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Inclusivity in tackling the country's inactivity crisis was the major theme at this year's
Elevate conference, which was attended by more than 4,000 professionals.
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17 May 2017
The £1bn wellness network Could a network of community wellness hubs change the face of healthcare?
HCM issue 5 2017
The public health specialist talks to Kate Cracknell about his plans to get GPs in the UK routinely prescribing exercise
HCM issue 5 2017
A look ahead to the highlights of this cross-sector event, which focuses on the huge challenge of tackling inactivity
HCM issue 4 2017
A personal trainer hoping to secure contracts and minimum levels of pay for fitness
professionals has received backing from the largest union in the UK.
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13 Feb 2017
We speak to Instructability’s Hilary Farmiloe about ensuring disabled people are represented in the fitness workforce
HCM issue 2 2017
A sporting body that marries physical activity and occupational therapy for people with
learning disabilities has been recognised by a new strategy launched by NHS England.
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30 Jan 2017
Leisure operator Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has signed a deal with Disability Sports
Coach (DSC) to improve disability provision by creating community clubs.
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05 Dec 2016
By 2020, depression will be the second biggest cause of premature death and disability – so what is your club doing about that? Kate Cracknell shares her thoughts
HCM issue 11 2016
The CEO of the ICAA discusses the business case for creating fully inclusive health clubs, and why many operators are still failing to welcome older adults
HCM issue 11 2016
Not-for-profit health body ukactive has launched a new scholarship initiative to fast-track
talented disabled people into senior leadership positions across the physical activity sector.
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27 Oct 2016
Actor Will Mellor has been in Birmingham to raise awareness of the Together We Will
campaign, which aims to encourage and motivate disabled people to be more active.
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02 Sep 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
Aerobic exercise can significantly help people coping with the long-term mental health
condition schizophrenia, according to University of Manchester researchers.
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16 Aug 2016
Building work on a £13.7million leisure centre in Bromsgrove will begin next week.
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12 Aug 2016
Eight national disability sports organisations (NDSOs) have joined forces to launch a
campaign to get more people with impairments active.
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15 Jul 2016
The ukactive Kids board has produced a new long-term strategy to tackle youth inactivity
– a growing issue described as ‘a ticking time-bomb for the NHS.’
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15 Jul 2016
Physical activity providers need to be more “proactive” in trying to appeal to the disabled
population, according to the chief executive of the English Federation of Disability Sport
(EFDS).
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10 Jun 2016
A series of practical policy interventions to tackle physical inactivity could prevent nearly
12,000 deaths by 2025, according to a new report.
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08 Jun 2016
The £15m Crewe Lifestyle Centre, designed to be accessible for people with special needs
and dementia, has been officially opened by the president of the International Paralympic
Committee, Sir Philip Craven.
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02 Jun 2016
Sports projects bidding for Big Lottery Fund money may be subject to new criteria as a
result of a government consultation into the way the fund operates.
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23 May 2016
As Sport England reveals its vision for sport and physical activity over the next five years,
representatives from local government, physical activity operators, County Sport
Partnerships, equality bodies and sports policy respond to the organisation’s Towards and
Active Nation strategy
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19 May 2016
Offering personalised exercise programmes at local leisure centres could be the key to
protecting young people suffering early psychosis from the statistical likelihood of an early
grave, new research has suggested.
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29 Mar 2016
A consortium headed up by the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) has bagged a
£4.5m (US$6.4m, €5.9m) grant to get people active across 18 locations in the UK.
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18 Jan 2016
Physical activity providers should reach out to supporters of disabled people through
effective marketing to boost their participation, according to a new study.
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14 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.
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09 Dec 2015
Tribal Series, the mass-participation disability sport organisation established by
Paralympian Sophia Warner, will launch four events in 2016, having registered interest
from almost 2,000 people.
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26 Nov 2015
Steven Ward offers an overview of ukactive’s new vision document
HCM issue 11 2015
Today (19 October) saw the official launch of a new initiative – Universal Fitness
Innovation & Transformation (UFIT) – which aims to transform the way the physical
activity sector engages with and provides for people with disabilities.
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19 Oct 2015
Exercising more, losing weight and drinking less
could slash the the number of Britons
getting cancer by 84,000 a year, according to health
experts.
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21 Sep 2015
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As more people join clubs to support their mental
health, fitness professionals need to be empowered to
take a holistic approach. Kath Hudson shares useful
tools discussed at the ACE summit on mental health
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Members are telling us they need support with their mental and spiritual health and the industry is starting to see this need. Now’s the time to fast-track our response
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New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
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