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Physical activity levels among children and young people have improved compared to five years ago, according to Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People ... More

Over 100 experts in health and wellbeing gathered in central London yesterday (Friday 8 September) at the invitation of Kim Leadbeater MP, to discuss how ... More

The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) is likely to miss the targets it has set itself for boosting walking and cycling. The finding comes from ... More

Health and wellbeing should be at the heart of all government policymaking according to a new report from UK member of Parliament Kim Leadbeater, who ... More

Almost half of the population of the EU don't exercise or play sport and the impact of this on healthcare services is costing billions, according ... More

A conference held in London this month will discuss the "next frontier" in health- and wellness-based urban design and civic architecture. The Healthy City Design ... More

Eleven local authority areas in England are sharing £12.7m as part of a multi-year funding programme to deliver social prescriptions for walking and cycling. The ... More

The UK government is to invest £338m in transforming active travel through infrastructure upgrades, changes to The Highway Code and new requirements to ensure that ... More

Raffles Hotels and Resorts is scheduled to open Raffles The Palm Dubai in the last quarter of 2021, after rebranding the former Emerald Palace Kempinski ... More

Former racing cyclist Chris Boardman has been appointed the new chair of grassroots body, Sport England. Boardman, who won an individual pursuit gold medal at ... More

An area north of Sheffield City Centre in the UK is to be designed as an Active Neighbourhood, with the view to creating an environment ... More

Physical activity levels in England have continued to fall from those recorded at the initial phase of lockdown – partly due to schools, shops and ... More

The government's pledge to invest £2bn in improving the UK's cycling and walking infrastructure has been described as a "once in a generation opportunity" to ... More

Ukactive has called on HM Treasury to invest more in the physical activity sector, in order to increase its impact across the full breadth of ... More

Ukactive has urged the incoming Conservative government to invest heavily in physical activity – in order to improve the nation’s health. In an open letter, ... More

Representatives from the three main political parties have backed the view that physical activity has a major role to play in the nation’s health by ... More

The physical activity sector has called for the UK's party leaders to commit to improving the nation's health in their election manifestos. The appeal was ... More

Doctors have called on the Conservative government to take "urgent action" to improve low levels of physical activity across the UK. The British Medical Association ... More

The outgoing chief medical officer, professor Dame Sally Davies, has called for urgent action across the industry – and the public sector – to help ... More

A number of main roads in London city centre were closed on 22 September to encourage Londoners to cycle, walk, use public transport and have ... More

The NHS has published its guidance on how developers and health providers can collaborate to deliver housing schemes and infrastructure projects which promote wellbeing among ... More

An alliance of walking and cycling organisations has called on the government to make a serious commitment to improving the UK's "active travel" infrastructure. In ... More

The latest chapter of the government’s Childhood Obesity Plan – published this week – has received a mixed reaction from the physical activity sector. While ... More

Scotland plans to roll-out 'The Daily Mile' scheme to all educational facilities and workplaces in a bid to tackle obesity in the country. Currently, the ... More

Primary schools across the country will see PE and sport funding doubled this month in a bid to change the lives of a generation. The ... More