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The number of Brits regularly taking part in sport is on the up, according to the Social Trends 2008 survey.
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08 Apr 2008
London mayor Boris Johnson has pledged to invest £15.5m in grassroots sports as part of a bid to improve health and well-being in the capital.
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30 Jan 2009
Leisure development company Alliance Leisure and group exercise specialist Les Mills UK
are working together in partnership to help operators install facilities that can help drive
participation in communal physical activity.
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14 Sep 2017
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA), in association with The Leisure Database Company (TLDC), is offering FIA members a free membership profiling service to measure and increase participation locally.
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05 May 2010
ukactive has teamed up with the British University & Colleges Sports (BUCS) to
deliver a new fitness initiative designed to overcome the ‘seven year plateau,’
which has seen physical activity participation rates among tertiary students
remain stagnant since 2007.
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20 Feb 2014
A growing number of women are putting their best feet forward by working out in dance
fitness classes, according to a new survey which highlights key trends in the fast-growing
dance sector.
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06 Jul 2015
Ralph Riley, chief executive of the Institute of Sport and Recreation Management (ISRM), has welcomed the Chief Medical Officers report – but said it will take more than gardening to get the nation fit.
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19 May 2004
A Health and Sport Committee set up by the Scottish Parliament has launched a public
survey to investigate the barriers people in Scotland face to participate in physical activity.
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16 Jan 2017
Modelling by 4global shows what we can expect for UK public sector fitness
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The number of people taking part in sport has reached the same level as the post-London 2012
Olympics boom – with a rise in female participants and an increase in gym users.
news •
09 Jun 2016
The gender gap in sports participation in Wales increases as students move on to further
education, Sport Wales research has found.
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19 Nov 2015
New research from Flinders University in Australia has found that breast reduction surgery can
change women's participation in physical activity
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23 Aug 2023
The Tarka Leisure Centre in North Devon, which reopened in June after a £15m revamp,
welcomed 33,800 visitors in August – up 43 per cent from the previous year. Participation in
July had increased by 33 per cent from the same month in 2021.
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15 Sep 2022
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
More than twice as many swimming pools have closed in the last 12 months as have
opened, according to the 2015 State of the UK Swimming Industry Report.
news •
27 Jul 2015
Consumer spending on the UK leisure industry is expected to pass £80bn for the time ever
this year, fuelled by growth across a wide range of sectors.
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15 Dec 2015
Speaking at the ukactive Summit held today in London (7 November 2013), Sir
Keith Mills, founder of Nectar and Air Miles and former deputy chair of
LOCOG, criticised the way in which efforts are made to increase participation in
sport.
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07 Nov 2013
Everyone Active has formed a national partnership with Badminton England as it bids to
boost participation of the sport by tapping into “latent demand.”
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22 Jun 2015
Pentathlon GB has launched a new sub brand, Penta+, as part of a strategy to modernise
itself as a multi-sport provider.
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20 Oct 2023
Pulse has won a 20-year contract to become Suffolk Coastal District Council’s (SCDC)
Strategic Leisure Development Partner in a deal potentially worth up to £45m.
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14 Apr 2015
In February, a group of 45 primary school pupils took part in a Gifted and Talented Multi Skills Academy Session at Freedom Leisure’s Hailsham sports facility.
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07 Mar 2007
Get Active London, a new online database of sports clubs, venues and activities
spanning the entire capital, has been developed in a bid to help increase
participation in regular exercise.
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22 Nov 2011
Health and fitness operators are being invited to comment on a proposed Fitness Market Monitor prior to its launch this autumn.
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24 Jul 2008
Langport has welcomed the official opening of a new £130,000 mixed-use games
area (MUGA) - the largest in South Somerset.
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08 Apr 2013
More than 1,000 children were welcomed to sports venues across Edinburgh to participate in this year's BAA Edinburgh Youth Games, making it the biggest in the event's seven year history.
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08 Jun 2006
Kingston University in London has reopened its fitness centre following a £0.5m revamp.
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16 Oct 2006
Sport England is gearing up to launch programmes based on behavioural change theory in
a bid to boost participation.
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23 Nov 2015
Basildon Council has announced that the operators of a multi-million pound sports complex due to open in April will have to meet a number of performance targets.
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25 Feb 2011
Many gym operators are still falling short when it comes to catering for disabled people – but there are some positive cases where the industry is getting it right
HCM issue 4 2015
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
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