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People with disabilities and long-term health challenges want to be active. How can we remove barriers, asks Kath Hudson
HCM issue 2 2022
A pioneering prehab exercise programme is expanding after helping thousands of UK cancer patients achieve better health and surgical outcomes
HCM issue 2 2022
Inclusive Fitness Boston, a health club created specifically for those with disabilities and their
families, is
launching a new programme to provide greater access to fitness programming for
neurodivergent people – those with conditions such as autism, ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia.
news •
01 Dec 2021
A consultation has been launched to review the current provision of fitness and
leisure facilities
available for disabled people.
news •
26 Aug 2021
Health Charity, Nuffield, has published its first ever Healthier Nation Index for the UK. Dr Davina Deniszczyc digs into the numbers for HCM
HCM issue 8 2021
Industry body ukactive has joined the chorus of organisations across a number of sectors calling the
government's new National Disability Strategy a "missed opportunity".
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30 Jul 2021
Planning approval has been granted to what is set to become one of the first wet and dry
Passivhaus-certified leisure centres in the world.
news •
22 Jul 2021
Aligning fitness and healthcare as part of the wider health and wellbeing needs of the
ageing population has never been more important.
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18 Jun 2021
Move Consulting’s director on the challenges and opportunities for operators looking to appeal to a diverse membership
HCM issue 2 2021
A new guide looks to offer local level practitioners and commissioners – as well as those working in
physical activity – help identify and break down barriers preventing people from taking part in
exercise.
news •
26 Feb 2021
emPOWER is a visionary project that aims to develop implantable artificial muscles by 2050. Professor Jonathan Rossiter explains
Fit Tech issue 1 2021
Increasing physical activity globally could prevent up to 5 million deaths each year, according to the
World Health Organisation (WHO).
news •
08 Dec 2020
Collective Leisure has just become the first social enterprise leisure management company in Australia
HCM issue 10 2020
Wearable tech firm Formsense has secured a technology partnership with an inter-interdisciplinary
team of researchers looking to help stroke survivors be more physically active.
news •
15 Sep 2020
Four in five (81 per cent) disabled people want to be more physically active – but are unable to as
demand is not being met by operators.
news •
11 Feb 2020
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.
news •
15 Jan 2020
The pool is the most expensive facility in most clubs. HCM explores how it can be used for aqua rehab, to sweat the assets and offer a valuable service to customers
HCM issue 1 2020
Ukactive has urged the incoming Conservative government to invest heavily in physical activity – in
order to improve the nation’s health.
news •
16 Dec 2019
People over the age of 60 should increase their exercise levels in order to prevent heart disease and
stroke.
news •
20 Nov 2019
Disability sports charity Activity Alliance has called on political parties to commit to giving disabled
people 'equal opportunities to live full and active lives'.
news •
14 Nov 2019
The number of UK adults classed as physically active has increased by 1 million in the past four
years.
news •
17 Oct 2019
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
Disability organisation Purple has claimed that health club operators and gyms are losing "millions of
pounds of revenue" every year by "turning their backs on disabled consumers".
news •
16 Sep 2019
A study has suggested that "millions of disabled people" are not being catered for at UK gyms.
news •
11 Sep 2019
Former Cabinet Secretary Lord Gus O’Donnell and the chair of the Royal College of General
Practitioners (RCGP), professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, have been named as keynote speakers for
this year's ukactive National Summit.
news •
24 Aug 2019
A year after the launch of Steel Warriors’
first outdoor gym, made from confiscated
knives, the Co-op is funding 20 more
HCM issue 8 2019
The ukactive board has named Huw Edwards as the not-for-profit body's permanent chief
executive.
news •
30 Jul 2019
Leisure operators Everyone Active and GLL each picked up three gongs at the ukactive Awards
last night, held as part of the Active Uprising event at Manchester Central.
news •
07 Jun 2019
The number of people dying prematurely from heart attacks and strokes in the UK has risen
for the first time in 50 years.
news •
14 May 2019
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University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship
Goodwin Sports Centre following a major refurbishment
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D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with
business growth. MD, John Lofting and operations
director, Matt Aynsley, explain the rationale
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Francesca Cooper-Boden says
health assessment services can
boost health club retention
HCM magazine
Now mental health is the number one reason for people to join a
health club, do fitness professionals need a grounding in counselling
to offer a more holistic service? Kath Hudson asks the experts
HCM magazine
New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
HCM magazine
“The goal is for all new centres to be Net Zero. Sustainability is something we’re investing heavily in across the business”
HCM magazine
Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –
is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
HCM magazine
As health club operators move to incorporate recovery into their
offerings to meet growing consumer demand, Steph Eaves takes a
look at what cryotherapy and ice bathing can add to the equation
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