Press Release

A collaboration between the physical activity sector and public health will give NHS workers and their families free access to The Everything App, a new digital platform offering fitness, sport and wellbeing services.

The app provides free on-demand and live-streamed sessions from expert brands including Johnson Digital and Fun & Moving, plus discounted local, in-person sessions, bookable directly through the app. It offers fitness, nutrition, mental health, and wellbeing sessions tailored for health and social care professionals, with activities ranging from 10 minutes to one hour, including Pilates, yoga, strength training, meditation, and family workouts. 

NHS wellbeing leads will also gain access to real-time workforce engagement data to support evidence-based health outcomes.

Powered by bookings and business management platform, Fibodo, the partnership-led initiative leverages the collective strength of the physical activity sector. Early adopters include leisure operator Fusion and gym chain Snap Fitness, plus a number of national governing bodies of sport, such as Swim England, with Fibodo providing free access to its platform for all physical activity stakeholders.

The app builds on the success of DoingOurBit a first-generation fitness app launched during the pandemic to support frontline NHS teams. 

As the UK’s largest employer, the NHS has more than 1.8 million staff. Recent NHS England Digital data (26 June 2025) shows that 2.1 million Full Time Equivalent days were lost in a single month due to sickness, driven by stress, mental health challenges and musculoskeletal issues.

The Everything App has been made available to help tackle this, with the launch also aligning with the Government’s recently published, prevention-focused Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England. 

Already adopted by 158 NHS Trusts, representing 79 per cent of Trusts across the UK and a further 40 NHS organisations, including Integrated Care Boards, GP practices, care homes, and ambulance services, the app brings significant scale to the partnership.

The initiative is led by a steering group including Julie Davis, former Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the National Institute for Health and Care Research Delivery Network, Anthony Franklin, CEO, Fibodo and David Monkhouse, Director, Active Insight.

“The Everything App breaks down participation barriers for users and gives the physical activity sector a gateway to a huge, traditionally hard-to-reach audience,” Franklin said. 

“Through its seamless search and book functions, the ecosystem provides a safe, trusted environment where people can begin their journey with movement, then take it into the real world as their confidence grows. Users can search for activities near them and book directly through The Everything App website or mobile App.”

The initiative is also in sync with ukactive’s mission to get five million more people using gyms and leisure centres by 2030 and supports Sport England’s ‘Uniting the Movement’ strategy.

Huw Edwards, CEO, ukactive, comments: “There’s a real opportunity here. The NHS employs over 1.8 million people and if you add in their families, the potential reach is more than 5 million people that can be supported. 

“The UK’s health and fitness market currently has more than 11.5 million members, and the more people we can influence to get involved in physical activity, both within our sector’s facilities and beyond, the better.”

David Monkhouse, Director, Active Insights, added: “We’re also calling on the support of independent, accredited fitness and sports professionals including personal trainers, group exercise instructors and health coaches. There is no cost to getting involved.

“The Everything App is not just about generating a health impact, it’s also about creating a commercial opportunity for fitness professionals and organisations to help grow the physical activity sector and embed its position as a key delivery partner in the achievement of government’s national physical activity and health ambitions.”

Julie Davis said: “This is a proud moment in our history, to launch a free fitness and wellbeing service for the NHS, all its staff and their families. NHS staff do such an incredible job at keeping the UK population well, so we wanted to give back and help look after them in return.”

For more information about The Everything App and how to sign up as an NHS Trust or organisation, staff member or independent accredited fitness and sports professional providing digital content or in-person sessions, visit www.the-everything.app The Everything App is available to download via the website and on Apple App Store and Play Store for Android phones.