The sector’s health and safety and quality management expert, Right Directions, has been awarded the industry’s contract to deliver the assessments for ukactive’s The Active Standard (TAS). TAS is designed to give customers confidence, knowing leisure providers showing the TAS mark are taking their health and...
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Mytime Active is one of the first leisure operators in the country to be awarded ukactive’s new mark of excellence, The Active Standard (TAS), demonstrating its commitment to ensuring quality, safety and inclusivity for customers and staff at its leisure centres. TAS, launched by ukactive in...
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Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, which is responsible for a 10,000 acre park that is home to a variety of award-winning green spaces and world-class sports venues, is changing its health and safety management, with a new external partner to lead, develop and enhance its...
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Abbeycroft’s Bury St. Edmunds Leisure Centre has become the first in the country to be awarded a quality standard for its Exercise Referral Scheme (ERS). The accreditation has been developed by Suffolk County Council’s Public Health team in partnership with leisure operators and quality management expert...
Read MoreA 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...
Read Moreukactive’s Research Director, Dr. Steven Mann, will be hosting a series of one-to-one surgery sessions at this year’s active-net, which takes place at Loughborough University on 27 & 28th April 2016. The sessions will cover ukactive’s research agenda and look at how data driven decisions can...
Read MoreHeads of leisure and education came together for Precor’s third annual round table event in January, where experts debated the challenges and recommendations for engaging young people in physical activity. The event, hosted by leading fitness equipment supplier and manufacturer Precor, was chaired by Dave Stalker,...
Read MoreLifetime Training launched the new Certificate in Physical Activity Coaching to leading authorities in health, sport and exercise medicine at ukactive’s recent Vanguard event. Currently in its pilot phase, the new course has been designed to equip health and fitness professionals with the skills to engage...
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