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Expanding sports programs

Expanding Sports Programs: 5 Key Growth Strategies

BSI safeguarding guidelines

New BSI safeguarding guidelines for out-of-school settings introduced

UK Wraparound Childcare Funding Panel

UK Wraparound Childcare Funding Panel

Play Their Way campaign

StreetGames Play Their Way campaign recognises the role of coaches

Ask for Angela safety campaign

New safety campaign pilot for fitness and leisure centres in London

PE and sport in schools

afPE publishes non-statutory guidance for PE and sport in schools

2024 Spring Budget

The fitness and activities sector respond to the 2024 Spring Budget

What you need to know about primary school wraparound care

New school guidance

New government guidance released for the use of mobile phones, gender guidance and school uniforms in the UK

Youth Sport Trust & RFU

Youth Sport Trust & RFU collaborate to enhance rugby in schools

MoveNow festivals

Youth Sport Trust launches the MoveNow festivals for children and young people

Getting On Track

Tackling Youth Offending with the Getting On Track Report

Healthier nation

UK physical activity sector stress collaborating with the sector for a healthier nation

Future Kids

Graeme Eaglesham

Fit for Office

ukactive and Myzone support physical activity challenge “Fit for Office” for UK MPs

No wealth without health

ukactive CEO Huw Edwards declares: “No wealth without health”

Challenger Sports

Paul Lawrence

Sports facilities

Sport Wales announces £3m to be spent on improving sports facilities and leisure centres

E Ramadan guidelines

afPE highlights new PE Ramadan guidelines and recommendations for a renewed school curriculum

How are the current trends in tech impacting the sports sector

Coordinate Sport Welcomes Andrew Hicks as New UK Managing Director to Drive Future Growth

NHS & ukactive

New NHS & ukactive partnership brings rehabilitation services to the community

fitness trends

ACSM releases worldwide survey of fitness trends

Sport Wales

Increase the success of your sports club in 2024, courtesy of Sport Wales

Business Acquisitions Panel

Business Acquisitions Panel

Digital Futures Report

A guide to the Digital Futures Report – The future of digital transformation

Physical activity sector

ukactive CEO calls for the government to work with the physical activity sector proactively

obesity

Tony Blair Institute calls out the government’s failure to reach obesity targets

Tech Trends: What should the activities sector be prepared for in 2024?

Digital Futures Report

The Digital Futures Report shows that operators are investing in digital strategy

Inactivity

Activities leaders call for the government to work with the sector to tackle inactivity amongst children and young people

EDI self-assessment tool

ukactive launches a new EDI self-assessment tool for the sector

Kings Active Foundation

Andrew Busby

Activities sector

The top 5 ways to be successful in the activities sector

Global wellness

Global wellness sector set to reach record numbers in 2024

Chancellor's Autumn Statement

Key announcements for the activities sector from the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement

How has the activities sector fared in 2023

The state of the recreation and sports sector: How has the activities sector fared in 2023?

Health and fitness sectors at risk

Health and fitness sectors at risk of closures in the coming months

Place Partnerships

More investment for Place Partnerships announced by Sport England

Political leaders

Sport & Recreation Alliance offers open letter to political leaders in support of physical activity

adapting to fit new markets

How businesses in the activities sector are adapting to fit new markets

Party Conferences

Party Conferences 2023: What do they mean for the activities sector?

afPE National CPD Development Day

afPE National CPD Development Day on the 12th of December – Register now!

Swim England flashcards

Swim England introduces free Learn to Swim flashcards in different languages

Human-centric approaches

How human-centric approaches are driving the tech sector

Improve Productivity

6 areas to watch if you want to improve productivity in any business

Growing organisations

How sports coaching companies are growing their organisations in unique ways

Tackling inactivity in the UK

AfPE reveals its recommendations for tackling inactivity in the UK

Girls enjoying PE

Low confidence and periods stop girls from liking PE, suggests Youth Sport Trust study

Podcasting

How to use podcasting to improve your business outcomes

Ofsted

Ofsted publishes report looking at how PE is taught in schools

Mental health

Mental health is the main motivator for getting active in the UK

sport and activity

UK lags behind European neighbours in activity levels, evidence reveals

Activity Tracker App

National Fitness Day sees first-ever activity tracker app available to users

Paul Gately

Generative AI

A guide to embracing responsible AI in your business

Open Doors Programme

Third annual Open Doors Programme aims to address gender gap

Commonwealth Games Legacy Project

Commonwealth Games Legacy Project teaches water safety skills

children and young people

How activities companies are changing the way children and young people learn

Turtle Tots

Gabrielle Lixton & Caroline Sparks

Youth Justice Sport Fund Evaluation Report

Youth Justice activity programmes successfully empower young people

Lionesses' success

How can the Lionesses’ success impact the activities sector?

