The Healthy Lifestyles Team at Barking and Dagenham Council has embraced a specialist public health software solution to help ‘sell’ its programmes to health and education professionals. Whilst the council has always been proactive in providing services to its community, Danielle Walker, Physical Activity Manager for...
Continue ReadingOn 1st April 2016 the public health functions of the boroughs of Camden and Islington were integrated, bringing both Council’s services under one umbrella. In spite of this upheaval the combined Councils have continued to seamlessly deliver their EOR programmes, using Camden’s online EOR software...
Continue ReadingInverclyde Leisure has appointed leisure marketing agency, Bigwave Media, on a five-year contract to deliver its strategic marketing and commercial objectives, with the aim of increasing participation, boosting income and evidencing the trust’s contribution to the Nation’s health agenda. The agreement will effectively see Bigwave become...
Continue ReadingRight Directions has welcomed three new recruits to its ever-growing team. Russell Cavanagh, 47, who joins the team as Health & Safety and Quality Manager, has 30 years experience in health and safety for the leisure industry. He joins Right Directions from RDHS Health and Safety, where...
Continue ReadingTen sporting organisations in Greater Manchester – including the County Sports Partnership and the Football Association – have collectively completed a tough assessment by Sport England’s leading quality scheme, Quest. Set up last year, the Greater Manchester Quest Consortium is made up of GreaterSport, the region’s...
Continue ReadingThe 2017 conference of Sport England’s leading quality scheme for sport and leisure is expected to be its biggest ever, following a venue change. For the second year running, the quality scheme Quest and its sister initiative the National Benchmarking Service (NBS) have partnered with the...
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Former Leicester Tigers and England International rugby player, Leon Lloyd will tell active-net 2017 delegates how he made the difficult transition into the ‘real world’ when injury ended his career in 2008. The now highly successful businessman will address delegates as the after dinner speaker at...
Continue ReadingA bold new project is being undertaken by the ukactive Research Institute to establish the extent to which exercise referrals can change behaviour and increase physical activity. ukactive is now calling on operators of exercise referral schemes to aid the three-year research initiative. The project, a...
Continue ReadingA new Exercise Referral App, launched by software specialist ReferAll, enables participants to book, cancel and amend their appointments online. The intuitive platform aims to reduce the ‘scheduling’ burden for both staff and participants when booking, arranging and re-arranging appointments. Exercise Referral staff have the assurance...
Continue ReadingMillwall Community Trust – the charitable arm of Millwall Football Club – has become the first organisation to receive a new ‘sport for development’ accreditation since the scheme was rolled out in June. Quest Sport for Development is aimed at agencies using sport to improve personal...
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