The largest smartphone-based study examining the relationship between physical activity and happiness has found that even minimal levels of activity can have a positive effect on happiness.
Read MoreThe Aviva Community Fund, launches on 12 September 2017 to give community projects, including those working in sport and recreation, the chance to win funding that will change lives.
Read MorePrimary schools can help spearhead a national drive to improve family fitness by signing up to a pioneering new health and wellbeing program for pupils and their parents.
Read MoreEngland and Wales score a ‘D minus’ when it comes to overall physical activity but Scotland is at the joint bottom of the table with an ‘F’. British children are among the least active in the world, an international study has warned.
Read MoreA new approach to physical education (PE), based on physical literacy and “fun fitness”, could transform school sport and help all children embrace physical activity – according to its creators. Developed jointly by health club operator Virgin Active and the University of Bedfordshire, the Playmakers programme is the result of a one-year pilot initiative involving 30 primary schools and 7,500 pupils across the UK.
Read MoreWith a sunny start to April and the longer days ahead, you might begin to see the streets and green spaces of Scotland filled with children and wonder: is it not always so? Sadly, like the rose-tinted memories of endless childhood summers, it isn’t. But it could be.
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