National Fitness Day’s theme announced by ukactive

Women's football

Youth Sport Trust welcome a review of Women’s football

Premier League Kicks

The Premier League Kicks Cup gathered 150 girls at the University of Warwick

School Sport and Activity Action Plan

afPE confirms refreshed guidance for the School Sport & Activity Action Plan and the PE Premium

Yoga can help with cancer recovery

Yoga can help with cancer recovery according to new study

Tackling heart disease

Prevention through exercise key to tackling heart disease

Disabled people

Rising cost of living impacted disabled people’s access to sport

UK Fitness Industry Report

Evolve conference reveals rise in Uk fitness industries market value

Develop communities

How activities organisations are using sport to develop communities

Gen Z Fitness

Gen Z, a huge untapped market according to Les Mills

Parkrun

Parkrun events to mark the 75th anniversary of the NHS

Charity partnership

Charity partnership helps young people get ‘Set for Success’

Could PE be a core subject

Could PE be a core subject? Join the survey today!

Big Sister project

Project Big Sister engages 3000 girls in physical activity at local leisure centres

Stryx Sports

Seif Tawfik

AFPE professional development support

New AFPE professional development support for Teachers

Play Their Way

Play Their Way ‘Child-first’ coaching campaign launched at London BMX Club

Be Active Wales Fund

The Be Active Wales Fund is now open: Apply now!

volunteer coaches

How should we manage our volunteer coaches?

Boost for children with SEND

Boost for children with SEND accessing inclusive PE and sport

sports facilities

ukactive Research Institute to keep ‘youth voice’ at the centre of opening school facilities

Safer active spaces

New guidelines released to create safer active spaces

MBA Sports Coaching

Mitchell Harvie

North American football activities market

How Challenger Sports dominated the North American football activities market

Optimist Performance

Ollie Phillips

Edstart

Adam Rowles & Ash Greenhalgh

physical activity sector

What are the top updates from the physical activity sector?

Youth Sport Trust

Children’s charity teams up with Sports Direct to get children moving

AfPE releases FAQs

AfPE releases FAQs for meeting minimum 2 hours of PE

Football Fun Factory

James Cutting

PE & School Premium

Guide to the PE & School Premium: What you need to know

Mental health

How physical activity can be used to support young people’s mental health

2023 Workforce State of Mind Survey

Employers need to take responsibility for workplace fitness says survey

Swimming Provider Panel

StreetGames

StreetGames awarded £57 Million to open up school facilities

Ramadan

Youth Sport Trust releases guide to support young people with PE & Sport during Ramadan

Customer retention

How the physical activity sector is pushing for greater customer retention

Careers Guide for Sport and the Physical Activity Sector

CIMSPA launches careers guide for the Sport and Physical activity sector

MP Edward Timpson

MP Edward Timpson supports AfPE’s bid to make PE a core subject

Sportmadness

Alejandro García

Financial support

Financial support confirmed for swimming pools as benefits confirmed by RCGP

Broadcasting investment

UK sports bodies continue broadcasting investment in grassroots sport

Football activity programmes

What inspired our most unique football activity programmes?

Dance and movement

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

Lessons From Leaders

Lessons From Leaders – Part 10

Uniting the Movement

Two Years of Sport England’s Uniting the Movement

Swim fitness companies

How top swim fitness companies successfully franchised their businesses

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

Parimatch Foundation

Katerina Biloruska

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

Angela's Swim School

Angela Wilson

Advocating for the disabled in physical activity

How the activities sector is advocating for the disabled in physical activity

Let Me Play

Amy Lalla

Shaping the future of play and sport

How the activities sector is shaping the future of play and sport for children and young people

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

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

Lessons From Leaders - Part 9

Lessons From Leaders – Part 9

Physical inactivity

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

Sport for development sector

How organisations in the sector advocate for physical activity across the UK

Priced out of sport

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

Parliamentary Physical Activity Challenge

ukactive and Myzone announce parliamentary physical activity challenge

Social prescribing

How the power of activity can be harnessed by social prescribing for young people

Energy Bill

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

National Fitness Day

Millions take part in National Fitness Day across the UK

ClubsComplete

Stacey Dean & Kerry Goodacre

Gymfinity Kids

Gymfinity Kids completes fundraising for next stage of expansion

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

Gymfinity Kids

Peter Roberts

Aquababies Global

Julie-ann James

Full of Beans

Nicky Adams

Lessons From Leaders

Lessons From Leaders – Part 8

EMD UK

Sue Wilkie & Shelley Meyern

Safety

Safety: How can the activities sector respond to safety concerns in the 21st century?

Ali Beckman

Lessons From Leaders - Part 7

Lessons From Leaders – Part 7

EMD UK

Marcus Kingwell

Sport 4 Life

Tom Clarke-Forrest

Gymshark

Peter Arch

ACSM Health & Fitness Report

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

Ignite Sport

Justin Merritt

Lessons From Leaders - Part 6

Lessons From Leaders – Part 6

Coach Core Foundation

Gary Laybourne

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