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Dance and movement

Sport and Recreation Alliance release report on the social value of movement and dance

PE Premium

Mental health and wellbeing at risk without confirmation of £320m PE Pupil Premium

Energy cost relief

Coalition of sporting bodies plea with the government to support the fitness and activities sectors

SPORTSSESSION.COM

New Sports Coaching programme looks to revolutionise corporate wellbeing

Small Grants Programme

Small Grants Programme returns with awards of up to £15,000

Uniting the Movement

Two Years of Sport England’s Uniting the Movement

Government's Youth Justice fund

Deputy prime minister has a vital role to play in physical activity

The Insights Family

Have your say on future industry trends with The Insights Family

Cycling on the curriculum

Bikeability says put cycling on the curriculum to transform the school run

2023 Workforce State of Mind Survey

The 2023 Workforce State of Mind Survey is now open for the fitness and active leisure industry

Sport and recreation

Leading bodies urge government to support grassroots sports and the activities sector

Garmin’s Connect Fitness Report 2022

New report from Garmin highlights exercise trends in 2022

Debate on sport in school and communities

Debate on sport in school and communities in Parliament

Cost-of-living crisis

Grassroots community clubs under threat from growing cost-of-living crisis

Volunteering survey of sport organisations

Volunteering survey of sport organisations gathers nearly 3,000 responses

Sport England denies UK Parliament's accusation

Sport England denies UK Parliament’s accusation that it has lost track of £1.05bn in grant funding

Active Lives Children & Young People Survey

Sport England publish official statistics from the Active Lives Children & Young People Survey

Parliamentary Physical Activity Challenge

ukactive and Myzone announce winners of inaugural parliamentary physical activity challenge

Active Lives Children and Young People Survey

ukactive warns of inactivity health risks amidst the release of the Active Lives Children and Young People Survey

South Yorkshire Tech 100 Report

Coordinate Sport’s success highlighted in latest South Yorkshire Tech Report

Legacy

Birmingham 2022 Deputy Chair: Legacy ‘movement’ must become more diverse and inclusive

Youth Sport Trust's #HalfTimeChallenge

Sky rallies behind charity challenge with the release of England World Cup Christmas song

Reduction in PE time

Youth Sport Trust research finds a reduction in PE time for GCSE students

Bleep Tests

Schools told to be cautious with fitness ‘Bleep Tests’ of pupils in PE class

Autumn budget

Coalition of sport and activities organisations respond to the Autumn budget

NextGen 2023

Sport Industry’s NextGen 2023 look to tackle social change and sustainability

Benefits of exercise to future generations

New research finds that women can pass on benefits of exercise to future generations

School Sport Survey 2022

Sport needs to modernise to suit the needs of children and young people says survey

Chiles Webster Batson Commission

Commission finds that sport is detrimental to young people in low-income households

GOALS storytelling program launches

GOALS storytelling program launches in the run-up to Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup

Digital Marketing Hub

£520,000 awarded to fund Digital Marketing Hub for a second year

Physical activity

ukactive tells PM that business of physical activity can boost health and economic growth

Energy bill relief scheme

ukactive calls for the energy bill relief scheme review to be shared with the sector

Big School Swim

Swim England’s Big School Swim is back

Physical inactivity

500m people globally will develop preventable diseases, at a cost of US$300bn by 2030 due to lack of exercise, says WHO

Priced out of sport

New study shows that young people are being ‘priced out of sport’

Diversity and inclusion

The Lawn Tennis Association launches new inclusion and diversity advisory group

ukactive

Strategic partner ukactive introduces their new board of directors

Parliamentary Physical Activity Challenge

ukactive and Myzone announce parliamentary physical activity challenge

Energy Bill

Energy bills subsidised by 50 per cent under UK government relief scheme

Churchill Fellowship

Churchill Fellowship seeks ten innovators in the physical activity sector

Sugar tax

Truss faces backlash against plans to dump sugar tax

National Fitness Day

Millions take part in National Fitness Day across the UK

Gymfinity Kids

Gymfinity Kids completes fundraising for next stage of expansion

BASES

BASES releases handy guide to working in sports and fitness

ACTivate

Walking the Talk: Implementing Physically Active Learning and Whole School Physical Activity

StreetGames

StreetGames celebrates a successful summer of sport and activity

Solar Technology

New solar technology pilot could revolutionise pool heating for former Drive Phase guests

Peter Roberts

The Drive Phase guest and entrepreneur Peter Roberts invests in training app, Another Round

National Fitness Day 2022

ukactive announces National Fitness Day 2022

Lionesses

Lionesses win the Euro 2022: What should their legacy be?

Commonwealth Games

How the legacy of Commonwealth Games & London 2012 are shaping conversations in sports and activities organisations

Walking and cycling

Walking, wheeling, and cycling to be offered on prescription in nationwide trial

National Audit Office

National Audit Office release grassroots participation in sport and physical activity report

The 25th annual coaching award nominations are now open

Community sports

Sported and StreetGames: Elevating the voice of community sports groups

CIMSPA

CIMSPA summertime hotspots for activity this year

Youth Sport Trust

Youth Sport Trust welcomes the appointment of three new board members

This Girl Can

This Girl Can, ukactive, and CIMSPA team up to create inclusive spaces for women

Govox

Free Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Programme Offered to 2,500 Sports Clubs

Digital Futures

Fitness and leisure operators offered free digital score tool in ukactive’s Digital Futures consultation 2022

Unlock the potential of sport

‘Unlock the potential of sport, recreation and physical activity’ urge sector leaders

SMEs

ukactive calls for a radical rethink of health and fitness in SMEs

Newcastle United Foundation

Nadhim Zahawi praises Newcastle United Foundation for community facility work

Sport and Recreation Alliance

The Alliance establishes an EDI subcommittee to drive diversity and inclusion

Open Doors Blueprint

Nike launch blueprint for unlocking the UK’s school sports facilities

ukactive

ukactive launches taskforce to unite sector for disabled people

OutPlay Squash

OutPlay Squash diversifies to support Pride Month

Swimming pools

Energy price pose ‘clear and present threat’ to swimming pools, MPs warn

Big Sister

Tampon tax funds new Big Sister programme to keep girls active throughout puberty

ukactive Awards

Finalists revealed for ukactive Awards 2022

V4V Project

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

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

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

StreetGames partners with SportWales

StreetGames partners with SportWales for Commonwealth Games

Awards

Grassroots stars given chance to shine at national Alliance awards

EmployAbility Leisure

Leisure sector unites to launch EmployAbility Leisure guidance

This Mum Moves

This Mum Moves to expand after successful pilot

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

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

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

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

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

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

Disabled Children

New Guidelines to Support Disabled Children to be More Active

Better citizens

How sport can help young people become better citizens

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

Rimaya

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

Exercise

Ground-breaking research establishes best times of day to exercise

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

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

SLQ Sports Leaders

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

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

Mckinsey

Health & Fitness: Consulting firm Mckinsey predicts trends into 2030

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

Fit & Fed

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

AI multi-sport app

New AI app is capable of analysing performance in any sport

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

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

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

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

Find Your Future initiative

Rio Ferdinand and The Gym Group launch Find Your Future initiative

Better opportunities in sport

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

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

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

ReTrain to Retain

Applications now open for ReTrain to Retain

Global fitness industry

Global fitness industry gets back to live events

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

digital fitness on-demand platform

Sport England launches digital fitness on-demand platform

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

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

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’

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

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

Evolve conference

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

2024 Inclusion program

Inclusion 2024 to support more than 150,000 young people

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