EuropeActive - Moving Forward Together

Welcome to EuropeActive National Associations' updates. Were we will be sharing best practice, publications and relevant communications from our National Associations, and the work they do to make more people, more active, more often at national level.

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Apr 17, 2023 - United Kingdom

A new ‘Digital Futures’ edition, titled ‘Successful Digital Partnering’, was released earlier this month.

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Apr 17, 2023 - Spain

According to the findings of a recent study, 580.000 people benefit from sports facilities at their workplace, in Spain.

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Apr 17, 2023 - Spain

The Community of Madrid launched an Active Health program, to combat sedentary lifestyles.

Family doctors will prescribe physical exercise and recommend their patients visiting the municipal sports centres.

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Apr 17, 2023 - Portugal

Between 1st and 6th April, Portugal Activo organised the national Fitness Open Week.

A list of participating clubs was released on the website.

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Apr 17, 2023 - Italy

ANIF was invited within the Sport and Youth Ministry to discuss the Sports Reform, which is expected to enter into force on 1st July 2023.

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Apr 17, 2023 - Finland

SKY shared a study on the state of sports operators in Finland, issued by the National Sports Council.

Data was collected in January and February 2023. It appears that 43% of the respondents expressed optimism, while 21% said they expected to face economic decline in the upcoming period.

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Apr 17, 2023 - Czech Republic

On 6th April a workshop for physical activity instructors specialised in NCDs was be held online.

The action, co-organised by Czech Chamber of Commerce and the MediSpo Academy, among others, is part of the organisation’s key objective to interconnect the fitness and healthcare sectors.

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Apr 17, 2023 - Czech Republic

The Czech fitness market report for 2022 was released.

The revenues have been estimated at 5,7 billion CZK, namely slightly more than 24 million euros.

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Apr 17, 2023 - Belgium

Fitness.be shared a recent study, which reveals that half of adult Flemish people are overweight.

4 out of 10 Flemish people declared they were ready to change their habits. 75% said they are planning to exercise more.

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Apr 17, 2023 - United Kingdom

ukactive released the ‘Everyone Can’ report, which focused on people with disabilities and their inclusion in the fitness and leisure sector.

Over 1500 disabled people shared their experiences of gyms, swimming pools, and fitness and leisure centres.

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Apr 17, 2023 - Sweden

Almega Friskvårdsföretagen also celebrates 20 years of existence.

To celebrate this landmark, an ‘Industry Day’ will be organised on 26th May.

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Apr 17, 2023 - Spain

In an interview for Gym Factory TV, Alberto Garcia provided an update on the current situation and listed the upcoming priorities to support the sector.

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Apr 17, 2023 - Italy

The project Movimento per la Salute (Movement for Health), launched by ANIF in 2011 to fight against childhood obesity, was also mentioned in the Italian daily newspaper ‘Il Tempo Quotidiano’.

Both Health Minister Orazio Schillaci and Sport and Youth Minister Andrea Abodi praised the initiative.

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Apr 17, 2023 - Denmark

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, DFHO opened registrations for a free-of-charge event, scheduled on 12th May.

Among others, Jakob Engel-Schmidt, the Danish Minister of Culture (who also holds the sports portfolio), will attend the event and answer questions from the participants.

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Apr 17, 2023 - United Kingdom

Up to 57 million pounds of funding from the Department for Education has been awarded to support schools to open their sports facilities outside of the normal school day.

The aim of the three-year Opening School Facilities investment is to help schools to remain open in areas where it is needed the most.

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