13th March 2025
Study Maps England’s 34,000 Playgrounds, Revealing Stark Inequalities
A recent study, To Play or Not to Play: Mapping Unequal Provision of Children’s Playgrounds, conducted by…
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11th March 2025
Emily Campbell launches Make Britain Stronger campaign in bid to…
Team GB Olympic weightlifter Emily Campbell has issued a rallying cry to Make Britain Stronger as…
6th March 2025
This Girl Can highlights barriers facing women on lower incomes
New research by Sport England's This Girl Can campaign has revealed that only one in 10 women from lower-income…
4th March 2025
Tailored exercise sessions benefit (post-hospitalised) long-COVID patients, study finds
Exercise-based rehabilitation has been found to improve the short-term exercise capacity of 181 people with post-COVID…
27th February 2025
ukactive reports first results of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion self-assessment…
ukactive has announced the findings of its first Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) self-assessment tool and…
25th February 2025
Sheffield Women’s Health Week 2025
Sheffield Women’s Health Week is taking place from the 3rd to 8th March 2025, and will…
20th February 2025
New study: Health benefits of leisure-time physical activity by socioeconomic…
The Institute of Sport Exercise and Health’s (ISEH) Professor Mark Hamer, Chair in Sport and Exercise Medicine and…
18th February 2025
Funding to enable more children to walk and wheel to…
Living Streets has been awarded £5m from Active Travel England to boost the number of children…
6th February 2025
New Diabetes UK Professional Interest Network to advance physical activity…
Physical activity professionals and diabetes specialists from the Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) and the University Hospitals…
4th February 2025
Loughborough University researchers are leading the way in enhancing ethnic…
Dr Steven Bradbury and colleagues from Loughborough University’s School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences have…