stormy landscape. Contributors include Liz Clarke, Huw Edwards, Tara Dillon and Martin Franklin.

Health is a national asset that drives prosperity at an individual and collective level. Alliance Leisure CEO, Sarah Watts, explains how the organisation is supporting communities through the reimagining of public sector leisure

We talk to the experts about how health clubs can best encourage women to take up weight lifting without fear of gymtimidation

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.

As the physical activity sector works to deepen its relationship with the health sector, a new study has revealed how exercise interventions can deliver proven economic value to the economy.

The parents of Kaylea Titford, a disabled 16-year-old girl, have been found guilty of her death by allowing her to become fatally obese.

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.

The UK government has announced it will be scaling back financial support to businesses as part of the updated Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS).

A report issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has accused Sport England of losing track of how £1.05bn in grants have been spent since 2016 and only accounting for £450m.

UK Active’s Digital Futures initiative is reaping significant rewards for operators

The Paralympic Champion has launched an app for the disabled community

UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) is backing research to investigate the lack of older adults accessing facilities for exercise and the barriers they face.

Although 70 per cent of people with disabilities say they want to be more active, they are put off by the physical, logistical and psychological barriers

There are a number of populations who don’t feel truly welcomed, or catered for, in fitness settings. Yet it doesn’t have to be this way.