grassroots news & features
With the sector’s widespread view that the UK government’s new physical activity and sport strategy lacks vision, Martyn Allison dissects the finer details, while industry thought leaders also comment
HCM issue 9 2023
Equipment designer and manufacturer BLK BOX has spent
10 years gearing up for global growth. Founder Greg Bradley
tells Julie Cramer all the pieces are now in place for rapid growth
HCM issue 9 2023
Padel tennis and pickleball are taking the world by storm and finding a great fit with health clubs, as operators such as David Lloyd Leisure get on board
HCM issue 3 2023
Clive Ormerod and Aimee Arana explain the shared purpose behind the new partnership between Les Mills and Adidas to inspire more consumers to exercise
HCM issue 3 2023
Martyn Allison reviews the recent Chiles Webster Batson Commission report which casts light on the economic challenges faced by young people when it comes to getting access to exercise
HCM issue 10 2022
We hear from DLL’s Russell Barnes, Andrew Power from Swim England and GLL’s Gareth Kirk
HCM issue 10 2022
The founder of the Brawn app explains how this new tech will increase participation in powerlifting
Fit Tech issue 1 2023
The UK’s National Audit Office has published findings of its investigation into the sector, indicating new policies are needed. Martyn Allison does a review
HCM issue 7 2022
Different customers, omnichannel fitness, the need for more data, continued lobbying and to address racism, cost barriers and health inequalities...
HCM Handbook 2022
The CEO of Women in Sport talks about Big Sister, a new programme that’s working to overcome period poverty and support more adolescent girls to get and stay active
HCM issue 5 2022
The GLL Sports Foundation, which supports athletes in their bid for Olympic Gold, had its best Games ever in Tokyo
HCM issue 8 2021
Sport:80, a developer of cloud-based sport management software, has
launched a club management system to help governing bodies and grassroots sports clubs
engage their members.
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01 Apr 2021
Uniting the Movement is a 10-year vision to use sport and activity to transform lives. Sport England’s CEO tells us what makes it so exciting
HCM issue 2 2021
Richard Lucas, founder of GoVox, explains how his system helps clubs identify athletes who are struggling with mental health issues
Fit Tech issue 1 2021
The founder of Rezzil explains how VR is used to test and develop athletes’ cognitive skills
Fit Tech issue 1 2021
Collective Leisure has just become the first social enterprise leisure management company in Australia
HCM issue 10 2020
Active IQ optimised lockdown to create new opportunities for students and stakeholders
HCM issue 9 2020
Five months after the start of lockdown, Leisure-net Solutions surveyed the public leisure sector to gauge how its faring
HCM issue 8 2020
Gyms in Australia and New Zealand were able to reopen in May and June. Five operators share their learnings
HCM issue 7 2020
How will facility provision change after lockdown? We ask the experts
HCM issue 5 2020
The founder of KX Pilates on building Australia’s largest Pilates franchise group
HCM issue 5 2020
Sport England has published an update on its digital strategy, in which it offers details of its handling
of Spogo, a now defunct online resource which was meant to offer the public an easy way to find
sporting opportunities.
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11 Nov 2019
Equinox and Soul Cycle lost members
when it became known that the CEO of
their parent company hosted a fundraiser
for Donald Trump. What can we learn?
HCM issue 10 2019
The UK's largest sports organisations have reinvested £142m of their broadcasting income
into developing grassroots under the new voluntary code on broadcasting.
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03 May 2019
The founds of Eden explain how a health
scare inspired a new organic nutrition
business and how that integrates with their
growing health and wellness operation
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HCM issue 4 2019
Keynote speaker Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards
talks to us about going to the Calgary
Winter Olympics and the power of sport
HCM issue 1 2018
Challenge through Sport Initiative’s project
coordinator explains how exercise is helping
people to overcome substance misuse
HCM issue 10 2017
From secret music events for fitness to sports heatmaps and AI coaches, 16 innovative
start-ups have been selected to launch London’s new Sport Tech Hub.
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06 Oct 2017
Sport England has entered into a technology partnership that will help people get
physically active with the use of apps.
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01 Nov 2016
Sport organisations in London can search through millions of pounds of grant opportunities
via a funding identification tool developed by London Sport.
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04 Oct 2016
Study Active is a UK leading provider of health & fitness qualifications including Gym Instructing ...
Orbit4 is a leading FitTech brand that provides gym operators with a comprehensive software solution ...