The launch of Sport England’s 10-year strategy, Uniting the Movement, forms a pivotal moment in our industry and the role we play in society. The first of the Five Big Issues is perhaps the most important and overarching: a chance to Recover and Reinvent. The sector must seize the moment to ‘reinvent’ and interpret [...]
We all know elderly people who litter conversations with “before the war” and “after the war”. In years to come, generations will talk about “before Covid” and “after Covid”. What we do now as individuals, as local government and as a country will define what “after Covid” looks like. There has never been a [...]
Shapemaster is delighted to announce the appointment of their new Leisure Sales Manager Alex Perrior and Leisure Marketing Manager Laura Childs. The appointments will ensure Shapemaster continue with their ambitious growth strategy in the leisure sector whilst helping leisure operators to tap into the older exercise market. Alex Perrior brings with her a wealth [...]
A new 10-station suite of Shapemaster power assisted exercise stations has created a unique gym for the residents of the brand-new Ocean Heights Care Home in Minster-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey. The gym provides accessible and social exercise for the residents of the new 50-bed facility for people living with disabilities, which owner [...]
Sneeze Screens NOW AVAILABLE Free-standing screen partitions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and protect your customers and staff PLEASE NOTE Price subject to VAT and delivery charged at £10 per screen. 3 week delivery time from receipt of payment SPECIFICATION 176cm High x 132cm Wide Steel frame with clear PVC [...]
There are nine million lonely people in the UK and four million of them are older people. Many older people find constant loneliness hardest to overcome. They lack the friendship and support we all need. As we spotlight the issue via #LonelinessAwarenessWeek, it is evident that the last 12 weeks will have impacted on [...]
Having closed their doors due to the COVID crisis back in March, the team at Feelgood Ivybridge are getting ready to re-open by investing in three new pieces of power assisted exercise equipment provided by Shapemaster. Margot Davies, who owns the facility commented “We are really excited to have received the new equipment in time [...]
As we approach the end of ‘Mental Health Awareness Week 2020’ we look at what impact the role of power assisted exercise could play in supporting people struggling with their own mental health. Following a survey conducted amongst end users of power assisted exercise who identified has having a mental health related condition, the [...]
In 2018 the financial journal Barron’s described spending by the over 65s, the ‘longevity economy’, as ‘the mother of all untapped markets’. Not only is this age group growing dramatically in number and proportion around the world, its economic importance is also growing. There are currently around 12m people aged over 65 in [...]
Our partners at Alliance TA6 have published the results of a national survey conducted amongst over 4,000 people. The aim of the survey was to gather some headline data on the feelings of the public towards exercise and their fitness levels during and post lockdown, and to help leisure operators make more informed decisions [...]
