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Activity levels are still rising among English adults according to Sport England’s new Active Lives Survey, which covers November 2024 to November 2025.  According to ... More

While the use of wearable technology to track health parameters is tracking upwards and can positively impact healthy behaviours, new research shows devices can cause ... More

Nordic operator, SATS, ended 2025 on a high with record revenues, 22,000 more members and more member activity. The momentum has continued into this year. ... More

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released two global reports calling on governments around the world to raise additional funds for preventative health interventions by ... More

Sport England has released the latest Active Lives Children & Young People Report for the 2024-25 academic year. Physical activity among children and young people ... More

Unless urgent action is taken to increase physical activity this generation of children will face poorer health, lower happiness and reduced life chances over the ... More

Sport England has announced 27 new partnerships that will benefit from its place-based approach, which aims to reduce the postcode lottery by targeting areas of ... More

Nordic health and fitness chain, SATS, has maintained its momentum in the third quarter of 2025, both operationally and financially. Revenues grew by 8 per ... More

Across Europe there are encouraging signs that governments are waking up to the value of exercise and the services the fitness sector provides. UK Active ... More

Seventy two per cent of people with mental health conditions say being physically active has helped them to stay well, according to a report by ... More

The UK’s Health and Social Care Committee is actively looking at how physical activity can be used to improve the health and wellbeing of the ... More

Ongoing investments in group training and member experience is leading to member growth, higher activity levels and increasing revenues at Nordic operator, SATS. The number ... More

Strategic advisor, Andy Reed, founder of SajeImpact, has called for a fresh approach to physical activity strategy. “Around 80 per cent of variation in health ... More

The much anticipated Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England reveals ambitious targets to create a new way of delivering health. Although ... More

Fitness professionals have a key role to play in mitigating the harms of social media, says school smartphone researcher, Dr Victoria Goodyear. Associate professor in ... More

The UK's Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced £900 million for major sporting events and grassroots sports across the UK, as part ... More

Sport England has launched a £160 million fund to respond to the impact of climate change and help to create the greenest sports sector in ... More

The National Sector Partners Group (NSPG) has written to the Prime Minister ahead of the Chancellor’s Spending Review, which will be unveiled on 11 June. ... More

A study by researchers at the UK's University of Bath has found that daily mindfulness training increases people's overall intentions to stay active in the ... More

A study by researchers at Uppsala University has found even just a few nights with insufficient sleep can cause serious heart problems. The study, published ... More

As cost is still a major barrier to participation in physical activity, leisure centre operator and social enterprise, BH Live, has announced a free park-based ... More

Studio You, the digital exercise platform for teenage girls, has teamed up with Nike to launch a series of new exercise videos to improve the ... More

Physical participation figures are the highest ever, but inequalities remain with the same groups still losing out, according to the new Active Lives Adult Survey ... More

Sport England has renewed the contract for its Moving Communities study for another four years. Going forward Moving Communities will follow the quango’s place-based agenda. ... More

NHS England has released a report, Harnessing the benefits of physical activity that suggests it is keen to collaborate with the physical activity sector. The ... More