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The workforce agenda is back on track, says public affairs director Huw Edwards
HCM issue 8 2016
New legislation will change the way health clubs in the UK manage their membership
process, creating greater powers for consumers when it comes to contracts and
cancellations.
news •
11 Mar 2024
ukactive has bolstered its senior team in an effort to drive forward the physical activity
agenda in 2017.
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09 Feb 2017
Ukactive has named Huw Edwards, director of public affairs and research, as acting CEO while it
seeks to replace the outgoing Steven Ward.
news •
02 Apr 2019
Mike McCardle has announced that he is retiring from his position as executive secretary at sporta, the representative body for UK leisure and cultural trusts, after five years in the role.
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25 Mar 2009
The ukactive board has named Huw Edwards as the not-for-profit body's permanent chief
executive.
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30 Jul 2019
Organisations providing physical activity programmes for children would attract more
public funding if they improved standards and focused on measurement, according to
ukactive.
news •
30 Sep 2016
Five national governing bodies (NGBs) have pledged to work 'more closely' with the leisure sector as
part of efforts to increase sports participation numbers.
news •
04 Dec 2018
Physical activity sector representative body ukactive
is to elect a new board
early in the new year with fewer members, following a
formal review of the
organisation’s governance structure.
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16 Dec 2014
Former Places for People Leisure CEO Steve Philpott has become the latest leisure industry
heavyweight to back David Stalker’s new trampolining concept Oxygen Freejumping,
joining as an investor and non executive director.
news •
07 May 2015
The Global Health & Fitness Alliance (GHFA) has revealed the makeup of its inaugural nine-
member
Advisory Council, which will oversee the alliance's activities.
news •
13 Oct 2021
ukactive has promoted its executive director Steven Ward to the position of CEO, the
health body has announced today (8 May).
news •
08 May 2017
The Royal Society of Public Health has suggested hairdressers and bar staff could push health messages. So where do health clubs fit in?
HCM issue 10 2015
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) and Future Fit Training have signed a strategic
partnership, designed to provide education and support for exercise professionals.
news •
25 Feb 2019
Shadow health secretary and respected activity advocate Andy Burnham will
return as a headline speaker for ukactive’s National Summit 2014 next month,
one of several high-profile thought leaders due to feature.
news •
13 Oct 2014
One year after it was added for the treatment of hypertension, physical activity
is set to be dropped from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) in April.
news •
27 Feb 2014
ukactive has won the Trade Body Campaign of the Year award for its Turning the
tide of inactivity campaign at the Public Affairs Awards 2014.
news •
10 Dec 2014
After some speculation, the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has confirmed that Andrée Deane has left the organisation.
news •
16 Oct 2009
A new campaign looks to get more disabled people physically active by making sport and fitness
activities more accessible.
news •
09 Nov 2018
The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has presented his Spring Statement to parliament, making updates
to apprenticeship reforms previously announced during the Budget.
news •
14 Mar 2019
Jak Phillips visits Oxygen Freejumping in Acton and explores whether it can jumpstart the UK’s fledgling trampoline park market
HCM issue 9 2015
Two leisure centres in Worcester, England have been saved from cuts after being
handed over to a county-based trust to run their affairs. If given council approval, The Wychavon
Leisure Trust will take over from Wychavon District Council this October in a two-year deal.
news •
17 Jun 2013
Mike Farrar has been announced as the new chair at UK Active. His tenure will
start in August 2022 when he takes over the position from Tanni Grey-Thompson, following her
six-year stint
news •
15 Jun 2022
The government's autumn budget – the last fiscal event before the UK leaves the European Union in
March – has largely ignored the leisure industry, with none of the major announcements directly
affecting the industry's major sectors.
news •
30 Oct 2018
CEO David Stalker reports on a recent focus group examining children's activity and school sport
HCM issue 6 2013
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (RCBC) has confirmed that demolition work
at the site of a planned £31m leisure, business support and community hub has
been completed.
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23 Sep 2011
Ukactive has set out on a membership consultation, asking for views on how the
not-for-profit health body can better support members' strategic goals.
news •
21 Jun 2019
EuropeActive is starting the hunt for a new CEO as Andreas Paulsen has indicated he'll be
heading back to his career in public affairs and academia once his successor is found.
news •
19 May 2023
Steve Ward celebrates how the industry has come together in the pandemic
HCM issue 10 2020
Steven Ward and Tanni Grey-Thomspon, executive director and chair of ukactive, are challenging the activity sector to strive for greater things. Kate Cracknell reports
HCM issue 9 2015
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