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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
Active IQ has announced a new partnership with Nordic Walking UK, which will see the
awarding organisation provide flexible training options to the outdoor activity provider’s
unique range of learners.
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22 May 2015
Abigail Harris looks at a number of recent participation-boosting club refurbishment projects
HCM issue 2 2013
In the second part of our management series, Carl Bennett looks at the importance of understanding a community's needs
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Lifetime has expanded its training portfolio following the acquisition of Rapido Training, the Gloucester-based provider of vocational training for care and childcare workers.
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21 Sep 2010
London 2012 organisers have confirmed that Technogym will provide and install fitness equipment at the Athletes' Village and other training venues at the Games.
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14 Jul 2010
Fitness studio operator Frame has launched a training course designed to meet the demands of
instructors working at boutique studios.
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29 Oct 2018
Up to 10 Gold’s Gyms are scheduled to open in British Colombia, Canada over the next 10 years as part of a new area development agreement.
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15 Oct 2004
Calls for increased activity among members of the public, the introduction of NHS health trainers and encouraging those with specialist needs to exercise in the Department of Health’s White Paper have been welcomed by the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs).
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07 Dec 2004
Abbeycroft Leisure has announced plans to carry out an extensive £250,000
refurbishment of the fitness facilities at Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre in
Suffolk.
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20 Dec 2011
Barnsley Premier Leisure is now delivering exercise classes for people with heart disease.
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04 Dec 2006
An 8m euro swimming pool and leisure centre has opened in Loughlinstown, Dublin
with facilities to meet the needs of users with disabilities.
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07 May 2013
Philip Newborough, co-founder of investment company Bridges Fund Management, has claimed that
capitalism "risks losing its mandate" – and that every business needs to start thinking about social
impact.
news •
30 Jan 2019
There has never been a better time for the health and leisure industry to
become the cornerstone of local health delivery, but there is still some way to
go before reforms introduced by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 can work
in a real world setting, according to Dave Stalker, CEO of ukactive.
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21 May 2014
Fight Life is a new range of supplements that deliver ready-
made “shots” to assist the body in absorbing nutrients more
efficiently.
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14 Oct 2014
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
The physical activity sector needs to put co-operation above self-interest if it is to avoid
what threatens to become a ‘bun fight’ over the creation of a new framework for sector
skills and workforce development.
news •
18 Nov 2015
SkillsActive and the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) have begun the first stage of a review of qualification structure for exercise professionals who work with specialist populations.
news •
20 Feb 2008
Sencio Community Leisure (SCL) has secured the Inclusive Fitness Initiative's (IFI) provisional level status.
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30 Nov 2009
Software group Gladstone Health & Leisure, developer of the Plus2 leisure management software, has announced a partnership arrangement with reporting systems company Cascade3d.
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03 Mar 2011
Ray Algar, managing director of business insight specialist Oxygen Consulting, has called
for
the leisure sector to get better at understanding the data they hold and to utilise the social
value they create.
news •
10 May 2018
Active IQ has announced the launch of a new qualification designed to provide
learners with the skills to design and adapt exercise programmes to meet the
needs of older adults.
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08 Sep 2014
Fitness professionals can now gain advanced skills in personal training after Active IQ
launched a new qualification standard.
news •
08 Jun 2017
Drummond Health & Fitness Education Academy has been providing quality health and
fitness
training and education for more than 35 years.
product innovation •
17 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
Global fitness operator Fitness First believes it has unlocked the key to
motivation and is investing approximately £270m (US$445m, €329m) over the
next three years in bringing its global estate in line with its new philosophy.
news •
20 Jan 2014
Loughborough University set out
to expand its Powerbase gym to support
people both with and without disabilities
equally, as Gregory Bradley explains
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Gladstone’s new signature application, Gladstone360, is billed as a game-changer for leisure management software
HCM issue 7 2016
The number of training qualifications awarded across the leisure, travel and tourism sector
has fallen for the second year running, according to official government statistics.
news •
05 Aug 2016
A Les Mills fitness instructor is helping widen the reach of the brand’s Born To Move
programme by meeting the fitness needs of young people with learning difficulties.
news •
05 Oct 2017
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Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –
is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
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Industry suppliers are responding to the exponential increase in
consumer demand for strength training with a raft of new and
innovative launches and concepts, as Steph Eaves reports
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“Go Fit’s value proposition is overwhelming. It makes us very attractive to a lot of people”
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