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V4V Project

Be a part of Europe’s first-ever volunteer survey of sport organisations

Access Sport

Helen Rowbotham

Para sport

The Disability Sport Wales festival giving thousands of opportunities to try para sport

Active Uprising

ukactive announces theme for Active Uprising 2022 as flagship event returns

Active Lives Survey

ukactive underlines case for sector support with the release of the Active Lives Survey

LAPS

Annie Vernon

Sport England

ukactive and Youth Sport Trust announced as systems partners in Sport England’s 10-year strategy

Youth Sport Trust

Youth Sport Trust calls for urgent action to address children’s health crisis

Welsh Athletics

James Williams

Better leader

How can you become a better leader in the activities sector?

StreetGames partners with SportWales

StreetGames partners with SportWales for Commonwealth Games

Awards

Grassroots stars given chance to shine at national Alliance awards

LAPS

Robbie Simpson

EmployAbility Leisure

Leisure sector unites to launch EmployAbility Leisure guidance

This Mum Moves

This Mum Moves to expand after successful pilot

Stress

How do peak performers in the activities sector handle stress?

Ali Beckman

COVID-19

ukactive report reveals COVID-19 safety data set representing over 240 million visits to gyms, pools and leisure centres

Mental Health

Physical activity could be the key to supporting children and the NHS

Lessons From Leaders - Part 7

Lessons From Leaders – Part 7

StreetGames

How StreetGames has used multisport to improve children’s wellbeing

Youth Sport Trust

Youth Sport Trust weighs in on the importance of play and sport

Open Goal campaign

Coalition to mark the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace by launching the #OpenGoal campaign

Youth Sport Trust

London 2012 inspired awards ceremony celebrates schools

Leicester City FC

Allison Tripney

Franchise

The Franchise model: What is a franchise and why is it so important to the activities sector?

Tanni Grey-Thompson

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson appointed chair of Sport Wales

SECC Alliance

Activity sector launches SECC Alliance to drive the sector to net-zero

Planet Super League

Tom Gribbin

VAT cuts

ukactive renews calls for VAT cuts to offset increases in energy costs

Commonwealth Games

Birmingham Commonwealth Games introduces new employability project for young people

Scaling your activities business

4 more tips for scaling your activities business

Alliance of Sport

James Mapstone

This Girl Can

Scarlett Moffatt teams up with This Girl Can Classes

Children's Commissioner

Children’s Commissioner says half a million children stand united in demand for more play

England Boxing

Charlie Ford

One million girls at odds with sport

One million girls at odds with sport after Primary School

Sophie Mason

Made By Sport CEO Sophie Mason calls for British businesses to invest in Sport for Good

EMD UK

Marcus Kingwell

Franchise Model

The Franchise model: What can you learn from franchised activities businesses

Disabled Children

New Guidelines to Support Disabled Children to be More Active

A guide to the ‘Levelling Up’ White Paper and what it means for the activities sector

Better citizens

How sport can help young people become better citizens

Women in Sport

Stephanie Hilborne OBE

Fit for the Future

New date for Fit for the Future Convention announced by Sport & Recreation Alliance

Impact Report

Youth Sport Trust releases 2021/22 Impact Report

Birmingham 2022

Birmingham 2022 adds four new sponsors

Sport 4 Life

Tom Clarke-Forrest

Activities business

How not to scale your activities business – Part 1

Rimaya

Alliance and Archery GB to assess impact of ground-breaking programme

Exercise

Ground-breaking research establishes best times of day to exercise

Gymshark

Peter Arch

Levelling up

Physical activity sector essential to UK government’s levelling up ambitions

ukactive Membership Council

ukactive announces new Membership Council to represent the sector and help drive shared ambition for growth

ACSM Health & Fitness Report

A guide to using the ACSM Health & Fitness Report to benefit your activities business

Cross-government strategy

Report calls for a cross-government strategy to use physical activity and sport to help tackle the mental health and wellbeing emergency

Skills bootcamps

Skills bootcamps can make a difference in your business. Here’s how!

SLQ Sports Leaders

SLQ Sports Leaders: Recruitment of schools for DfE funded girls leadership and competitive sport opportunities

Ignite Sport

Justin Merritt

School Recovery Strategies

Department for Education Research Report – School Recovery Strategies: Year 1 Findings

Sport Relief

Sport Relief announced as official charity partner for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

SEO for activities companies

SEO for activities companies: 3 tips that will help you improve your search ranking

Mckinsey

Health & Fitness: Consulting firm Mckinsey predicts trends into 2030

Lessons From Leaders - Part 6

Lessons From Leaders – Part 6

ACSMs Health and Fitness Journal

ACSM Trends 2022 report is out – highlights wearable tech, outdoor fitness and strength training

Government support package

Sport & Recreation Alliance & fitness industry leaders urge the government to include them in recovery packages

Physical activity

New Government report reveals reduction of PE in schools

Coach Core Foundation

Gary Laybourne

Fit & Fed

Get out ‘On the Road’ and help StreetGames support young people through the school holidays

Digital security

Digital security: A guide to digital security measures every activities company should be implementing

FAQ Page

How to build an FAQ page that converts prospects into customers

AI multi-sport app

New AI app is capable of analysing performance in any sport

Joymo TV

Mike Emery

Sport and Recreation

Youth Sport Trust & ukactive respond to House of Lords report on sport and recreation

