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The hundreds of millions of pounds the government is expecting to generate as a result of
its soft drinks sugar levy should be pumped into physical activity initiatives outside schools
as well as within them, according to Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.
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18 Aug 2016
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.
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26 Aug 2016
ukactive chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson led a campaign launch in London's
Parliament Square this morning (20 July), calling for an improvement to wheelchair
services in England to ensure users can lead a normal life and stay physically active.
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20 Jul 2015
ukactive chair Tanni Grey-Thompson has praised sports minister Tracey Crouch’s first
major speech as showing a clear understanding of what is required to tackle Britain’s
physical inactivity crisis.
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10 Jun 2015
Argos has been announced as the lead partner for National Fitness Day (NFD) 2016, with
the retail giant set to significantly spread the reach of the “most active day of the year.”
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08 Jul 2016
A Parliamentary committee will hold a debate on COVID-19 restrictions on gyms and sport on
Monday 23 November.
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11 Nov 2020
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has called on the government to help make physical
activity a ‘national religion’ and harness its potential to tackle some of the biggest
challenges faced by society.
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01 Nov 2017
Comedian Eddie Izzard and legendary Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson have
today (7 July) launched a campaign to get more people volunteering to support grassroots
sport.
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07 Jul 2015
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
“Archaic” town planning laws are blocking fitness businesses from having impactful
presences on English high streets which are “drowning in betting shops and fried chicken
joints”, according to the chair of ukactive.
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03 Mar 2017
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).
news •
05 Jul 2018
Ever-closer collaboration between leading physical activity organisations such as ukactive
and Sport England will be key to driving the sector further up the political agenda.
news •
29 Jun 2016
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is calling on employers to drive a radical overhaul of
offices to encourage physical activity around the workplace and help tackle the UK’s health
woes.
news •
28 Jan 2016
ukactive chair Tanni Grey-Thompson has called on MPs to help turn the tide of physical
inactivity and get more people moving in their constituency.
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29 May 2015
Tanni Grey-Thompson has called on Public Health England (PHE) to bring added substance
to its exercise initiatives by making physical activity one of its main priorities for the
upcoming year.
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21 Oct 2015
Physical inactivity levels across the UK should be a source of national
embarrassment. This was the damning verdict from Dame Tanni Grey-
Thompson, chair of ukactive, in her speech at the ukactive Summit this morning.
news •
09 Nov 2016
ukactive chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has pledged that the voice of the physical
activity sector will be heard ahead of the proposed general election amid fears that Brexit
could "suffocate" the campaign.
news •
19 Apr 2017
A new partnership between supermarket chain Asda and community sports
organisation Sports Leaders UK aims to improve the health and employment
prospects of young people, supporting 150,000 annually to get qualifications in
sports leadership.
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18 Apr 2013
Experts have recommended that PE should be give the same status as maths,
English, science, and Welsh in schools to help tackle the obesity problem in Wales.
news •
25 Jun 2013
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has urged local authorities to partner with brands to maintain their
physical activity provisions in their communities amid funding cuts.
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26 Feb 2016
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.
news •
25 Jun 2020
Athletics legend and respected crossbench peer Tanni Grey-Thompson has today (28
April) been named chair of ukactive, tasked with ensuring the next government turns
rhetoric into action in tackling Britain’s physical inactivity crisis.
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28 Apr 2015
Thousands of health clubs, swimming pools and leisure centres are under the threat of permanent
closure, unless the government provides increased financial support for the sector.
news •
15 May 2021
Sports Minister, Nigel Huddleston, has joined gym-goers this morning to kick-off the annual National
Fitness Day, with thousands of free activities taking place across the UK.
news •
22 Sep 2021
The physical and mental health of women in the UK has been put under
unprecedented pressure by
the pandemic, according to Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.
news •
21 Feb 2021
The physical activity sector’s best performers in workforce development were announced
last night (30 November) at the Active Training Awards 2017.
news •
01 Dec 2017
A nation divided by Brexit could be united by diverting focus to a "more pressing crisis" – improving
the nation's health.
news •
19 Sep 2019
The physical activity sector has the potential to
broaden its appeal to investors and gain
‘an even bigger wingspan’ if it can demonstrate its
true economic value, according to new
ukactive chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.
news •
24 Jun 2015
More than 4,000 venues are putting on 18,000 physical activity sessions today to mark
the sixth annual UK National Fitness Day.
news •
07 Sep 2016
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