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Sir Steve Redgrave is spearheading a government-backed project to increase children’s participation in sport and exercise in the UK.
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26 Apr 2005
A number of national governing bodies of sport have reported encouraging increases in participation
figures following the 2012 Olympics.
news •
10 Sep 2012
Sport England and the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) have announced the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help increase sporting participation.
news •
01 Jul 2011
Plymouth's new £46.5m Life Centre, which has been created to provide a regional
centre of sporting excellence, has been officially opened by the local authority
today (22 March).
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22 Mar 2012
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) has partnered with Everyone Active to roll out
touchtennis across the leisure centre operator’s facilities.
news •
19 Jul 2016
The partnership between Life Fitness and the
University of Nottingham has continued with the
installation of training facilities at the new £40m
David Ross Sports Village.
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20 Feb 2017
British Cycling has revealed it plans to have 1m more women cycling in the UK by
2020 by shifting the culture and accessibility of the sport.
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27 Mar 2013
Londoners are being encouraged to participate in physical activity with the launch of an
app which distributes rewards for taking part.
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14 Oct 2016
Engaging disabled people with targeted campaigns – similar to Sport England’s This Girl
Can initiative – can encourage them to take part in more physical activity, according to
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.
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26 Aug 2016
London Sport has announced the launch of a new insight and data portal as it seeks to
make good on its goal of transforming London into the most active city in the world.
news •
25 Apr 2016
London mayor Boris Johnson has unveiled his ambition to see 3 million people participating in dance by 2012 after helping to launch this year's T-Mobile Big Dance.
news •
02 Jul 2010
Cycling in the UK is more popular than ever, with a 14 per cent increase in bike
sales over the last five years causing the market to grow from £639m in 2008
to £754m in 2014, according to new research.
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05 Sep 2014
A “state-of-the-art” sports centre which benefitted from £2m (US$2.9m, €2.7m) of Sport
England money has been opened to increase the participation of people in Chesterfield.
news •
11 Jan 2016
EMD UK, the national governing body for group exercise, has appointed Marcus Kingwell, the current
managing director of AoC Sport, as its CEO.
news •
07 Oct 2019
Promoting physical activity as a preventative healthcare measure has been listed as a key
priority in the European Union's five-year strategy. The EU Work Plan for Sport (2021-2024),
published this month, lists three priorities for the EU's work. One of these is "promotion of
participation in health-enhancing physical activity". To achieve this, the plan calls for cross-sectoral
cooperation with relevant institutions.
news •
07 Dec 2020
The Commons Select Committee for Culture, Media and Sport has heard that unless there are some dramatic changes, the legacy for grassroots sport from the 2012 Olympics is likely to be minimal.
news •
25 Oct 2006
Social enterprise Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has teamed up with the Open Data
Institute to share leisure activity information as it looks to broaden community reach and
participation opportunities across its 250-plus sites.
news •
06 Jun 2017
Stewart Harris, the chief executive of sportscotland, the sports council for Scotland, has called for greater collective responsibility in tackling the issues facing Scottish sport.
news •
07 Dec 2006
EMD UK, the national governing body for group exercise, has appointed fitness industry veteran
Nigel Wallace as its new chair.
news •
14 Dec 2018
Us Girls has launched a new national scheme designed to improve the wellbeing of young women in
England through increased sports participation. Us Girls Alive will add to the existing Us Girls sports
participation programme – led by sport development charity StreetGames.
news •
21 Nov 2012
Health and fitness group, LivingWell, has introduced a lower membership fee for key workers in the UK and called for the government to lower VAT on club membership.
news •
22 Apr 2004
A physical activity initiative to build a lasting legacy from the 2014 Commonwealth Games
has helped almost 8,000 people get engaged with sport and exercise.
news •
15 Oct 2015
A report issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has accused Sport England
of
losing track of how £1.05bn in grants have been spent since 2016 and only accounting for
£450m.
news •
10 Jan 2023
The Global Wellness Institute’s Move to be Well: The Global Economy of Physical Activity report uncovers the activity segments that can deliver and monetise more participation. Leonor Stanton takes a look at the data for HCM.
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Gym chain DW Fitness First has revealed its strategic vision to become the UK’s largest
sports participation brand.
news •
04 May 2018
More than one in five adults in England are unable to swim, according to statistics
released today (23 March) by the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA).
news •
23 Mar 2015
We need to change the way we measure the impact of the sector, with a new focus on outcomes, says Liz Terry
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From secret music events for fitness to sports heatmaps and AI coaches, 16 innovative
start-ups have been selected to launch London’s new Sport Tech Hub.
news •
06 Oct 2017
Hitting the gym, swimming and cycling are the activities people with visual impairments most want
to get involved in, according to a new impact report from Metro Blind Sport.
news •
25 Oct 2019
The Irish government has ring-fenced an initial €5.5m (£4.2m, US$6m) for 2016 in a bid
to get 500,000 more people involved with regular physical activity over the next 10 years.
news •
15 Jan 2016
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What needs to happen to integrate physical activity with
healthcare? Leaders in the sector share their thoughts
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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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his grandfather – would go down
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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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