Find great staffTM leisure opportunities 29 NOVEMBER - 8 DECEMBER 2016 ISSUE 698 Daily news & jobs: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk Physical activity strategies ‘not robust’ Strategies developed by the UK as inactive for failing to do at government to increase physical least 60 minutes of moderate activity are far from robust, activity per day. This is worse according to a new report, than the figure recorded by which found that less than the same study two years ago, 20 per cent of young English when England received a C/D people do the required level of grade with around 40 per cent physical activity per day. of children physically active. This is despite the The picture was even worse government publishing in Scotland which received an the wide-in-scope Sporting F grade for physical activity, Future sport strategy last meaning that very few children December – the first piece of participate in any kind of sports policy in over a decade. physical activity. However, The 2016 Active Healthy both nations fare well in terms Kids Report Card suggested of their built environments that while there are “several for fostering physical activity, strategies in place” there is still a Less than 20 per cent of children in England achieve the required level of activity receiving B grades respectively. “lack of independent and robust The study also highlighted the evaluation” examining their success in terms – and was backed up by Sport England’s fact that there was a “lack of representative of increasing children’s physical activity levels. Towards an Active Nation blueprint. data” for children’s physical activity rates. Sport Sporting Future set out five outcomes of In the new study, England received a D- England has the Active People Survey – soon physical activity that it would measure – grade for overall physical activity levels of to become Active Lives – although both only including mental health, physical health, social children aged 15 and under, with 78 per record the activity of those over 14. inclusion, economic benefit and self-efficacy cent of boys and 85 per cent of girls classed Details: http://lei.sr?a=u7t9M_O Sport and technology Blackhawk buys hub to launch in London Spafinder Wellness A new hub that will foster relationships between sports organisations and technology Spafinder Wellness has announced it has companies will be established in been acquired by Blackhawk Network, London at the beginning of 2017. the global gift card distributor. The hub – which is being created The two companies traded together by County Sports Partnership before the buyout, with Blackhawk being London Sport and the Mayor of one of Spafinder’s distribution partners. London’s London & Partners – John Bevan, who had been COO John Bevan, COO, will lead Spafinder for Blackhawk will provide support to start-up of Spafinder Wellness, will lead the organisations designing apps and Spafinder business for Blackhawk. Pete retail business, said price was not the products. It will be located within and Susie Ellis have both bowed out of the primary reason for the deal. London Sport’s House of Sport, business to concentrate on other ventures. He said the motivation was “the terrific which will also open in early-2017. 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Sporting Equals CEO Arun Kang (right) with former boxer Frank Bruno Park, Fitzgerald Stadium, MacHale During an event in London Park, Nowlan Park and Celtic Park in which the initiative was unveiled, former Sport England director of sport Phil Smith – which are likely to be found on BBC journalist and Sport England executive told an audience – which included shadow Ireland’s long list of 12 potential stadiums.