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The Heatlhy Food Bank opens on 31 July

AnnouncementAbout 2 mins

A weekly package of healthy food, collected at your GLL leisure centre instead of a food bank. Same support, none of the stigma, and every pickup earns points in the HeatlhyApp. It opens with an evening at Lee Valley Athletics Centre on Thursday 31 July.

A box of fresh vegetables, fruit, bread, oats and eggs on a wooden table

142,000 children moved with us in the spring term

ReportAbout 5 mins

Our headline participation figure for the spring term, audited by Sport England: unique children moving at least one hour a week, across 38 boroughs and districts.

Children playing football on a grass pitch in evening light

The FA extends its coaching partnership for three more years

Partner updateAbout 3 mins

FA-accredited coach development through HG Sports Academy continues to 2029, with paid training and paid attendance for the volunteers who staff the free programmes.

What a Saturday morning in Newham actually looks like

FeatureAbout 6 mins

No register, no fitness test at the door. We spent a Saturday at a drop-in session to see who turns up, and why the first session is the one that matters.

A community five-a-side game on a misty morning

HG Embody opens a new pathway with NHS Talking Therapies

AnnouncementAbout 3 mins

The six-week mental-health course now pairs a therapist and a movement coach in the same hour. Sleep, movement and social contact, done honestly.

Nutrition cards rewritten with the Food Standards Agency

AnnouncementAbout 2 mins

Short, plain-spoken guidance, reviewed line by line by the FSA. No supplements, no scaremongering, no performance-hydration nonsense.

Independent evaluation finds participation up 18% year on year

ReportAbout 5 mins

An external review of our term-by-term data finds sustained growth in repeat attendance, the measure we care about most. The full methodology is published.

A runner training on a track at dusk

HeatlhyHer expands to twelve more leisure centres

AnnouncementAbout 2 mins

Coach-led strength and running for women, free at the point of access, now running in twelve additional GLL and Better centres across the capital.