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SkillsActive and the Register of exercise Professionals (REPs) have begun the first stage of a review of qualifications structures for those exercise professionals who work with people with specialist needs including a survey of more than 2,000 members to assess current working practices.
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14 Apr 2008
The number of people dying prematurely from heart attacks and strokes in the UK has risen
for the first time in 50 years.
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14 May 2019
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
Insults from shop assistants, jibes from passers-by and abuse from teenagers
are just some of the humiliations that are plunging overweight people further
into ill health, research has found.
news •
06 Jan 2015
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
People who exercise above current recommended levels of physical activity are twice as
lively to
avoid chronic disease.
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26 Jul 2018
ukactive CEO David Stalker has said that now is the time for the physical activity sector to
step forward and take action if it is to become a ‘central pillar of the nation’s public health
strategy.’
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01 Oct 2014
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.
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01 Dec 2021
A two-year research project will look to find ways to transform the UK's
physical activity facilities
into musculoskeletal (MSK) hubs that could be used by the National Health
Service (NHS).
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04 Jul 2022
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
Sport England has injected £5m of National Lottery funding into 49 colleges to help get students
active.
news •
23 Sep 2017
A series of practical policy interventions to tackle physical inactivity could prevent nearly
12,000 deaths by 2025, according to a new report.
news •
08 Jun 2016
The World Health Organisation has sets its sights on overcoming the growing physical
inactivity epidemic by outlining a 10-year strategy to get Europeans moving more.
news •
17 Sep 2015
St George’s Park Westfield - the third hub of the FA Parklife Programme - will officially
open next week (Monday 18 September) in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, boasting football
facilities and a two-floor fitness suite that has been kitted out by the Pulse Group.
news •
13 Sep 2017
Increasing physical activity globally could prevent up to 5 million deaths each year, according to the
World Health Organisation (WHO).
news •
08 Dec 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
A new £20m Olympic-sized swimming pool, which has been included as a potential training facility for teams ahead of the London 2012 Games, has officially opened in Corby, Northamptonshire.
news •
29 Jul 2009
Primary schools across the country will see PE and sport funding doubled this month in a
bid to change the lives of a generation.
news •
18 Oct 2017
York Barbell UK and British Weight Lifting (BWL) have officially
teamed up to utilise the expertise and skills of both to deliver
a single message....
product innovation •
07 Feb 2011
The official reopening of the redeveloped Westway Sport & Fitness Centre in North Kensington has
been used to help those affected by the Grenfell Tower disaster.
news •
16 Aug 2017
An £18m (US$23.5m, €20.7m) neighbourhood hub with a state-of-the-art leisure centre is
being developed with a focus on being dementia-friendly.
news •
05 Nov 2017
Contrary to current health advice, being overweight cuts the risk of dementia – according
to an analysis of nearly two million British people in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
news •
13 Apr 2015
More than six million people in the UK could be living or contemplating a life of inactivity
because they are worried about losing life-changing benefit payments.
news •
08 Oct 2018
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.
news •
30 Jan 2017
David Cameron has outlined plans for tough new measures that could see obese people on
sickness benefits have their income cut if they refuse treatment for the condition.
news •
16 Feb 2015
A new gym funded by the South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) has opened at the dual-use Friary Grange Leisure Centre in Lichfield, Staffordshire.
news •
30 May 2008
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.
news •
13 Feb 2017
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.
news •
19 Oct 2015
The ukactive board has named Huw Edwards as the not-for-profit body's permanent chief
executive.
news •
30 Jul 2019
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
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