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Everyone Active launches new Community Champions scheme

09/06/2025

Leisure Operator, Everyone Active, launches new Community Champions scheme to fund local projects.

Funding to target ‘manifestly unfair’ sport access

07/11/2023

Sport England has announced a funding overhaul to tackle regional disparities in access to physical activity.

Public support more focus on poor health causes

02/10/2023

The Government should invest more in public health to address the roots of poor health, according to a poll for the charity Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).

Historic lido reopens after £6m makeover

22/08/2023

The historic Northcroft Lido in Newbury has reopened to the public following a £5.7m refurbishment.

Publicly-owned leisure centres with pools to receive £63m

14/03/2023

Local leisure centres with swimming pools are set to receive a multi-million-pound boost tomorrow to help them with rising energy bills and maintenance costs.

‘Highest performing’ active travel councils named

13/03/2023

Leicester and Nottingham councils have been rated as two of the highest performing local authorities in the first ever Government review of active travel.

Unpaid carers given free access to leisure centres

26/09/2022

Unpaid carers in Devon are being given free access to leisure centres as part of a local authority-run pilot.

Councils to share nearly £13m to test ‘social prescribing’

22/08/2022

Eleven councils areas to receive £12.7m between them to trial giving GPs the power to prescribe walking, wheeling and cycling to boost the health of residents.

Neath Port Talbot leisure services moving ‘in-house’

02/08/2022

Leisure services in Neath Port Talbot are set to be brought back in-house next year, local authority says.

Health pilot to explore using sports centres to tackle arthritis launched

01/07/2022

A project has been launched to investigate how to transform leisure facilities into musculoskeletal (MSK) hubs which can be accessed in every community.

One in five children at risk of obesity

19/05/2022

Government should help provide more affordable leisure opportunities, council chiefs say as study reveals children are not getting enough exercise.

Council leaders urge GPs to prescribe leisure centre trips

16/05/2022

Council leaders are urging GPs to prescribe obese patients classes at local leisure centres after research found it could increase life expectancy four years.

Cycling and walking ‘on prescription’ in the West Midlands

26/08/2020

Healthcare professionals are piloting a scheme in the West Midlands which will ‘prescribe’ outdoor activities for some people with poor mental health.

New figures reveal exercise inequalities

06/12/2019

Children from less affluent families are less likely to participate in physical activity than their wealthier peers.

Social prescribing does not achieve ‘meaningful’ health outcomes, study says

19/11/2019

Council chiefs have defended social prescribing after researchers argue the practice does not ‘achieve meaningful levels’ of health and well-being changes.

Children do less exercise as they get older, research reveals

14/11/2019

Primary school children do less exercise as they get older, according to new research.

Sturgeon announces £27m to promote walking and cycling

16/10/2019

More than 200 ‘active travel’ projects across Scotland are set to receive a multi-million pound investment, Scotland’s first minister has announced.

Council chiefs back campaign promoting physical activity

29/08/2019

Local authority leaders are backing a campaign to help the 15 million people who live with long-term health conditions in England do more physical activity.

Council rolls scooters out in bid to tackle pollution

13/02/2019

Children in Leeds will soon be travelling to school on scooters instead of in cars as part of the council’s push to clean up the city’s air.

Keeping elderly active could save care sector billions, report says

30/10/2017

Pharmacists and meals on wheels staff could help tackle the UK’s ageing crisis by encouraging elderly people to take exercise, according to campaigners.

Councils ‘urgently’ need solutions to tackle ‘inactivity epidemic’, charity says

25/08/2017

Local Authorities urgently need to put in place solutions to tackle the ‘physical inactivity epidemic’, walking and cycling charity says.

Green prescriptions ‘miracle cure’ for obesity, say councils

06/09/2016

Doctors prescribing exercise outdoors would help tackle obesity, council chiefs say.

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