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Kate Cracknell reviews the great strides forward taken by the sector in 2016, and the strong foundations laid for 2017
HCM issue 1 2017
A new approach to physical education (PE) – based on physical literacy and “fun fitness” –
could transform school sport and help all children embrace physical activity.
news •
14 Nov 2016
A group of politicians has criticised “failing” PE teachers and published a wide-ranging
report with radical recommendations designed to improve physical education for school
children.
news •
19 Oct 2016
Organisations providing physical activity programmes for children would attract more
public funding if they improved standards and focused on measurement, according to
ukactive.
news •
30 Sep 2016
Annie Holden, Everyone Health, preventative, prevention, Everyone Active, public health, Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 6 2016
A new Sport-England funded programme has engaged more than 15,000 school children
in regular activity by upskilling lunchtime assistants and other school staff to deliver
sessions.
news •
19 Apr 2016
Mental health charity Mind has launched a Sport England-backed physical activity project
aimed to support 75,000 people with mental health problems.
news •
11 Apr 2016
Structured fitness programmes have the potential to help children become more physically
active, stronger and more agile than conventional PE lessons, according to the results of a
new pilot study.
news •
08 Apr 2016
How can clubs improve their performance in the critical area of yield management?
HCM issue 5 2016
Strictly Come Dancing’s Darcey Bussell tells us all about her new group exercise programme
HCM issue 2 2016
The Irish government has ring-fenced an initial €5.5m (£4.2m, US$6m) for 2016 in a bid
to get 500,000 more people involved with regular physical activity over the next 10 years.
news •
15 Jan 2016
Young disabled people and providers of disability sports should have more opportunities to
bid for funds for equipment and specialist support to counter participation drop-off after
their school years, says a new research paper.
news •
09 Dec 2015
Is fitness testing in UK primary schools the answer to the ticking timebomb of childhood inactivity and soaring obesity rates?
HCM issue 9 2015
Steven Ward and Tanni Grey-Thomspon, executive director and chair of ukactive, are challenging the activity sector to strive for greater things. Kate Cracknell reports
HCM issue 9 2015
Jak Phillips visits Olympian Daley Thompson’s new gym in Putney to see how he’s putting the fun and old-school values back into fitness
HCM issue 9 2015
ukactive has announced that it will spearhead the UK arm of a Europe-wide initiative to
help young children lead healthier lifestyles.
news •
05 Aug 2015
Virgin Active is teaming up with the University of Bedfordshire and primary school
teachers across the country to explore pioneering teaching methods and new approaches
to getting children active.
news •
30 Jun 2015
The screens and handheld devices that today’s youngsters are ‘hostages’ to should be
harnessed as tools to modernise PE and increase physical activity, suggests a new report.
news •
26 Jun 2015
Only half of seven-year-olds are meeting recommended physical activity guidelines of 60
minutes per day, according to a landmark ukactive report which lifts the lid on youth
inactivity.
news •
15 Jun 2015
Executive director Steven Ward outlines ukactive’s latest area of focus: childhood inactivity
HCM issue 6 2015
Far from setting people up to be physically active for life, school PE lessons
can put people off sport forever, according to research carried out by the
University of Birmingham. Of the 1,800 people surveyed for The Big PE
Conversation, half said school PE didn’t help them to become more physically active.
One quarter of males and one third of females said they never, or rarely enjoyed, PE.
news •
05 Jan 2015
Researchers at the University of Wollongong (UOW) in Australia have developed
a smart bra which tightens and supports during exercise, using minuscule
sensors which detect breast movement.
news •
11 Dec 2014
MPs attending the first ever first Parliamentary
Debate on physical activity
have agreed the government has a large role to
play in kickstarting a reversal
of the current trend towards inactivity.
news •
19 Nov 2014
The Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has urged primary schools and
politicians to get behind school swimming as new figures reveal 45 per cent of
primary school children are unable to swim 25m (82ft) despite it being a
national curriculum requirement.
news •
13 Nov 2014
Several physical activity organisations are among the nominees for the 2014
Body Confidence Awards – an event bidding to tackle the growing problem of
body image anxiety through education, health, media and advertising.
news •
08 Oct 2014
A look at a selection of initiatives designed to promote physical activity among children
HCM issue 10 2014
A new collaboration the Women’s Sport Trust charity and international exercise
equipment manufacturer Matrix Fitness is bidding to raise the profile of role
models in women’s sport in the UK.
news •
26 Sep 2014
The CEO of corporate wellness specialist High Five Health Promotion talks to Kate Cracknell about entering the UK market and about pan-European growth plans
HCM issue 9 2014
Delivering training for the next generation of active leisure
workers is a great responsibility.
product innovation •
07 Apr 2014
The government and the Mayor of London have launched a new initiative designed
to promote physical activity across the UK, with the aim of ensuring a lasting
legacy of London 2012.
news •
13 Feb 2014
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Francesca Cooper-Boden says
health assessment services can
boost health club retention
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“I would say those results, along with the team’s total lack of complacency – their desire to keep improving – have been the two big highlights of my first year ”
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Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –
is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
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Will Orr has been talking to HCM about the company’s
new strategy for 2024, as Kath Hudson reports
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