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With networked fitness the norm and technology at
the heart of every modern gym’s offering, business
models are shifting fast and adaptability is key to
success.
product innovation •
11 Jul 2017
Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for the
ukactive National Summit taking place today (Wednesday 4 November).
news •
04 Nov 2020
An All Party Commission on Physical Activity has been established in an attempt
to help tackle levels of inactivity in the UK, with the commission set to release a
report featuring direct, policy-based recommendations in the spring of next
year.
news •
31 Oct 2013
Fifty MPs, including sports minister Tracey Crouch, gathered to address and mingle with
sport and fitness sector heavyweights at ukactive’s parliamentary reception last night (20
March).
news •
21 Mar 2017
Key players and leaders of the UK's active leisure sector are preparing to attend
the annual ukactive Summit, to be held at the Congress Centre in central
London this week (Thursday 7 November).
news •
05 Nov 2013
ukactive’s annual Flame Conference kicks off at the
International Centre in Telford this
morning (24 June) featuring a packed schedule of
speakers and panel discussions. It will
be followed this evening by the much-anticipated
Flame Awards.
news •
24 Jun 2015
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
Moves towards making NHS care more personalised could see physical activity become a "miracle
cure".
news •
05 Sep 2019
National Fitness Day 2015 kicked off this morning (9 September), making a major impact
online as well as in the nation’s health clubs.
news •
09 Sep 2015
The £1bn wellness network Could a network of community wellness hubs change the face of healthcare?
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This year's ukactive National Summit will discuss plans to shape the future of public health,
the workplace and the high street.
news •
05 Aug 2019
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.
news •
23 Jan 2018
A special task force has been established to boost physical activity opportunities for
people
with disabilities.
news •
23 Jun 2022
Mike Farrar has been announced as the new chair at UK Active. His tenure will
start in August 2022 when he takes over the position from Tanni Grey-Thompson, following her
six-year stint
news •
15 Jun 2022
UK Active and the Churchill Fellowship – the operating name of the Winston Churchill Memorial
Trust – are searching for innovative exercise-inspired projects that could transform people’s
mental and physical health.
news •
17 Sep 2022
Tanni Grey-Thompson has announced she will hand over her role as ukactive chair in
August 2022, after more than six years driving the success of the organisation from the
heart of government.
news •
30 Sep 2021
ukactive has begun its search for a new chair of its Membership Council, with previous
incumbent David Stalker having stepped down at the end of last month.
news •
24 May 2016
Dame Sarah Storey, triple gold medalist at this summer’s Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, has
been confirmed as one of the high profile speakers at this year’s ukActive National
Summit.
news •
27 Oct 2016
A new report has called for a "major culture shift" in order to get older people more physically
active.
news •
13 Sep 2018
Paralympic champion and ukactive chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has
issued a rallying cry for
the UK to become the most active nation in the world by 2030.
news •
04 Aug 2021
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.
news •
02 Feb 2018
Sports psychologist Jeremy Snape and Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams are among the
keynote speakers at this year's Active Uprising.
news •
21 May 2019
Dance, yoga and Pilates classes will be made available to NHS staff as part of a new
£600m fund designed to ensure Europe’s largest single workforce is fit for purpose.
news •
09 Mar 2016
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.
news •
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.
news •
20 Feb 2018
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that gyms may be able to reopen in a ‘couple of weeks’.
Johnson made the comments during an interview with radio station LBC on 3 July.
"We are going to reopen gyms as soon as we can do it in a COVID-19-secure way and I think that the
date for reopening gyms at the moment, if we can do it, is in just a couple of weeks’ time," Johnson
said.
news •
03 Jul 2020
The NHS must make use of its funding lifeline in George Osborne’s Spending Review to
invest in physical activity initiatives that will help safeguard its future, according to
ukactive executive director Steven Ward.
news •
26 Nov 2015
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.
news •
01 May 2020
Funding charity Spirit of 2012 has appointed Alan Coppin as chair, replacing Dugald
Mackie after four-and-half years in the role.
news •
30 Oct 2017
The best in class of the physical activity sector have been revealed at the ukactive Awards
2021.
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