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A new campaign looks to get more disabled people physically active by making sport and fitness
activities more accessible.
news •
09 Nov 2018
Sport England has announced it will invest £2m over the next two years to
encourage sport as a lifestyle choice for disabled people.
news •
08 Jan 2013
Three-quarters of people in Hertfordshire need to significantly improve their health,
according to an online questionnaire.
news •
26 Aug 2016
Food labelling that shows the amount of exercise needed to burn off the calories in food items would
result in people re-thinking their eating habits – as well as get them more physically active.
news •
24 Feb 2020
Physical activity providers need to be more “proactive” in trying to appeal to the disabled
population, according to the chief executive of the English Federation of Disability Sport
(EFDS).
news •
10 Jun 2016
Leisure operators have joined a new scheme to give disabled people and those with long-
term health conditions better access to physical activity opportunities.
news •
09 Nov 2017
A consultation has been launched to review the current provision of fitness and
leisure facilities
available for disabled people.
news •
26 Aug 2021
Leisure Trust Freedom Leisure has become the latest UK fitness enterprise to be awarded
the Investors In People accolade.
news •
27 Oct 2016
New research shows it’s impossible to be fat but fit. What does this mean for gyms?
HCM issue 7 2017
ukactive has teamed up with young people’s charity The Mix to help tackle mental health
issues among under 25s by getting them to move more.
news •
26 Jul 2017
In positive news, people are becoming more active and exercising with their kids more while in lockdown
HCM issue 4 2020
The Retention People (RTP) has agreed a deal with Gladstone Health & Leisure (GHL) to include GHL to the list of official 'Certified Retention Partners'.
news •
17 Nov 2010
Helen Macfarlane, head of active communities at Edinburgh Leisure, tells how the programme changes lives
HCM issue 5 2017
Engaging disabled people with targeted campaigns – similar to Sport England’s This Girl
Can initiative – can encourage them to take part in more physical activity, according to
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.
news •
26 Aug 2016
Leisure centres across the South West of England will dim their lights and turn down the
music for an hour in October as part of a nationwide campaign to highlight the difficulties
that many autistic people experience in public places.
news •
29 Sep 2017
Four in five (81 per cent) disabled people want to be more physically active – but are unable to as
demand is not being met by operators.
news •
11 Feb 2020
Eight national disability sports organisations (NDSOs) have joined forces to launch a
campaign to get more people with impairments active.
news •
15 Jul 2016
There is growing evidence that older people are taking up exercise in order to improve their mental
health – with the social aspect of physical activity proving to be as important as the impact on
physical fitness.
news •
04 Apr 2019
Gyms should display posters and mount social media campaigns to highlight the risks of
drug
misuse, a new health guideline says.
news •
23 Feb 2017
The English Federation of Disability Sport has published a new set of
guidelines for sport and fitness providers. The guidelines form a part of the Talk To
Me report – published on 31 October – and draw from consultations with both active
and inactive disabled people.
news •
04 Nov 2014
Exercise can help people reduce the intake of high risk, bodyweight-increasing foods.
news •
24 Sep 2010
Property management and development group Places for People has acquired management contractor DC
Leisure.
news •
13 Dec 2012
A new national campaign has been launched to encourage people to stay physically active at their
homes during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) lockdown.
news •
27 Mar 2020
Places for People Leisure has announced that Carolyn D’Costa has been appointed to the
company’s board as finance director.
news •
04 Mar 2016
The ASA (Amateur Swimming Association) has appointed Mike Thompson to lead the
organisation’s marketing, communications and sponsorship teams and bring swimming
back into vogue.
news •
02 Oct 2015
There has been a "surge in appreciation" of exercise during lockdown, with people turning
to physical activity to improve their mental health as well as to keep fit.
news •
28 May 2020
Riccardo Marini, director at urban quality consultants Gehl Architects, talks about his work to prioritise pedestrians and healthy movement on city streets around the world
HCM issue 4 2015
We speak to Instructability’s Hilary Farmiloe about ensuring disabled people are represented in the fitness workforce
HCM issue 2 2017
New Pure Gym ambassador Sir Chris Hoy is on a mission to get the public moving
HCM issue 9 2015
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Now mental health is the number one reason for people to join a
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to offer a more holistic service? Kath Hudson asks the experts
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