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Sport, parks, & leisure
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This year's UK government Spending Review, announced in Parliament by chancellor Rishi Sunak on 25 November, offers the physical activity sector opportunities to "transform communities", according to industry body, ukactive. In his statement to Parliament, Sunak revealed the government's spending priorities and
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Up to 100k people will benefit from the free gym and physical activity sessions, thanks to a partnership between ukactive, NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I), Sport England and the National Academy for Social Prescribing. Designed to highlight the role of fitness within social prescribing, the scheme will
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To the relief of the sector, the UK government confirmed yesterday (23 November) that gyms, health clubs and leisure centres will be allowed to open under all three tiers of the new COVID-19 alert system when lockdown ends on 2 December. There was bad news for those depending on group exercise, however, as this
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Closing gyms and leisure facilities during any possible future lockdown would be "unthinkable", according to Catherine McKinnell, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North. McKinnell – in her role as chair of the petitions committee – was speaking at today's (23 November) Parliamentary debate on gyms and sport, which was
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Gyms, health clubs and leisure centres will be able to open their doors when the current lockdown measures in England come to an end on 2 December. More importantly, fitness and physical activity facilities will be able to remain open under all three tiers of the government's new COVID-19 alert system, which will
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The University of Stirling has opened its new £20m sports and fitness centre. The building, designed by architects FaulknerBrowns, will feature three key areas; a 100+ station fitness suite, a strength and conditioning suite and a performance gym. There will also be group exercise studios, a three-court
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Major spectator sports in England will receive a combined £300m emergency cash injection to protect their immediate futures over the winter period. The Sports Winter Survival Package will support sports organisations – from national governing bodies through to clubs – which continue to be impacted by COVID-19
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UK Parliament will debate COVID-19 restrictions on gyms and leisure centres on Monday 23 November, it has been confirmed. The session, which takes place at 4.30pm GMT, can only be attended by 15 MPs due to social distancing measures. The debate comes as off-the-record briefings from government indicate that gyms
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The UK government has launched a £1bn Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), providing grant funding for energy efficiency measures across the public sector. The funding has been made available for capital sustainability and heat decarbonisation projects within public sector non-domestic buildings,
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Thousands of COVID-related deaths could be prevented if successive governments had tackled the country's obesity crisis in time, according to Dame Sally Davies. The former chief medical officer said there was a "direct correlation between obesity and a high mortality for COVID". With one of the highest rates of
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Leisure-net is running a repeat of its initial Post Lockdown Recovery Survey, in order to gauge consumer confidence within the fitness industry following the second lockdown. The customer insight specialist will undertake research which will follow the lines of the initial survey, carried out in April
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The UK's physical activity sector is currently lobbying to have gyms and leisure centres classed as essential services, in order for them to be able to operate during COVID-19 lockdowns. There is, however, plenty of evidence to suggest that the sector already is an essential service. This is the view of Greg
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Nuffield Health is launching a specialist, 12-week rehabilitation programme in Manchester to support Covid-19 patients in their recovery. The programme blends together physical therapy – including exercise – and mental health support and will be run in partnership with Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust,
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Andy Burnham and shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens have joined Paralympic legend Tanni Grey-Thompson in calling on the government to support the physical activity sector by providing ring-fenced financial support. Grey-Thompson, speaking at the launch of this year's ukactive National Summit, urged the
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The government has been forced to make a U-turn and to spend more than £400m to support vulnerable children and their families in England. Following a high-profile campaign led by footballer Marcus Rashford, the government announced plans for a winter grant scheme, to be run by councils and local authorities.
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The Parliament will hold a debate on COVID-19 restrictions on gyms and sport on Monday 23 November. Taking place at 4:30pm GMT, the debate can be viewed online live on the day, through Parliament TV (click here). The move is the result of a successful Parliamentary petition which now has 604,000 signatures and
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Millions of people throughout the UK took part in physical activity during this year's National Fitness Day (NFD) – a show of strength from the UK's health and fitness industry. Results, recorded using ComRes polling, showed that a total of 19.1 million people were inspired to be physically active on the day (23
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Physical activity body, ukactive, has revealed plans to create a new sector standard for active leisure, to act as a product and service quality trademark. Speaking at the ukactive Summit today (4 November 2020), chair, Tanni Grey-Thompson, said: "This standard will cover the full scale of our sector – from
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Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for the ukactive National Summit taking place today (Wednesday 4 November). Burnham is one of five keynotes scheduled for the day, with Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson (ukactive chair), Ben Page (CEO, Ipsos MORI), Jo Stevens
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The sport and physical activity sector is mounting a challenge to government plans to shut down the sector during "Lockdown 2", set to come into force on 5 November. Industry body, ukactive, is calling for gyms and leisure centres to be classed as an "essential service" and is mobilising its members to send
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Industry body, ukactive, is encouraging all fitness operators in England to contact their local MP and to request them to join the campaign to keep gyms, health clubs and leisure centres open during the forthcoming "Lockdown 2". ukactive wants the government to class gyms and leisure centres as "essential
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A new national campaign aims to bridge the physical activity gender gap between women and men by empowering daughters and mums to get active together. Launched by Women in Sport, #TimeTogether looks to help daughters and mums discover new ways of spending time with each other – by inspiring them to dance, walk,
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Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England will address the physical activity sector at this month's ukactive National Summit. Whitty has been named as one of the headline speakers for the summit, which will be held as a virtual, online event. His keynote speech will take place on Wednesday 25
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged his support for plans to build a £70m world class football facility in Northwich, Cheshire. Driven by Cheshire Football Association, the proposals – called Vision 2020 – include a new 3,000-capacity stadium, two outdoor 3G pitches, one indoor 3G pitch, a medical facility,
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The UK government has provided a lengthy response to a petition which demanded that gyms stay open in England, even if there's a new spike in COVID-19 cases. The petition asked firstly for confirmation that gyms won't automatically have to close as part of any COVID-19 lockdown measures and secondly for gyms not
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