ukactive Kids news

The physical activity sector has been left in shock by news that Steve Franks, the long-serving chief executive of Water Babies, has died following a ... More

ukactive Kids and sports equipment giant Nike have launched a service designed to help children achieve the recommended target of 60 minutes of daily exercise ... More

Huw Edwards, acting CEO of ukactive, has called for a "cultural shift" across government, in order for it to recognise the crucial role that the ... More

Sports psychologist Jeremy Snape and Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams are among the keynote speakers at this year's Active Uprising. Snape will draw on insights ... 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

Primary school staff that are helping and inspiring children in London to be active are to be celebrated in a new initiative from ukactive Kids ... More

ukactive has signed a three-year partnership with physical activity trade show Elevate. The "strategic alignment" between the two bodies will see ukactive help Elevate strengthen ... More

Winners of the inaugural ukactive Awards were revealed at a gala dinner in Manchester last night (21 June), as part of the three-day Active Uprising ... More

Former health secretary and current Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has been confirmed as the headline speaker at this year's Active Uprising event. Burnham will address ... More

The finalists for this year's ukactive Awards have been revealed. The 2018 award categories have been divided into three groups – business excellence, specialist impact ... More

Britain’s most successful female Olympian, Laura Kenny, has been announced as one of the keynote speakers for ukactive’s Active Uprising in Manchester this summer. Kenny, ... More

A 'shocking' rise in childhood obesity figures means Britain must act now or risk the scales tipping further, according to ukactive. The number of obese ... More

Les Mills UK has teamed up with ukactive to offer its Born To Move virtual class to 10,000 schools across the UK for free on ... More

ukactive and local councils want to see cash earmarked for boosting physical activity in schools protected after concerns were raised that money could be diverted ... 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

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

Health experts are calling on the government to scrap the so-called ‘fat letters’ posted to parents in England to tell them if their child is ... More

Fitness levels among English schoolchildren are lower than ever and still getting worse, with a new study highlighting that sedentary lifestyles are to blame rather ... More

Only half of seven-year-olds are meeting recommended physical activity guidelines of 60 minutes per day, according to a landmark ukactive report which lifts the lid ... More

ukactive is to renew efforts to tackle childhood inactivity through a raft of initiatives following its recent merger with Compass. Compass – the representative body ... More