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A new study into the nation’s attitudes towards health and fitness has shown that the greatest barrier preventing people from exercising was not a lack of convenient facilities, but a lack of time.
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29 Mar 2006
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has established a new charitable trust, the Health and Fitness Foundation, to promote activities which encourage physical activity.
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16 Mar 2006
Children who regularly take part in physical activity are 20 per cent happier than those who shun exercise in favour of computer games or television, according to recent research commissioned for the launch of Sainsbury’s Active Kids campaign.
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24 Feb 2006
North Ayrshire Leisure in Scotland has launched a mobile health and fitness unit this month to promote participation in regular physical activity in the local area.
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23 Feb 2006
Staff from Hillsborough Leisure Centre in Sheffield hosted a presentation recently to promote active lifestyles for people with disabilities.
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23 Feb 2006
The Chief Medical Officer for Wales has recently published guidelines for exercise referral schemes, stating that they must only be made to instructors who are registered with the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) at level 3 as an Advanced Instructor and with qualifications for working with specialist populations.
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09 Feb 2006
The FIA-led activity initiative, Active at Work, is due to commence next month (March) and the FIA is currently in discussions with several Sport England regions to further fund the initiative.
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09 Feb 2006
Due to the continual success of the Fitness Industry Association’s (FIA) Adopt a School (AAS) scheme, nearly 60 programmes are expected to help to increase the activity levels of 1,800 school children this spring.
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09 Feb 2006
Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust’s (WLCT) Getting Wigan Active campaign is moving forward following improvements at two of its fitness facilities.
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19 Jan 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
Canada has set its sights on becoming one of the healthiest countries in the world, following a CAN$300m (£150m, 212m euro, US$260m) investment in health promotion over the next five years.
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10 Jan 2006
Tees Active has secured funding from the Big Lottery Fund to finance a new scheme called Active Start, designed to increase children’s participation in physical activity in the Stockton-on-Tees area.
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09 Jan 2006
Leisure operator DC Leisure has received accreditation from the Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management (ILAM) for being the first leisure contractor to introduce the institute’s Active programme.
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22 Dec 2005
Gateshead Council has recruited four physical activity development workers in a bid to encourage local people to take more exercise.
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15 Dec 2005
Sefton Leisure Services is to launch a new workplace health programme, thanks to a £50,000 grant from Sport England’s £1m Challenge Fund.
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01 Dec 2005
Tone Leisure, the leisure trust for Taunton Deane in Somerset, is launching an innovative programme to get more of the community active and involved in physical activity and sport.
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04 Oct 2005
A £16m sports, health and lifestyle centre is to be built as a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) consortium project in south-east London.
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19 Sep 2005
Eddie The Eagle Edwards has helped kick-start a campaign to combat couch potato culture this month.
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14 Sep 2005
The Register of Exercise Professionals’ (REPs) public awareness campaign – Check Out Your Instructor – is generating more than 400 additional visits to the REPs’ website every day, as people log on to verify the qualifications of its members.
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06 Sep 2005
Wealdon District Council has given permission for Freedom Leisure to proceed with plans to convert the Hailsham Leisure centre into a two-storey complex including a fitness centre and 10-pin bowling facility.
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26 Aug 2005
The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has joined the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) as a stakeholder organisation working with NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) in the review of public health guidance on physical activity.
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09 Aug 2005
Lifetime Health and Fitness has launched a new home study course for personal training.
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09 Aug 2005
Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, has teamed up with a local school in move designed to boost the health and fitness of its teachers.
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26 Jul 2005
A health expert has called for a ‘Jamie Oliver of the gym’ to tackle the problem of childhood obesity.
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25 Jul 2005
Freedom Leisure has been awarded the Hastings Borough Council leisure management contract following a tendering process which lasted almost a year.
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25 Jul 2005
Operators and suppliers in the fitness industry have hailed the first SIBEC UK event a resounding success.
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14 Jul 2005
Stoke Mandeville stadium in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, which is owned by WheelPower – the British Wheelchair Sport – and managed by Leisure Connection, has launched a new Inclusive Fitness Initiative gym.
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06 Jul 2005
The Big Lottery Fund (BLF) has unveiled its latest round of funding for 82 School Sports Co-ordinator (SSCO) projects in England. The investment, which is part of the Young People’s Fund strand, is being made into School Sports Partnerships (SSPs).
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05 Jul 2005
A mobile wellness centre has been launched in the Wear Valley to tackle the problems of inactivity in isolated and socially deprived areas.
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05 Jul 2005
The Amateur Swimming Association is to launch a pioneering scheme that aims to increase the health of people in Hull and East Riding.
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20 Jun 2005
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