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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

Manchester City Council has launched an ambitious programme to offer free gym memberships and access to fitness classes for 11- to 16-year-old secondary school pupils. ... More

Trade associations from around the world have joined forces to lobby governments and health systems on the importance of prescribing lifestyle interventions, including physical activity ... More

Bolton Middlebrook Leisure Trust has scooped the contract to run five leisure sites as an agent on behalf of Bolton Council. The 15-year contract starts ... More

Sector representative body, UK Active, has expressed frustration that the UK government has overlooked the health and fitness industry in a U-turn over increases in ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has unveiled its 2026 Future of Wellness Trends report, outlining 10 trends that will shape the US$6.8 trillion global wellness ... 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

Following protests from the hospitality industry UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is looking set to make a U-turn on proposed changes to business rates for pubs, ... More

Ultra-processed foods are damaging public health, fuelling chronic diseases globally and deepening health inequalities, according to a series from The Lancet on ultra-processed foods and human ... 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

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

On unveiling the Autumn Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said there would be no return to austerity and that she would cut NHS waiting lists, debt ... More

According to the latest Moving Communities Impact Report visits to leisure centres are rising and there are encouraging signs of progress with tackling inequalities. The ... More

The UK’s chief medical officer, Sir Chris Whitty, has given evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee this morning (29 October) on boosting physical ... More

Childhood trauma is linked to mental health problems and chronic pain in later life and is a leading driver of health inequalities, according to research ... More

This Girl Can has launched a new campaign – We Like the Way You Move – which redefines how women getting active looks and champions ... More

Registered charity and leisure operator, BH Live has taken over the contract to run the leisure offering of Southampton City Council. The contract includes the ... More

Trafford, in Greater Manchester, UK, has a new wellbeing facility following a £20 million upgrade by operator Trafford Leisure, to improve provision and sustainability. Supported ... More

The 2025 HFA Global Report, which looked at almost 30 markets, shows that around the world more people are joining gyms and seeing fitness as ... More

Move Southwark is gearing up to launch a multi-million pound leisure centre at Canada Water, which is part of the masterplan to regenerate the area. ... 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 Royal Borough of Greenwich will soon be opening its £80 million exemplar leisure centre in Woolwich town centre, which is central to the town’s ... 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

Oldham Active has created the new role of head of health and wellbeing to tackle inequalities by strengthening links with the healthcare sector and expanding ... 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