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A new programme has been launched in Kent to try to find out the effects of brisk and regular walking on children’s health and obesity levels.
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06 Apr 2006
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has launched a new safeguarding scheme in the UK, designed to help non-statutory organisations in the voluntary and commercial sectors better protect children and young people.
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14 Mar 2006
The Big Lottery Fund has announced an award of £15m to a partnership led by the Children's Play Council (CPC) as the first part of a national investment programme.
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22 Feb 2006
Youth and children's activity specialist, ZigZag, has been named the official trade sponsor for the Fitness Industry Association's (FIA) Adopt A School scheme, with Norwich Union initiative.
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12 Jul 2004
Guildford Spectrum Leisure Complex has launched an initiative encouraging primary school children to get active.
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12 Jul 2004
Children from across the UK are preparing to compete in the UK’s first Multiplayer National Dancemat Tournament.
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25 Mar 2008
The Bannatyne Group has teamed up with Becky Adlington’s SwimStars to offer children
the chance
to learn to swim.
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26 May 2017
Virgin Active is teaming up with children's television characters The Octonauts as
part of an initiative to encourage more youngsters to learn to swim.
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15 Aug 2017
Management company DC Leisure is to launch its LazyTown Sports Club concept at the Arena Leisure Centre, Camberley from January 2011.
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21 Dec 2010
Folkestone Sports Centre has opened a new children’s activity area which was largely funded by funding secured during a live TV show.
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27 Mar 2008
Today’s kids are the fattest, least active generation ever. How can we intervene?
HCM issue 4 2017
Children who take part in organised physical activity or sport over their first two school years,
while also having better diets and spending more time reading have more powerful reasoning
skills than peers who don't have the benefit of these kinds of support or engagement.
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14 Sep 2023
The UK government has confirmed that the PE and Sport Premium will continue to run during the
academic year 2021-22, resulting in around £320m being invested in physical activity.
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28 Jun 2021
Xercise4Less has today (8 March) kicked off an innovative new programme offering free
exercise classes to children across the UK in a bid to tackle the growing epidemic of youth
inactivity.
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08 Mar 2016
Physical activity outside of school is vital for child health and could play a major role in
helping children meet government recommendations, according to research from the
University of Bristol.
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21 Sep 2017
ukactive teams up with Judy Murray to put family exercise on the agenda
HCM issue 4 2014
A three-year research project will look to provide the physical activity industry with a better
understanding of the needs of families with disabled children.
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15 Jan 2020
More than two thirds of children in Britain fall below recommended levels of fitness for
their age group, according to a study published today (22 April).
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22 Apr 2015
The government has pledged extra support and improved guidance for primary schools in England as
part of a drive to make sure all children are able to swim confidently.
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26 Oct 2018
Cultural Community Partnerships (CCP) delivered a series of activities for children in rural areas over Easter as part of its Rural Community Programme.
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25 Apr 2006
Before-school exercise could help to reduce the symptoms of ADHD in children
both at school and at home, according to a new study published in the
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.
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11 Sep 2014
Primary schools across the country will see PE and sport funding doubled this month in a
bid to change the lives of a generation.
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18 Oct 2017
New research from the Children’s Health and Research Centre at the University of Exeter, UK, has found BMI is not accurate as a measure for children
HCM issue 3 2024
Aston Villa players Thomas Sorensen and Craig Gardner have opened a new gym for children to tackle childhood obesity.
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01 May 2007
The campaign against youth inactivity continues apace, with Active IQ aiming to
help physical activity professionals provide safe and stimulating sessions for
children under the age of five through the launch of a new qualification.
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13 Jan 2015
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has announced the launch of new
guidelines for its members who are looking to offer gym use and group exercise
classes to under-18s.
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14 Mar 2012
A new training course is looking to equip professionals working with very young children
with the skills to confidently deliver physical activity programmes to children as young as
two years old.
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19 Oct 2016
Almost three quarters of primary school teachers expect their pupils to spend the
impending summer holidays in front of tablets and TVs, according to Fit For Sport.
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16 Jul 2015
The government has been forced to make a U-turn and to spend more than £400m to support
vulnerable children and their families in England.
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11 Nov 2020
Sports and Leisure Management Ltd (SLM), is to roll out Total Dance and Total Gymnastics across its portfolio of leisure centres.
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04 Nov 2010
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MD of leisure, health and wellbeing, Places Leisure Places Leisure“We need to make it automatic that when people go to their doctor, they’re offered exercise rather than medication where appropriate”
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“We introduced good mood messaging, communicating the idea of exercise being ‘for the feeling’”
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CEO: Edinburgh Leisure“Edinburgh Council will have a £143m budget shortfall by 2028/29 and so must find ways to become more efficient”
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