Dr Steven Mann news

The impact of a £5m redevelopment of Salt Ayre Leisure Centre in Lancaster has been revealed, following the completion of phase one of the 10-year ... More

Growing numbers of leisure centre members are swapping traditional activities like swimming for spin bikes and other group workouts, a ukactive report has revealed. Data ... More

School summer holidays are creating a class divide between the fitness levels of deprived children and their more affluent peers thanks to a lack of ... More

A number of prominent figures in the sport and physical activity sector have called on the incoming government to prioritise the health and fitness of ... More

Landscape architect Lily Jencks has designed “the world’s first biophilic gym” for fitness concept Biofit. Described as “an organic gym concept for big city life,” ... More

Organisations, groups and individuals who contribute to increasing the levels of physical activity across the UK are being urged to take part in a ukactive ... More

The key ingredients to creating a successful workplace culture at physical activity companies will be among the topics explored at this year’s Active Training Conference. ... More

New research is being carried out to determine the extent to which exercise referrals can change behaviour and boost levels of physical activity. The project, ... More

Organisations providing physical activity programmes for children would attract more public funding if they improved standards and focused on measurement, according to ukactive. The not-for-profit ... More

The ukactive Kids board has produced a new long-term strategy to tackle youth inactivity – a growing issue described as ‘a ticking time-bomb for the ... More

Lazy summer holidays are leading to a significant drop-off in schoolchildren’s fitness levels and hampering efforts to reverse the UK’s physical inactivity epidemic, new research ... More

A group of North London schools could be among the first in the country to take part in a new fitness measurement pilot which aims ... More

Business leaders and key influencers from across the health and fitness industry are gathering in Loughborough today (27 April) to do business, debate and network ... More

International basketball star and head coach of the England under 18 Men’s Basketball Team Karl Brown will be the after-dinner speaker at active-net later this ... More

Beginning an exercise intervention programme with motivational interviewing to ease inactive clients into the idea of regular physical activity could be key to the success ... More

ukactive has called for a major rethink of how children are engaged with physical activity, after new research found almost nine in ten UK parents ... More

Dr Steven Mann, research director at ukactive, will be hosting a series of one-to-one surgery sessions at this year’s active-net conference. Taking place at Loughborough ... More

The ukactive Research Institute has ‘come of age’ according to ukactive operations director Geraldine Tuck, who will today (11 February) announce a major breakthrough in ... More

Leisure professionals planning to attend this year’s Quest and CIMSPA annual conferences will be able to save themselves a trip, after the bodies announced the ... More

Athletics legend and respected crossbench peer Tanni Grey-Thompson has today (28 April) been named chair of ukactive, tasked with ensuring the next government turns rhetoric ... More

A group of the UK’s leading exercise referral experts have expressed concern at the initial low uptake of such referrals, offering recommendations to improve the ... More