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Schools are not doing enough to promote careers in the health and fitness
industry to young people, according to research carried out by health and
education charity Central YMCA.
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18 Nov 2011
Awarding body Central YMCA Qualifications (CYQ) has formed a strategic
partnership with Youth Sport Trust as part of efforts to offer support to young
people who have chosen a career in the active leisure sector. The partnership
has identified its goal as developing and providing information, advice and
guidance for young people working in the industry.
news •
25 Apr 2012
Les Mills UK has teamed up with ukactive to offer its Born To Move virtual class to 10,000
schools across the UK for free on National Fitness Day later this month.
news •
07 Sep 2017
The government has launched a £372m strategy to help cut obesity levels in England.
news •
23 Jan 2008
Leisure manager Stevenage Leisure (SLL) has launched a new initiative with four of the town’s schools to reward children who make healthy eating choices.
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29 Sep 2004
Gordon Brown has been accused of "breathtaking hypocrisy" after calling for schools to increase access to PE and sport and for greater encouragement of competitive sport in schools.
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26 Oct 2006
The Welsh Assembly and the Sports Council for Wales have launched a £7.6m programme to encourage more secondary school children in the country to get keep fit.
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26 Oct 2006
Concord Sports Centre is to join forces with four schools this month (January) following the success of its first project under the Fitness Industry Associations’ Adopt A School with Norwich Union initiative.
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05 Jan 2005
ukactive has kicked off its countdown to National Fitness Day 2017 with the launch of a
consumer social media campaign and a renewed focus on taking activity into schools,
workplaces and high streets.
news •
26 May 2017
Two fitness centres designed to combat obesity and physical inactivity among children will be officially launched this month.
news •
31 Aug 2004
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has launched a sports foundation carrying his name in the constituency he represented as a member of parliament for 24 years.
news •
23 Nov 2007
Primary school teachers in seven Leicestershire schools are being trained to incorporate
physical activity into daily lessons.
news •
31 Jan 2017
Vulnerable young people will be given opportunities to take part in sport and physical activity over
the summer holidays by utilising school sports facilities that would usually be behind locked doors.
news •
16 Jul 2021
Children at UK schools which have adopted Active Recovery Curriculums feel fitter and stronger
than their peers – both physically and mentally – and also do better academically.
news •
01 Nov 2021
UK Active and Nike have launched the 2022 Open Doors programme. The scheme provides
children
and young people with the opportunity to connect, be active, eat well and have fun at twelve
selected schools across London, Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool during the summer
holidays.
news •
20 Jul 2022
Children’s activity levels at school can now be monitored after the launch of an online
measuring tool in a bid to help tackle obesity.
news •
01 Feb 2017
MPs have discussed the most effective ways to use cash raised from the soft drinks tax,
including the rolling out of sports camps and daily mile initiatives.
news •
11 Jan 2017
A free school in Luton is the first in the UK to be set up by a leisure trust. Rhianon Howells finds out about its healthy approach
HCM issue 2 2014
A look at a selection of initiatives designed to promote physical activity among children
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Only half of seven-year-olds are meeting recommended physical activity guidelines of 60
minutes per day, according to a landmark ukactive report which lifts the lid on youth
inactivity.
news •
15 Jun 2015
Far from setting people up to be physically active for life, school PE lessons
can put people off sport forever, according to research carried out by the
University of Birmingham. Of the 1,800 people surveyed for The Big PE
Conversation, half said school PE didn’t help them to become more physically active.
One quarter of males and one third of females said they never, or rarely enjoyed, PE.
news •
05 Jan 2015
This year’s National Fitness Day – the largest celebration of physical activity in the UK –
will see schools included in the initiative for the first time as organiser ukactive targets a
bigger and better event than ever before.
news •
08 May 2015
The infant private swim school sector that has surged in the UK over the past decade is
yet to reach its peak, although growth could yet be checked by a lack of pool capacity, a
Swimming Teachers Association (STA) survey has found.
news •
27 Feb 2015
A group of politicians has criticised “failing” PE teachers and published a wide-ranging
report with radical recommendations designed to improve physical education for school
children.
news •
19 Oct 2016
The government will invest £140m in cycling in an attempt to help half a million children cycle safely and a generation of adults rediscover their bikes.
news •
21 Jan 2008
The government has earmarked £30m over the next three years to help the most needy sports colleges build new pitches, install floodlights and provide better drainage so facilities can be used all year and round the clock.
news •
01 Feb 2008
Damian Hinds has called on sporting organisations to "work with the government" and to ensure all
children have the opportunity to take part in competitive sport.
news •
21 Dec 2018
Aston Villa players Thomas Sorensen and Craig Gardner have opened a new gym for children to tackle childhood obesity.
news •
01 May 2007
Ukactive has launched a five-point manifesto designed to improve the health of the nation,
urging all parties to adopt policies within it ahead of the forthcoming general election on 8
June.
news •
03 May 2017
ukactive has announced that it will spearhead the UK arm of a Europe-wide initiative to
help young children lead healthier lifestyles.
news •
05 Aug 2015
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