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Tanni Grey-Thompson, Chair of ukactive, Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of Pure Gym and ukactive
board member and Huw Edwards CEO of ukactive, all appeared on BBC prime time TV last night
(24 June) to represent the gym sector and challenge the government's "pubs before gyms"
decision which looks likely to delay reopening of the activity sector until mid-July at the earliest.
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25 Jun 2020
Momentum is gathering pace in the push for a U-turn on the government's decision to open pubs
before gyms, with the industry and consumers joining the fight.
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24 Jun 2020
The physical activity sector has been left in shock by the news that Steve Franks, the long-
serving chief executive of Water Babies, has died following a short illness.
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01 May 2020
The active leisure industry is increasingly feeling the pressure as countries introduce measures to
tackle the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
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17 Mar 2020
A new initiative has been launched to engage and empower women working in the UK fitness industry.
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12 Mar 2020
Huw Edwards, CEO of ukactive, has written to Boris Johnson, requesting that the Prime Minister's
proposed business rate discount will be extended to gyms and leisure centres.
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19 Nov 2019
The physical activity sector has called for the UK's party leaders to commit to improving the nation's
health in their election manifestos.
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31 Oct 2019
The time has come for government to
act with urgency and focus for the health
of the nation, says the ukactive chair
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A nation divided by Brexit could be united by diverting focus to a "more pressing crisis" – improving
the nation's health.
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19 Sep 2019
Moves towards making NHS care more personalised could see physical activity become a "miracle
cure".
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05 Sep 2019
This year's ukactive National Summit will discuss plans to shape the future of public health,
the workplace and the high street.
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05 Aug 2019
The ukactive board has named Huw Edwards as the not-for-profit body's permanent chief
executive.
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30 Jul 2019
Sports psychologist Jeremy Snape and Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams are among the
keynote speakers at this year's Active Uprising.
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21 May 2019
The fitness of children falls dramatically during the holidays – but the problem could be solved
by keeping school sports facilities open during the summer months.
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03 May 2019
Moving on after 12 years, the outgoing CEO reflects on his time at ukactive, where he started as an intern
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Primary school staff that are helping and inspiring children in London to be active are to be
celebrated in a new initiative from ukactive Kids and Nike.
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06 Mar 2019
Steven Ward will step down from his role as ukactive CEO in April 2019, after more than 12 years
with the organisation.
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21 Feb 2019
Physical activity sector leaders, parliamentarians and leading figures in health and business have
called for the strengthening of preventative health measures in the UK.
news •
11 Dec 2018
The figures revealed in today's Active Lives Children and Young People research have been described
an "urgent wake-up call" and a "national disgrace".
news •
06 Dec 2018
More than £346m in "wasted" childcare funding should be used to get children more active and fight
the growing epidemic of health issues among the young.
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19 Sep 2018
A new report has called for a "major culture shift" in order to get older people more physically
active.
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13 Sep 2018
Ukactive chair Tanni Grey-Thompson has made a passionate call for the government to finally
recognise the importance of physical activity and to include it at the "heart" of the UK's political
debate.
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12 Sep 2018
The government "needs to show more leadership" and work with the physical activity
sector if it wants to save the National Health Service (NHS).
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05 Jul 2018
Winners of the inaugural ukactive Awards were revealed at a gala dinner in Manchester last night
(21 June), as part of the three-day Active Uprising event.
news •
22 Jun 2018
A major new consultation aiming to shape the future of children’s physical activity across
the UK has been launched by not-for-profit health body ukactive.
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16 Mar 2018
A consultation, launched earlier today by not-for-profit health body ukactive, will look to shape
future policy for children’s sport and physical activity in the UK.
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20 Feb 2018
A progress report on the government’s Sporting Future strategy has been overshadowed
by the omission of more than £300m in cuts to a programme for boosting pupil’s health. While sports
minister Tracey Crouch told Parliament there had been 'good progress on a number of fronts' since
the plan was introduced, her latest report failed to detail changes to the Healthy Pupil Capital
Programme.
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02 Feb 2018
Plans to tackle child health inequalities caused by school summer holidays will get
underway this year as ukactive launches a major new pilot with up to 50 schools.
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23 Jan 2018
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has been named as a keynote speaker for the Getting
Wales Moving conference, which will scrutinise Welsh government policy on issues relating
to fitness, health and wellbeing.
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20 Jan 2018
Drayson celebrates rise from school drop-out to UK fitness industry's Outstanding Individual of 2017
Danny Drayson has been on a journey from school drop-out to young person development
ambassador at Life Leisure – and has now landed Active Training Awards' Outstanding
Individual of the Year title along the way.
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13 Dec 2017
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