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Don’t wait for the government, or the NHS, to provide the solutions or the budget, just get on with it was a key takeaway from ... More

Greater Manchester’s Prehab4Cancer programme is continuing to report outstanding results, with a recent evaluation showing the benefits to both patients and the health service. The ... More

Sport England has announced investment into 53 areas highlighted in the top 10 per cent of the UK in terms of inactivity, social need, deprivation ... More

Mike Farrar is stepping down as chair of UK Active, after being appointed interim Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health in Northern Ireland. Farrar ... More

The number of people being admitted to hospital in England because of vitamin and mineral deficienices is soaring according to government data. In 2023-24, there ... More

According to a major Moving Communities study, participation in public leisure centre activities saved the NHS £397.8 million in 2023. The findings – analysed from ... More

BBC news reader and star of Strictly Come Dancing, Angela Rippon, has launched a UK campaign, backed by the Sport and Recreation Alliance, which aims ... More

The results of the first major UK study to quantify the benefits of consuming culture and heritage are in – and it’s good news for ... More

The Bannatyne Group is the latest UK health and fitness operator to announce a partnership with HealthHero to offer members access to a range of ... More

Brits are choosing to spend more of their disposable income on health and fitness than eating out and drinking socially according to a new survey ... More

North Ayrshire charitable trust, KA Leisure, has launched a new programme to offer preventative healthcare to its community at an affordable price. The Well and ... More

Insurance company, Vitality, has published a report into the exercise habits of British women, and explores the critical barriers preventing many from meeting physical activity ... More

David Lloyd Clubs launched its latest site at Bury St Edmunds, UK, yesterday (3 December,) which has been under construction since last year. Facilities include ... More

The UK’s largest healthcare charity and a leading research university have teamed up to create a scalable intervention to use physical activity to treat chronic ... More

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 ... More

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 ... More

CIMSPA is preparing a submission in response to the government announcement of a 10-year health plan consultation for England and is inviting the sector to ... More

The Food, Diet and Obesity Committee has published a report calling for the British government to fix the broken food system and turn the tide ... More

Chanchellor, Rachel Reeves, talked about fixing the NHS and rebuilding Britain in the budget, but failed to give any detail about the role sport and ... More

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). ... More

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

Essex County Council has appointed Sport for Confidence CIC to deliver a physical activity model to support adults living with physical disabilities, learning disabilities and ... More

UK Active is calling on the government for support to scale up its MSK Hubs model following an evaluation that shows the success of a ... More

Fitness First has created a premium membership offering by deploying HealthHero’s full suite of services, giving access to GPs, physios, dietitians and mental health counsellors. ... More

Community Leisure UK (CLUK) and The Richmond Group of Charities have joined forces to support charitable trusts and social enterprises in strengthening their programmes for ... More