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Check out what's been happening in the world of imin, open data and physical activity.

Blog
May 1, 2023
OpenActive Powered Physical Activity in Hertfordshire: Local Challenges require an iterative approach
In the he(a)rt of Hertfordshire, the Active Partnership (Herts Sports & Physical Activity Partnership, HSP) was wrestling with a dual challenge. They knew that one of the biggest barriers to residents being more active was that people did not know what was available to them.
Nishal Desai
News
June 30, 2022
The growth of OpenActive is fuelled by Booking
Through a funded pilot, coordinated by the Open Data Institute and support by imin and other OpenActive ecosystem supporters, we are thrilled to announce several new booking systems that have implemented the OpenActive data standards for both data feeds and booking.
Nishal Desai
News
June 20, 2022
Helping the Black Country to move more
imin, together with partners Played, have secured a 2 year agreement to work with Active Black Country (ABC), the active partnership, on their new physical activity campaign called Black Country Moving.
Nishal Desai
News
April 11, 2022
Continuing to helping more disabled people to discover activities
imin is excited to announce an extension to our work with the award winning Parasport platform.
Dominic Fennell
News
November 1, 2019
imin supports Lucozade Sport to get Movers moving
imin is proud to announce it's first sports brand campaign partnership, supporting Lucozade Sport's Movers List campaign
Dominic Fennell
News
September 25, 2019
It's time to Get Outside!
imin are pleased to announce that we're now working with Ordnance Survey, using open data about outdoors activity to help power their Get Outside campaign.
Dominic Fennell
News
September 9, 2019
Decathlon launches Play, supported by imin
Decathlon, the global sports retailer, has partnered with imin to launch a "sport ecosystem" called Play.
Nishal Desai
News
April 15, 2019
Active Nottingham achieve a sector first
imin have helped Active Nottingham to use their own open data feeds to enhance the user journey on their website, showing that open data isn't just for third parties but can help operators in their own efforts!
Nishal Desai
Blog
November 26, 2018
Are you genuinely helping your workforce to be more physically active, or just the select few?
Employee wellness must evolve beyond corporate gym memberships, which work well for the few, but not the many. 1 in 7 in the UK have a gym membership - but how are we helping the other 86% of people?
Nishal Desai
News
November 18, 2018
imin exhibit as a partner at Legend’s event where open data takes centre stage
imin was recently invited to exhibit as a partner at Legend’s Customer Conference 2018, where Legend introduced a new features enabling its customers to easy publish opportunity data from leisure centres across the country.
Dominic Fennell
Press Release
November 15, 2018
imin excited to be powering EMD UK’s brand new Class Finder.
imin is excited to be supplying data to EMD UK’s brand new Class Finder in 2019. By using imin’s data, people using the search tool will be able to easily find group exercise classes taking place across the country.
Dominic Fennell
News
October 8, 2018
imin working with Public Health England to get children more active
imin and Public Health England have launched a new activity finder as part of the Change4Life campaign - fully powered by open data.
Nishal Desai
News
September 10, 2018
imin leads industry voices in the “aggregators” discussion
Roll up, roll up! imin leads the industry discussion on aggregators in this month’s Health Club Management magazine
Dominic Fennell
News
September 6, 2018
imin reaches finals of Mayor of London’s Civic Innovation Challenge
We're pleased to announce that imin has reached the finals of the very first Mayor of London’s Civic Innovation Challenge.
Nishal Desai
News
August 22, 2018
Everyone Active classes now searchable through imin
It’s the largest “live” physical activity data set to be published anywhere in the world.
Dominic Fennell
Press Release
August 20, 2018
New activity finder powered by open data helps Newcastle’s residents stay active
Newcastle City Council recently launched its brand new Active Newcastle activity finder built by Kinetic Insight and powered by imin, which enables people to find activities in the North East.
Dominic Fennell
News
July 31, 2018
The data just keeps rollin’ in
Working in close collaboration with Gladstone, we’ve supported 6 leisure operators to go open
Dominic Fennell
Press Release
June 27, 2018
Milestone for the sector as Badminton England becomes the first NGB to launch open data activity finder.
Badminton England’s new search tool is a sector first that uses open data provided by imin and enables people to find and book badminton sessions at leisure centres across the country.
Dominic Fennell
Press Release
April 2, 2018
imin named one of the most innovative global fit-tech startups by ukactive
ukactive has selected imin as one of 11 startups to join their ActiveLab Accelerator, the global accelerator for disruptive fit-tech startups.
