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How should we define obesity – is it a disease, a disability or a lifestyle condition? And why does this definition matter? Kate Cracknell shares her thoughts
HCM issue 8 2014
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.
news •
23 May 2016
A leisure centre in Cheam, Sutton, is set to get a £3m upgrade. The works will
add 25 years to the
life of the centre, which will close for up to six months during the revamp.
news •
09 Jul 2013
The second annual UK School Games will kick off on 23 August in Coventry. Talented sports youngsters aged 17 and under from all four home nations will compete in eight sports at the four-day event, which has been designed to replicate the feel of major events such as the Olympic Games.
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21 Aug 2007
The annual Working in Fitness Survey will be extended in 2007 to gauge feedback from members of the REPs on the principle tasks and roles of their job as they experience it and their working conditions.
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12 Jun 2007
British Blind Sport, UK Deaf Sport and national disability charity Sense have launched a joint venture
called Sensory Alliance, designed to break down barriers to sport and physical activity for people
living with sensory impairments or complex disabilities.
news •
08 Feb 2019
IHRSA is partnering with the European Commission in a new project – European
Fitness Inclusion Training for Work (E-FIT-W) – which will help operators
develop the skills needed to work with people with disabilities.
news •
29 Jan 2014
Earlier this month, sports minister Richard Caborn launched a new English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) framework.
news •
20 Sep 2004
The English Federation of Disability Sport’s (EFDS) Inclusive Fitness Initiative officially launches the first nine inclusive fitness facilities tomorrow (1 October).
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30 Sep 2004
A study has suggested that "millions of disabled people" are not being catered for at UK gyms.
news •
11 Sep 2019
A special task force has been established to boost physical activity opportunities for
people
with disabilities.
news •
23 Jun 2022
A consultation has been launched to review the current provision of fitness and
leisure facilities
available for disabled people.
news •
26 Aug 2021
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
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 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
We speak to Instructability’s Hilary Farmiloe about ensuring disabled people are represented in the fitness workforce
HCM issue 2 2017
Sedgemoor District Council has announced 1 March as the opening date of its new
£6.3m swimming pool and café at Trinity Sports and Leisure Centre, Somerset, UK.
news •
08 Jan 2013
Impulse Leisure is set to relaunch Blackshots Gym in Thurrock as an Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI) accredited facility in September.
news •
12 Jul 2005
Redbridge Sports and Leisure Centre in London has achieved accreditation as an Inclusive Fitness Facility by The English Federation of Disability Sport.
news •
31 Oct 2005
Aura Leisure group has claimed two awards at the 2006 O2 Ability awards held at Dublin Castle.
news •
20 Feb 2006
Although 70 per cent of people with
disabilities say they want to be more
active, they are put off by the physical,
logistical and psychological barriers
HCM Handbook 2022
IHRSA is urging America's business leaders to become personally involved in
leading the US to wellness by taking the CEO Pledge.
news •
11 Nov 2011
A fully-inclusive gym has opened in Essex and is already training future Paralympic hopefuls.
news •
12 Sep 2005
Alliance Leisure Services is undertaking a £1m project to deliver a new fitness suite at Haslingden Sports Centre.
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19 Mar 2008
The Ken Martin Leisure Centre is the first to achieve Quest’s Tackling Inequalities in Leisure Standard, while Parkinson’s UK is embracing exercise in a new partnership with 1Fit Life
HCM issue 2 2023
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Centre, Rugby's new leisure centre, is on track to opens its doors on 31
August.
news •
22 Jul 2013
Kirstin Ferrie, the former personal pilates teacher of Duchess of York Sarah
Ferguson, has expanded her pilates studio in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.
news •
11 Nov 2013
DC Leisure has trained over 3,000 of its staff in the past year with the intention of gaining CPD accreditation within the next 12 months.
news •
18 May 2006
Sport England has called for "everyone in sport" to do more to increase participation by people with learning difficulties after announcing that it would be investing £200,000 at this year's Special Olympics GB Summer Games.
news •
26 May 2009
Concord Sports Centre, in Shiregreen, has invested in a multi-sensory facility in which disabled children and adults can learn different colours and sounds, relax and stimulate their senses.
news •
17 May 2011
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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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HCM People
Belinda Steward
MD of leisure, health and wellbeing, Places Leisure Places Leisure“We need to make it automatic that when people go to their doctor, they’re offered exercise rather than medication where appropriate”
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The European fitness sector is beating pre-pandemic numbers according to the 11th annual European Health & Fitness Market Report 2024 from Deloitte and EuropeActive, as Karsten Hollasch reports
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“I needed a new management team with the talent and leadership to reposition a 20-year-old brand”
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Ross Stewart Campbell
CEO, BeyondActiv“We have a fantastic opportunity in front of us to realise our vision of a happier and healthier world”
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Consumers’ growing love of strength training is to be welcomed, as this long-neglected modality has a renaissance, however, it’s vital we continue to make the case for cardio
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