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The UK's physical activity sector is currently lobbying to have gyms and leisure centres classed as essential services, in order for them to be able ... More

NHS patients who have been diagnosed with cancer will be offered exercise and gym sessions before they start chemotherapy. The "prehabilitation" programmes will be implemented ... More

Leading UK cancer charities have called for newly diagnosed to be prescribed exercise and nutrition plans, in order to help their recovery. Macmillan Cancer Support, ... More

The newly-renovated American Airlines CR Smith Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, has opened its doors following a redesign of the visitor attraction's permanent exhibitions. JRA ... More

Armathwaite Hall Hotel & Spa in Cumbria, UK, has partnered with the Made for Life Foundation to offer Cancer Touch Therapy, a range of treatments ... More

The London School of Beauty and Make-up has partnered with organic skincare brand Made for Life Organics and its charity, the Made for Life Foundation, ... More

TV journalist and presenter Dr Michael Mosley has been announced as a keynote speaker for this year’s inaugural Elevate Conference in London. Mosley, who presents ... More

Kimberlee Perry, founder of trampolining fitness group Bounce, has been named as the UK’s Best Franchisor at the Best Business Women Awards 2017. The awards, ... More

MuseumNext is heading down under as the global conference series on the future of museums gears up for its debut in Melbourne, Australia. Produced in ... More

Laurie MacMillan has joined spa and wellness marketing firm Contento Marketing Group as creative director. MacMillan most recently worked as director of marketing and communications ... More

Almost half of British people (46 per cent) admit that it has been over a decade since they went running as part of exercise, with ... More

Flame Conference 2016 gets underway at the International Centre in Telford this morning (29 June), with around 1,000 physical activity sector leaders gathering for a ... More

MuseumNext – the global conference series on the future of museums – is coming to Australia for the first time in 2017. Representatives of museums ... More

Elevate, the new trade show which aims to unite sectors in tackling physical inactivity, kicks off this morning (4 May) with addresses from a range ... More

Finalists for the 2016 Flame Awards were unveiled yesterday afternoon (26 April) by ukactive executive director Steven Ward during a live webinar. Leisure centre operator ... More

The Chief Medical Officer for England, Dame Sally Davies, is to discuss the key role that physical activity has to play in the public health ... More

New Zealand rugby star and motivational leadership expert Sean Fitzpatrick has been announced as the keynote speaker for ukactive’s 2016 Flame Conference. The former All ... More

Y-USA (the YMCA of the USA) has teamed up with the Healthy Weight Partnership to start offering the Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do it! (MEND) programme ... More

National Spa Week, the UK SpaAssociation’s annual awareness week, is set to take place this year from 2-6 November, with an aim to encourage the ... More

In a far-sighted move, Bridport Leisure Centre in Dorset has just launched the first exercise on prescription programme for people living with cancer, or who ... More

ukactive CEO David Stalker has spoken out in favour of active lifestyles, following widespread news coverage suggesting that most cancers are the result of bad ... More

The UK Spa Association demonstrated its benchmarking tool live at a networking event at Center Parcs Woburn Forest last week. The tool was launched earlier ... More

The UK Spa Association has organised National Spa Awareness Week (NSAW) from 3-7 November 2014 to increase awareness of the mental and physical benefits regular ... More

Walking regularly could help to prevent the deaths of tens of thousands of people every year, according to a new report. The Walking Works report ... More

Active Luton has been awarded almost £35,000 from Macmillan Cancer Support to continue its successful exercise programme for residents who are undergoing treatment for cancer. ... More