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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

Journalist, presenter and women’s equality campaigner, Mariella Frostrup, has been appointed as the UK government’s new menopause employment ambassador. The voluntary role will see Frostrup ... 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

Some 800 people attended the UK Active Awards ceremony last night (3 October) in Birmingham. Sponsored by STA, the hosts were Professor Greg Whyte OBE ... 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

Under a new annual initiative, the Ignite365 Awards, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is awarding grants to community projects which are advancing the United Nations ... More

Finalists for the UK Active Awards 2024 have been announced. Winners from across the 14 categories will be revealed at a ceremony at the International ... More

With the UK General Election imminent, industry strategist, Martyn Allison, says it’s time for the sector in the UK to stop asking for money and ... More

Active Oxfordshire has received £1.3 million to tackle inactivity and inequality and launch a new programme for children. The funding has come from the Buckinghamshire, ... More

UK Active has announced details of its annual health and fitness industry awards ceremony, which will take place in Birmingham on the evening of Thursday ... More

CIMSPA has published its 2024-2030 strategy Releasing the Power of Our Profession, which sets out how the sector’s 600,000-strong workforce can be supported and professionally ... More

Solving the UK's social care problem is the key to overcoming the financial challenges facing public sector leisure, argues industry veteran and social change agent, ... More

New insight from UK quango, Sport England has found that healthy life expectancy in England – ie, the number of years people live without debilitating ... More

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is everyone’s responsibility, especially given the industry’s ambition to broaden its reach and benefit more people and to this end, ... More

At a recent think tank, The Tourism Society hosted a panel overseen by its first female chair, Alison Cryer MBE, to discuss the importance of ... More

The 15th annual Spa China Summit was recently held at the Ritz-Carlton in the northern Chinese city of Harbin. Organised by Spa China magazine founder, ... More

The top operators, suppliers and facilities from across the physical activity sector were celebrated last night (26 October), as the winners of the prestigious ukactive ... More

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 ... More

Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto, Canada, has revealed plans for a multi-million-dollar health and wellness complex based on indigenous design, sustainability and inclusion. Described as a ... More

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 ... More

The UK government has declared that boys and girls should have equal access to sports in schools, and is asking schools to dedicate at least ... More

Rebecca Passmore was promoted to MD of Pure Gym in September 2020 – the same day she went on maternity leave. This is one of ... More

Politicians in the UK are taking part in a physical activity challenge hosted by UK Active and Myzone. The friendly competition is designed to raise ... More

New Eurobarometer research results, published by the European Commission, show conclusively that women remain less active than men. In an exclusive interview with HCM – ... More