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15th April 2024

In Mytime Active

Mytime Active boosts community wellbeing through new hubs

Mytime Active is boosting the wellbeing of its local community through newly launched Wellbeing Hubs in Birmingham, which have already seen more than 150 referrals made via health care professionals and social prescribers, as well as through self-referral, since the start of the project in January 2024. On completion of the six-week programmes – running at Hatchford Brook Golf Centre and Gym and Pype Hayes Golf Course and Gym – more than a third of participants...

8th April 2024

In Pentathlon GB

Pentathlon GB launches strategic hubs of excellence to strengthen participation

Pentathlon GB, the national governing body for the Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon, has launched a series of seven hubs across the UK to help increase participation. The hubs, which also intend to decentralise talent from its historic home base of Bath, will launch in April. The hubs will be located at: Millfield School in Somerset Leweston School in Dorset North West Hub near Clitheroe in Lancashire The Warriors Pentathlon and Athletic Club in Merseyside University...

8th April 2024

In 1FitLife

Charity IIH UK partners with 1FitLife to launch specialist online wellbeing videos

Volunteer led charity, IIH UK has partnered with digital workout creator, 1FitLife, to create specialist activity videos as part of the charity’s ongoing work to encourage people living with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) to improve their wellbeing. IIH is a rare neurological condition associated with raised fluid pressure around the brain, causing disabling daily headaches, brain fog, fatigue and visual loss, which can be permanent. The condition can affect anyone but is found more frequently in...

26th March 2024

In BC SoftWear

BC SoftWear leads the way in promoting inclusivity with its plus-sized robes

Leading spa textiles supplier, BC SoftWear, is urging the industry to consider the range of bathrobes it is stocking, in a bid to highlight the vital role spas can play in supporting inclusivity. The company, which has been supplying luxury robes to spas for 21 years, is appealing to the sector to offer more appropriately sized robes for plus-sized guests as standard. BC SoftWear has already seen a surge in demand for its 2XL bathrobes, a...

19th March 2024

In Magna Vitae, Quest, Sport England

The Quest for Excellence

Magna Vitae has been on a 14 year journey with Sport England’s quality benchmarking scheme, Quest, to achieve a rating of Excellent at its flagship facility, Meridian Leisure Centre, putting it in the top 6% of all Quest facilities, whilst Skegness Pool & Fitness Suite and Horncastle Pool & Fitness Suite both achieved Very Good. The trust uses its sites’ individual Quest assessments to lead continuous improvement across all the venues. Director of Operations, Naomi Wilkinson-Baker...

14th March 2024

In BC SoftWear

BC SoftWear bolsters its business development team

Leading hotel and spa textiles supplier, BC SoftWear, has further strengthened its business development team with the addition of three new staff members. The new team will help BC SoftWear continue its focus on developing customer relationships as well as pursuing growth globally. Melanie Sanderson joins BC SoftWear as Business Development Manager for the North of England. Previously a Senior Spa Operations Associate with ESPA, Sanderson brings with her more than 20 years of experience in...

11th March 2024

In CoverMe

Group exercise complaints a thing of the past for Reynolds Group

Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group thanks to a partnership with CoverMe, a digital platform that simplifies group exercise and PT management for clubs and instructors. Running more than 200 group exercise classes across three sites every week presented challenges for the Reynolds Group, especially when their instructors fell ill or took a holiday. Stephen Turner, Director for the Reynolds Group, explains: “Finding cover was a daily issue;...

8th March 2024

In Pentathlon GB

Double award success for Pentathlon GB’s World Championships

The national governing body for the Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon, Pentathlon GB has won two prestigious awards for its World Championships held at the University of Bath in August 2023. Pentathlon GB scooped the Best Event category at this year’s Bath Awards 2024, and won the UIPM’s (The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne) Event of the Year. The World Championships were an international qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympics, showcasing approximately 700 elite athletes, including...

26th February 2024

In Mytime Active

The Spa at Beckenham gym to undergo £400,000 facelift

The gym at Bromley’s The Spa at Beckenham is to benefit from a £400,000 facelift as part of a long-term, multi-phase investment plan by Mytime Active to maintain its status as a state-of-the-art, high-end health and wellness facility over the coming years. Work on phase one, a total refurbishment of the main gym floor including new fitness equipment, will start in March and is expected to take around five weeks to complete. The new look gym...

7th February 2024

In Oldham Community Leisure

Oldham Active in Greater Manchester launch new look gyms following a £750k investment

Oldham Active (Oldham Community Leisure), the charitable trust that operates leisure facilities in the borough, has launched its ‘new look’ gyms following a £750,000 investment. The refurbishments of Chadderton Wellbeing Centre, Failsworth Sports Centre, Oldham Leisure Centre and Royton Leisure Centre were successfully completed on schedule at the end of 2023. The works included a substantial upgrade to the gym space at all four of the leisure centres, including a total replacement of the cardiovascular equipment by...