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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

Despite the growing popularity of health retreats globally, little to no research explores who goes to them, why and what benefits they get from participating. ... More

The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) is likely to miss the targets it has set itself for boosting walking and cycling. The finding comes from ... More

Cairns Aquarium in Australia has been put up for sale, as the visitor attraction's directors seek fresh investment. Commercial real estate agents, Colliers, have been ... More

In an announcement made today in advance of tomorrow's Spring Budget (15 March), the UK government has pledged £63m to support publicly-owned swimming pools and ... More

Children’s and young people’s activity levels are back to pre-pandemic levels, confirms Sport England in its annual Active Lives Children and Young People Survey 2021-2022. ... More

Plans to create a new Eden Project North attraction in Morecombe UK have been given the green light by planners. Lancaster City Council approved the ... More

The UK government is to invest £338m in transforming active travel through infrastructure upgrades, changes to The Highway Code and new requirements to ensure that ... More

One in three councils in England are expecting to close at least one of their leisure centres permanently during 2021. What more, up to 117 ... More

A total of £100m has been allocated to 266 local authorities across England, to support the recovery of publicly-owned leisure centres and health clubs. Facilities ... More

The government has said it has no plans to fund a Work Out to Help Out scheme to encourage people back to exercise after lockdown, ... More

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

Helen Bonser-Wilton, CEO of Portsmouth's Mary Rose Museum, says the attraction, along with the rest of Britain's independent museums are in "mortal peril" unless the ... More

The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) has urged both Republican and Democratic leadership in the US to support the nonprofit museum sector by providing emergency ... More

In a time of financial uncertainty for the global museum community, this year's TrendsWatch report from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and the Center ... More

The UK Government has earmarked almost £1.3m (US$1.7m, €1.5m) towards a scheme that aims to involve young people in heritage, through a new grant to ... More

The UK government is looking to create more physical activity opportunities for children by helping schools open up their facilities outside regular hours – and ... More

The chancellor, Sajid Javid, has revealed that the government will present its budget on 11 March. Javid has hinted that the budget will include measures ... More

It has been another momentous year in the attractions industry, and Attractions Management has been there reporting the big news, good and bad, all the ... More

The government has set out plans for every patient in the country to have access to sport and leisure activities through social prescribing on the ... More

Museum infrastructure in the UK is at breaking point and requires critical investment to protect collections after years of cutbacks, according to leading figures in ... More

A total of 49 projects which are using sport and physical activity to tackle serious violence and knife crime this summer will share £400,000 worth ... More

Construction work has begun on the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Village – the largest infrastructure project directly related to the Games. The £520m development in ... More

Immersive experiences based on Wallace & Gromit and Peaky Blinders are to be developed with UK Government funding, as part of the UK's modern Industrial ... More

The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax, Canada, is moving to a new waterfront location in the city after reaching an agreement for provincial ... More