children’s activity news

3d Leisure has put the current lockdown to good use, by stepping in to help schools with their PE provision. As its fitness instructors, aren't ... More

Physical activity body, ukactive, has revealed plans to create a new sector standard for active leisure, to act as a product and service quality trademark. ... More

A new family fitness focused operator is preparing to open its first site in Putney, London, once social distancing eases. GetSetGo! – the brainchild of ... More

The government has confirmed that the £320m Physical Education and Sport Premium will be made available for the next school year (2020-21), starting this September. ... More

Dean Horridge, founder of children’s activity provider Fit For Sport, is stepping down from his role as the company's CEO. "It is with excitement and ... More

Almost half of children and young people (46.8 per cent) in England are doing the recommended average of 60 or more minutes of physical activity ... More

Les Mills has made its Born to Move programming – which targets children as young as two – available in box set mode. The move ... More

The Association of Play Industries (API) has called for urgent and sustained investment in public play provision. The trade association has launched a new campaign, ... More

A majority of mothers do not exercise because it makes them feel guilty about not spending time with their children. A Sport England study of ... More

Enjoyment is the single biggest factor in motivating children to be active – while "physically literate" children do twice as much activity. These are among ... More

International architects Snøhetta have designed a new planetarium and a visitor centre for Norway’s largest astronomical facility by studying the night sky for design inspiration. ... More

A consultation launched earlier today by not-for-profit health body ukactive will look to shape future policy for children’s sport and physical activity in the UK. ... 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

ukactive has bolstered its senior team in an effort to drive forward the physical activity agenda in 2017. Jack Shakespeare, Joe Robinson, Lara Lill and ... More

Children’s activity levels at school can now be monitored after the launch of an online measuring tool in a bid to help tackle obesity. The ... 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

A new Sport-England funded programme has engaged more than 15,000 school children in regular activity by upskilling lunchtime assistants and other school staff to deliver ... More

The UK government has announced plans to introduce a surprise £520m levy on sugary drinks to tackle the country's burgeoning obesity problem. Delivering his spring ... More

The Oberoi Group is opening three hotels in 2016 in Morocco, India and United Arab Emirates. Located 30 minutes from Dubai’s airport, The Oberoi, Al ... More

Former ukactive CEO David Stalker has been named chair of Fit For Sport, one of two new non-executive appointments to the company’s board. Stalker, who ... More

Physical activity is affected by the design and maintenance of public spaces and people’s perceptions of them, according to a new study from Active Living ... More

The Swimming Teachers’ Association STA has joined forces with the newly-established Children’s Activities Association (CAA), which aims to establish a recognisable benchmark for standards across ... More

ukactive has revealed the results of the recent election for its revamped Membership Council, reflecting a diverse mix of senior figures from across the physical ... More

ukactive has today (26 May) confirmed the shortlist of candidates vying for nine seats on its new Membership Council. The formation of a new Membership ... More