Leisure and Fitness

More Than the Sport: How Shared Identity Strengthens Women's Grassroots Communities

Someone may join a running club because she wants to run more regularly, try roller derby because she wants to learn to skate, or sign up for a training group simply because exercising alone has started to feel repetitive. The activity is usually the obvious reason for turning up in the first...

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Get active with This Girl Can's 'We Like The Way You Move' campaign

Sport England are encouraging women to incorporate movement into their routine in a way that reflects the reality of their everyday lives.

The organisation's groundbreaking  This Girl Can  returns with a powerful new campaign, We Like the Way You Move which they say is 'rewriting the narrative of what women getting active looks like and championing women from underrepresented groups...

Tips for tackling the rising costs of staying fit

A survey by Lloyds Bank has shown that while more and more people in Britain are turning to exercise for its physical and mental health benefits, financial considerations are becoming an increasing constraint.

According to Lloyds data, there’s been a 24% increase in spend on fitness between 2022 and 2024, However, for 29% of people, the membership fees associated with sport and...

New campaign to encourage expectant and new mums to stay active

Sport England and The Active Pregnancy Foundation have teamed up to promote their shared mission of encouraging and supporting expectant and new mums to be physically active.

The Active Pregnancy Foundation, set up five years ago, says that only 25% of pregnant women and new mothers achieve the recommended activity levels, with 419,000 pregnant women missing out on the benefits of...

Safer Spaces to Move campaign aims to create a safer environment for women's activities

A new Safer Spaces To Move campaign has been launched to help fitness and leisure facilities continue to create safer spaces for women and girls to be active.

The campaign is led by Sport England's This Girl Can initiative- launched in 2015 with a ground-breaking campaign to celebrate a realistic vision of women and exercise in England and to tackle the gender activity gap - and is...

Stronger for Longer: Rethinking Sport Through the Menopause Lens

A new study by advanced UKCC Level 4 coach, sport development consultant, and researcher, Kathryn Howard, looks at the impact of the menopause on womens’ participation in sport.

The ‘Riding Through Change’ project explored how emotional, physical, and psychological symptoms associated with menopause impact women’s participation in equestrian activity. It also examined the role of the...

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