Nishal Desai
Press Release
October 3, 2017
Fusion Lifestyle and imin usher in new era for sector
Last week, Fusion Lifestyle and imin changed the face of physical activity booking forever. Read about the first booking made on London Sport’s activity finder, progress for OpenActive and open data, and what’s next to come.
Nishal Desai
News
September 27, 2017
imin supports Borough of Hounslow to make an active//choice
“The days of local authority websites hosting activity details inside poorly designed PDFs are over. Residents demand a better and more intuitive experience. Switching to open data opens up new opportunities for us to respond to this demand.”
Dominic Fennell
News
May 1, 2017
imin welcomes our newest supporters!
We’re excited to announce completion of an angel-led seed round. The new investors are a mixture of startup founders, business mentors and angel investors with an interest in data, open data, sports & fitness, and social impact.
Dominic Fennell
News
March 21, 2017
Health Club Management: imin, open data, and revolutionising booking in the sector
Read Dom’s piece in the March edition of Health Club Management about how imin is striving to revolutionise booking by facilitating the “one-click buying” experience.
Nishal Desai
News
March 3, 2017
activeNewham Leading The Way By Opening Leisure Data
We're incredibly excited to announce that activeNewham has openly published its leisure data, a first for a UK leisure operator, and are now working with imin to make bookable sessions available to our platform customers.
Dominic Fennell
News
February 17, 2017
imin Joins The OpenActive Advisory Board
imin co-founder, Nish, is now part of the OpenActive Advisory Board to help steer the OpenActive programme and align organisational efforts to bring open data to the physical activity sector.
Dominic Fennell
Press Release
November 1, 2016
imin recognised at ODI Awards 2016
imin was a runner-up in the Business category at the 3rd annual Open Data Institute’s Annual Awards last night. Nick Evans, a co-founder of imin, was also nominated for an ODI Award and was eventual runner-up in the Individual Champion category.
Dominic Fennell
Blog
August 15, 2016
Founder Reflection: Two Years on, going strong
Having just reached a two year anniversary on his time at imin, Nish takes a moment to reflect on imin's journey to date and looks ahead at what's to come.
Nishal Desai
Blog
June 8, 2016
Huffington Post: imin’s Journey: Innovation, Open Data, and Physical Activity
Dom tells the story of imin, from social good sports app to open data software company changing the sector to enable other apps to flourish, featuring the Open Data Institute, Bethnal Green Ventures, London Sport and Sport England.
Dominic Fennell
News
June 6, 2016
Newsletter: Open Data Takes Centre Stage
Read all about the European Commission supporting imin’s work, the exciting new Sport England strategy, and much more including open data on stage!
Dominic Fennell
Blog
May 17, 2016
Sport & Recreation Alliance: Open information - a whole new ball game.
Nish shared his thoughts on the concept of open information and how it is benefiting the sport and recreation sector. His conclusion? "The revolution is coming, and it will be open."
Nishal Desai
News
May 4, 2016
The Guardian: Can data help a million Londoners get fit?
This article looked at the role open data can play in getting the nation off the couch and into exercise, and highlighted the progress being made in London in the run up to the Olympics in Rio.
Nishal Desai
News
April 14, 2016
The Guardian, imin aggregates open data for the next generation of health apps.
This article followed our European funding and focused on the team’s efforts to transform health and wellness
Nishal Desai
Press Release
February 18, 2016
Open Data and the Sports & Physical Activity Sector: Learning from the Successes in Other Sectors
After the DCMS' and Digital Economy Minister's call for input into the UK Digital Strategy, imin suggested that the all future public contracts that include Government-held physical activity data must remain open and available for all organisations to easily access and use.
Dominic Fennell
News
February 4, 2016
City AM: How open data can help Britain end the scourge of physical inactivity.
As a leader in open data for sport and physical activity, we were asked to share our thoughts in City AM on tackling the global problem of physical inactivity using open data.
Dominic Fennell
Press Release
December 22, 2015
Open Data at the Heart of New Campaign for Physical Activity
The DCMS releases a new Government Sports Strategy mandating the use of open data in the sport and physical activity sector, including suggestions made by imin in response to the government consultation in September.
Dominic Fennell
News
December 2, 2015
Newsletter: Open Data's Comin’ To Town!!
To round of 2015, imin tells of it’s contribution to the DCMS’s new strategy for sport, how it is now an Open Data Institute Startup, and what else has been going on with the founders of Openactive.
Dominic Fennell
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