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Taking exercise in the natural environment has significant benefits for mental health, according to a study by the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry.
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07 Feb 2011
New research has found that people who participate in regular physical activity outside work are not as likely to show signs of depression as those who don't.
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01 Nov 2010
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar - the Western Isles Council has completed work on the installation of new fitness equipment at two leisure centres on the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
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07 Sep 2010
Health secretary Andy Burnham has announced details of new sports and physical activity schemes that will form part of the government's vision to improve fitness levels throughout the UK.
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17 Aug 2009
Central YMCA has teamed up with Westminster NHS in London to enhance an exercise referral scheme which has been in place since 2003.
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05 May 2009
Fitness provider Central YMCA has announced plans for a free training programme to transform London youngsters into qualified street dance instructors.
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09 Jan 2009
South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) has funded a unique gym in Lichfield to help it hit its Government targets.
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11 Jun 2008
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.
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30 May 2008
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
A new scheme to train fitness instructors to deliver holistic services is being piloted in West Yorkshire by YMCA Fitness Industry Training.
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05 Mar 2008
The Mayor of London is to establish a collaborative London-wide body to reduce levels of childhood obesity in the capital in line with government targets.
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08 Feb 2008
Perth and Kinross Leisure (PKL), in partnership with NHS Tayside, has launched a new volunteering project called activemate, which is aimed at improving access to local leisure services for Perth-based mental health service users.
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06 Dec 2007
Daily exercise and a healthy diet have significantly improved the behaviour of a group of children with special needs.
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11 Jan 2007
The LivingWell Premier health club in Inverness, Scotland, has become the first company in the country to be awarded the Scotland’s Health at Work (SHAW) Commendation Award for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
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05 Jul 2006
Advanced instructors at level 3 on the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) who are responsible for designing and delivering structured and tailored physical activity programmes for referred patients/clients, or assigning them to an appropriate physical activity, must have a range of knowledge and skills specific to the referral process, specified medical conditions and relevant health risk factors related to physical activity participation.
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10 Jan 2006
Dr Kenneth Cooper – founder of the Cooper Institute in the US and an expert on preventing disease through exercise – revealed his recent findings at the WRIGHT Foundation Exercise Referral Conference, held at Birmingham’s NEC on 10 November.
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21 Nov 2005
A centre combining health and community services has opened to combat the poor health record in a deprived ward of Glasgow.
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04 Oct 2005
A pilot project which encourages people with a range of illnesses and disabilities to exercise has secured funding to run for a further two years.
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26 Apr 2005
A campaign has got underway to encourage GPs to prescribe exercise for depression instead of drugs.
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07 Apr 2005
The Mental Health Foundation will be leading a campaign to raise awareness about the effectiveness of exercise in preventing and treating mental health problems to mark Mental Health Action Week 2005.
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05 Jan 2005
The Wright Foundation is to introduce seven advanced courses in key areas of exercise referral in January 2005.
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07 Dec 2004
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