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Fitness for all at Perform, St George’s Park p62 CONTENTS
03 Editor’s letter Can the sector better engage with members by more wholeheartedly embracing CSR? Kate Cracknell reports on the birth of Gymtopia
06 Letters Training people to be the positive face of the gym can add vibrancy to your club, says énergie’s Jim Durie
08 UK news round-up Physical activity finally makes it onto the QOF, bidders line up for DLL, and Fitness First outlines a major investment in its estate
16 International news Vivafit signs deals for Bahrain and Qatar, while Dutch operator TrainMore opens two new sites
18 People news Operator Les Mills makes three senior appointments to its team
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20 IHRSA update Clubs need to be proactive in their approach to media opportunities, says Patricia Amend
22 ukactive update ukactive joins forces with Sport England to put more weight behind its drive to see a fitness professional in every GP surgery
24 Competitive edge A Monster Swim with Nessie, and a night ride through Edinburgh
25 Diary dates BodyPower and SIBEC UK are two of the events taking place in May
26 Everyone’s talking about... Sweating your assets With online businesses and out-of- club fitness on the rise, how can facility-based operators respond? We ask our panel of experts
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28 Interview Steve Philpott & David Cowans After acquiring DC Leisure, housing giant Places for People became a new player in the leisure arena. Julie Cramer talks to both company chiefs
34 A game of two halves The founder of The Second Half Centre in London tells Kate Cracknell about her unique approach to successful ageing
40 Measure of success Operators increasingly need to demonstrate social value. Julie Cramer reports on the progress being made
46 Change from within The first in a new behaviour change series looks at the individual as expert
49 Hunger games Exercise can effectively help to reduce appetite, says new research
May 2013 © Cybertrek 2013
Motivation has to come from within p46
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