Digital Futures

Digital Futures report from ukactive and Sport England shows need for digital revolution in fitness and leisure

Dallaglio RugbyWorks

Zenna Hopson

StreetGames

StreetGames

Social proof

Why is it important to keep your website updated with social proof?

equality and diversity

Does the fitness industry support equality and diversity? WIFA research seeks to raise the game

Uniting the Movement

Sport England ramps up implementation of new strategy – will ‘disproportionately target’ efforts and investment

GWI partners with BBC

GWI partners with BBC for its new film series demystifying wellness

UK Elite Sports Group

Chris Vertannes

Sports Coaching Market

Sports Coaching Market by Type and Geography – Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025

Gyms

338 new gyms have opened in the UK since March 2019, in spite of the pandemic

Staff

Guide to treating your staff like your best customer

Diversity

Swimming faces a diversity challenge, according to new report

Keeping young people Fit and Fed

Keeping young people Fit and Fed during difficult times

UK Coaching Club

UK Coaching Club available to CIMSPA members

National Fitness Day

Record-breaking 22.7 million Brits were active on National Fitness Day, ukactive reveals

USA Weightlifting

Phil Andrews

Holidays

How can you keep your service consistent over the holidays?

Find Your Future initiative

Rio Ferdinand and The Gym Group launch Find Your Future initiative

GoDaddy data breach

What you need to know about the GoDaddy data breach

Better opportunities in sport

Former England Netball player bids to give young women better opportunities in sport

Dame Kelly Holmes Trust

Ben Hilton & Suzanne Miller

Collective Action Report

Contribute to the Coalition’s Collective Action: Expression of Interest Process launched

Workplace activity

ukactive and Sport England unite to understand workplace activity provision and needs of the workforce

Gloucestershire County Council

Gloucestershire County Council

Activities leader

The 5 attributes every activities leader needs to have in 2022

women and girls

ukactive and This Girl Can launch practical guide for gyms and leisure centres to support more women and girls to be active

leisure, fitness, and spa industries

Barclays says UK set for £3.5 billion boost from leisure, fitness, and spa industries

Made By Sport

Sophie Mason

ReTrain to Retain

Applications now open for ReTrain to Retain

Global fitness industry

Global fitness industry gets back to live events

CIMSPA

Ollie Bell

How can your activities business implement a hybrid working model

Football Foundation welcomes £205m of new funding to grassroots facilities

Learning centre

A guide to beginning your journey to becoming a learning centre

digital fitness on-demand platform

Sport England launches digital fitness on-demand platform

Sport for Development Coalition

Ollie Dudfield

Autumn Budget and Spending Review

Sport, recreation and physical activity sector responds to the Autumn Budget and Spending Review

Free image library

Here’s where you can find free to use images for your facility

programme

£200m annual spending for HAF announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in Autumn Budget

Inclusivity

How your activities business can be more inclusive

high-end workspaces

Until to launch high-end workspaces for fitness professionals

Yorkshires’ digital industry is the fastest growing in the whole of the UK

PE lessons

How children who dread PE lessons at school could be given a sporting chance

loyal following

How businesses in the activities sector can build a loyal following

Lessons From Leaders – Part 5

Tennis Courts

Government bids to create a new generation of Raducanus with £30m funding to refurbish tennis courts

ukactive to host James Moore CEO of Coordinate Sport on panel

ukactive

UK fitness sector could gain 5 million new members ‘with right support’

Newcastle United Foundation

Steve Beharall

after-school club

Ofsted chief’s after-school club plea: Teachers must make time for sports and trips to help children’s social skills that have been harmed by Covid lockdowns

Birmingham 2022

Geoff Thompson

Birmingham 2022

Birmingham 2022 launches ticket ballot

National Fitness Day

National Fitness Day 22nd September

CIMSPA

CIMSPA strikes strategic partnership with Google to support the free Digital Marketing Hub for sport and physical activity

FIA Foundation

Natalie Draisin

Evolve conference

David Minton launches Evolve conference to kick off new conversation about climate change in the health and fitness sector

Scaling Your Business

10 questions you need to ask yourself when scaling your business

2024 Inclusion program

Inclusion 2024 to support more than 150,000 young people

Fitness

Fitness is the most popular physical activity globally, according to a study by Ipsos for the World Economic Forum

Kathryn Morley

Kathryn Morley

National Fitness Day Activity Finder

National Fitness Day Activity Finder goes live with one month to go

Children’s wellbeing and happiness

Charity responds to a new report showing a steep decline in children’s happiness levels

exergames

Physical activity in children can be improved through ‘exergames’

Sport & Recreation Alliance

Lisa Wainwright

Paralympics is a chance to shine a light on disability in sport

activities & sports sector

Current trends in the activities & sports sector – what to keep an eye on

HAF programme

Summer Fun in Full Swing across the StreetGames network

Active Learning Group

Nigel Miller

Physical Education Technology

Physical Education Technology Market 2021

Disability Sports Coach

Charity launches ‘inclusive summer of sport’

Bloomsbury Football

Charlie Hyman

Busy periods

How to prepare your activities business for busy periods without losing your service level

Digital Futures

ukactive launches Digital Futures in latest step to accelerate sector’s transformation

FSQ Consulting

Matt Young

CIMSPA launches and updates strategy to review quality education

National Fitness Day

Countdown to National Fitness Day begins today

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