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More than 700 world-class leaders across health, wellbeing, technology and business are set to gather at The Lake Nona Impact Forum in Orlando, Florida, this ... More

UK Active has written to chancellor, Rachel Reeves, asking for measures to offset the cost increases the fitness sector will incur as a result of ... 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

Lisa Nandy, secretary of state at the UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) gave a speech to the sector this week at ... More

In a bid to get girls more active, Nuffield Health has launched a campaign, Move Together, encouraging parents to exercise with their daughters. Nuffield Health ... More

Thirty one per cent of adults worldwide – approximately 1.8 billion people – did not meet the recommended levels of physical activity in 2022, according ... More

Global restaurant brand, Subway, has teamed up with GB Basketball, Breaking GB and Skateboard GB to promote physical activity in these three emerging sports. The ... 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

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

A report issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Sport England of losing track of how £1.05bn in grants have been ... More

Construction work has begun on a £13m community sports hub in Barking, East London. The new facility will replace the existing Parsloes Park Sports Pavilion ... More

A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due to rising energy costs, with 40 per cent saying leisure ... More

The Football Foundation is to invest 40 per cent of its total funding over the next three years in multi-sport facility projects. Worth a projected ... More

Hotel giant Accor has launched a new podcast series exploring hot topics in wellbeing with cutting edge speakers from a wide range of fields. Health ... More

Sport England says it's introducing "new and innovative" ways to increase participation – by doing a better job of listening to local communities and networks ... More

A "significant majority" of the UK's swimming teachers and aquatic professionals feel that swimming excludes some groups and communities. The finding comes from a study ... More

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the UK government to invest £875m in the nation's health and fitness and leisure facilities in order ... More

The Labour Party has accused the Conservatives of slashing grassroots sport funding by nearly half since coming to power – and in the process dismantling ... More

A cross-party DCMS Committee in the UK has called on the government to launch a Work Out to Help Out campaign to incentivise people to ... More

Former racing cyclist Chris Boardman has been appointed the new chair of grassroots body, Sport England. Boardman, who won an individual pursuit gold medal at ... More

The US fitness industry is mobilising to support the Gym Mitigation and Survival (GYMs) Act, which could provide up to US$30bn in grants to health ... More

A new campaign will look to help disabled footballers return to the sport and 'reclaim the moments they have missed', as COVID-19 restrictions are gradually ... More

There is "incredible resilience" in the sports and physical activity sector – but the industry requires further support to bounce back from the devastating effects ... 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