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The national body for sport and physical activity in colleges has refreshed its standards as
it attempts to deliver on the government’s Sporting Future sports strategy.
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26 Jan 2016
Demonstrating the additional benefits of physical activity – such as improvements in concentration
and behaviour and body image – is one of the key pillars for boosting its presence in schools.
news •
19 Feb 2015
England Rugby legend Lawrence Dallaglio says the government must take immediate
action to improve physical activity in schools.
news •
02 Nov 2017
Physical activity could be a major tool in battling rising levels of loneliness among young
people.
news •
16 May 2019
The Pulse Group has been named as the official two-year partner of the
Physical Activity and Health Strand of the British Universities and Colleges
Sport (BUCS) Strategy 2016-20.
news •
05 Apr 2017
Only nine per cent of toddlers are getting the required levels of physical activity according
to data from the British Heart Foundation National Centre (BHFNC).
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20 Jan 2016
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring Budget was a “missed opportunity” for the
government to demonstrate its commitment to tackling the nation’s physical inactivity
crisis, ukactive executive director Steven Ward has said.
news •
08 Mar 2017
Lawrence Dallaglio will lead a speaker line-up from the worlds of sport, health and government
to address society’s burning issues at this year’s ukactive National Summit.
news •
03 Oct 2017
The government has given its backing to several new vocational qualifications for 16-19
year-olds preparing for a career in the physical activity sector.
news •
09 Feb 2016
Entitled ‘Engaging Children and Young People in Physical
Activity’, a new report by Precor and ukactive highlights
the importance of physical activity on child
development.
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16 Dec 2013
Close to 200 UNESCO member states have adopted a revised International Charter for
Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport which aims to improve physical activity
participation worldwide and foster stronger policy to support this.
news •
26 Nov 2015
The UK trails other countries when it comes to early childhood physical activity, with no
cohesive approach between the devolved nations, according to a report by a parliamentary
group.
news •
19 Oct 2017
The World Health Organisation has sets its sights on overcoming the growing physical
inactivity epidemic by outlining a 10-year strategy to get Europeans moving more.
news •
17 Sep 2015
The failure of GPs to properly use the NHS Quality and Outcomes Framework
(QOF) - the government's voluntary incentive scheme - will result in a dramatic
slimming down of the service in 2014.
news •
22 Nov 2013
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the majority of adolescents worldwide are
not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk.
news •
22 Nov 2019
Public health spending on tackling England’s inactivity epidemic will double next
year, marking a “seismic shift” in local authority thinking, according to a new
ukactive report.
news •
12 Nov 2014
Sport England and Public Health England (PHE) have partnered up to fund a new pilot
aimed at upskilling healthcare professionals to embed physical activity in clinical care.
news •
11 Oct 2016
Exercising more, losing weight and drinking less
could slash the the number of Britons
getting cancer by 84,000 a year, according to health
experts.
news •
21 Sep 2015
Physical activity experts and other relevant stakeholders are being asked to submit their views on a
World Health Organisation (WHO) investigation into ending childhood obesity.
news •
23 Mar 2015
British Medical Association: government must tackle 'stark inequalities' in physical activity levels
Doctors have called on the Conservative government to take "urgent action" to improve low levels of
physical activity across the UK.
news •
28 Oct 2019
Kinect Australia has announced the launch of its new name - Physical Activity
Australia - as part of its "ambitious new vision" to promote regular exercise
across the country.
news •
24 Jan 2012
A new report from The World Health Organization (WHO), called Global Status Report on
Physical Activity 2022, has revealed that physical inactivity between 2020 and 2030 will result
in almost 500m people developing a preventable, non-communicable disease (NCD), at a cost
of US$300bn, if governments do not act urgently.
news •
19 Oct 2022
Prime Minister David Cameron is today expected to confirm that funding for
Primary Physical Education and the government's Sport Premium scheme will be
continued throughout the course of the next parliament - securing the current
level of funding until 2020.
news •
06 Feb 2014
Young adults who shun exercise and spend large amounts of time in front of screens are
twice as likely to have poor cognitive function in mid-life, according to a study.
news •
21 Jul 2015
A new healthy living strategy, which aims to combat health inequality, has been set out by
the Scottish Conservative Party.
news •
13 Jan 2017
ukactive has broadened the experience of its 10-person board by appointing four new non-executive
directors as it looks to boost its influence in the physical activity sector.
news •
22 Dec 2016
Public Health England (PHE) is recruiting more clinical champions as part of its drive to
improve the health and wellbeing of people.
news •
30 Aug 2016
The European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport told delegates at last
week’s European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF) that he feels an “obligation” to improve
physical activity policy to reflect the key role exercise plays in society.
news •
12 Apr 2016
Operators in the sport and leisure sector have an opportunity to develop their
offer as a result of the government’s childhood obesity strategy, according to
Public Health England (PHE).
news •
20 Sep 2016
According to The World Health Organization's recently-released research study, WHO European
Regional Obesity Report, a third of children and almost two-thirds of adults in Europe are
obese.
news •
07 Jun 2022
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