Supporting the GLP-1 journey and delivering for WorkWell centres are the topics of this month’s letters

Matrix Fitness examines how progressive programming, empowered instructors and a pivot toward prevention are driving deeper member engagement

Freedom Leisure has merged with 1610, a not-for-profit trust based in the west of England. The move is in response to financial challenges facing much of the public sector.

Edinburgh Leisure has appointed Jen Holland as chief executive. She will take over from June Peebles on 18 March.

A proposed change to the way councils organise the operation of their leisure facilities –  including gyms and health clubs – could see not-for-profit leisure trusts benefitting from up to £78 million of VAT savings a year across the UK.

The founder of GLL reflects on the challenges he faced setting up the UK’s first charitable trust for leisure services

A pioneering prehab exercise programme is expanding after helping thousands of UK cancer patients achieve better health and surgical outcomes

The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs across Europe continues to be at "extremely low levels".

The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs, leisure centres and swimming pools in the UK continues to be at "extremely low levels".

The number of children enrolled on Parkwood Leisure's Learn to Swim Programme, has reached a record high since pools were allowed to reopen to the public on 12 April.

Policing the gym floor to ensure everyone is adhering to COVID-secure behaviour will be vital to success on reopening, says Paul Roberts, CEO of MyCustomerLens

As COVID-19 cases increase across much of the UK, the fitness industry is standing fast, with the latest data from ukactive showing that the prevalence of COVID-19 in people who have used gyms remains extremely low.

Policymakers and operators discuss trust and public sector pandemic responses

Up to 48 per cent of public leisure facilities could close by the end of 2020, resulting in the loss of 300,000 jobs, according to the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) and ukactive.

Five months after the start of lockdown, Leisure-net Solutions surveyed the public leisure sector to gauge how its faring

Over 22,000 jobs are at risk across the UK's public leisure sector, out of a total of 46,000, according to a new report, out today, from industry body Community Leisure UK (CLUK).

A third of leisure trusts will face ‘unviability’ in the next six months, says the CEO of Community Leisure UK

Health clubs, gyms, indoor pools and leisure centres have reopened in Wales – nearly five months after being forced to close as part of the nationwide lockdown. The latest easing of regulations in Wales came into force on 10 August, one week after the country's pubs and restaurants were able to throw open their doors to customers.

A "significant proportion" of leisure facilities in England have not reopened since lockdown measures were eased, according to data from industry body Community Leisure UK (CLUK).

The UK's industry's leading trade associations have united to call for a major review of taxation and regulation to help operators rebound from the lockdown.

Leisure providers are facing crisis point without access to emergency government funding or support, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Local authorities have been told to consider deferring rents and offering interest-free loans to leisure operators which are struggling with the COVID-19 shutdowns.

A project aiming to get people across East Lancashire more physically active is achieving a social return on investment of £28 for every £1 spent.

Procurement practices are driving a race to the bottom in the delivery of public leisure services, according to Community Leisure UK CEO Cate Atwater. Speaking exclusively to Sports Management magazine, Atwater said she was worried about the pressures being put on the delivery of public leisure services, stating that "public services right across the board are under significant strain to achieve the same or even more, with less financial investment".

Leisure trust GLL and Belfast City Council will invest £105m over the next decade. We talk to the chair about the impact of the social enterprise model

According to ukactive’s Reimagining Ageing Report, ageing is an issue that we simply cannot afford to ignore. Chris Phillips from Datahub summarises the findings

The lowdown on the UK’s largest physical activity trade show

The first ever Community Leisure UK Awards will be held at The Lowry hotel in Manchester on 22 May 2019.

Managing memberships and admin can be time and resource intensive taking your staff away from what they do best – engaging with customers.

A campaign has been launched to raise awareness of the way leisure trusts operate – including their ethos on protecting services and serving local communities.