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    Legislation Unit 2 Health and Safety The health and safety Act (1974) The act sets out the general duties that employers‚ self-employed people and those in control of premises have towards their employees and others who could be affected by the work activities. It also gives the employees the general duty to ensure the health and safety of themselves and each other. This act influences health and safety in sport as it will ensure the regulation of the quality and maintenance of the facilities

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    1. On October 11th‚ I participated in baking as a leisure activity. I previously had gone out and bought all the necessary ingredients in order to do the activity at home and not as a part of some community class (See Appendix A and Appendix B). Leisure can be described as a state of being (if you feel as though the activity is leisure‚ then it is)‚ an activity (non-work activity) or as free time (time left after completing life’s basic tasks and work requirements) (Heintzman‚ 2013‚ p. 4-6). Furthermore

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    BA/DipHE ETHL – Level 5 Contemporary Themes is Tourism and Leisure Assignment 1 Pages Part 1 Diagram 3-5 Report 6-8 Appendix 1. 9 Bibliography 10-13 Part 2 Diagram 15 Report 16-18 Bibliography 19 Part 3 Report 21-26 Appendix 1. 27 Appendix 2. 28 Appendix 3. 29 Appendix 4. 30 Bibliography 31-33 Section 1 The development of the tourism sector‚ showing the main influences‚ stakeholders and markets.

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    In The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America (2007)‚ Katherine Newman and Victor Tan Chen explore the lives of several urban‚ working families who live above the official poverty line‚ but who are one catastrophe away from it. Entrenched within the stories of these families’ lives‚ the authors explore themes and key issues which permeate many discussions of poverty‚ including gentrification of neighborhoods‚ credit card debt‚ lack of health care‚ childcare and education challenges

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    Marx class theory derived from his belief that class divisions are not found in all forms of society; classes are a creation of history. For Marx‚ classes are defined and structured by firstly‚ who owns or has property and means of production and who does the work in the production process‚ secondly the social relationships included in work and labour‚ and thirdly who produces and who rules the surplus human social labour can produce. All of these aspects of Marx class theory will be further explored

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    Service Marketing Individual Assignment Fitness First The Leisure Industry Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………….2 Brief Overview…………………………………………………………………….2 Market Size and Forecast………………………………………………………2 Competitors…………………………………………………………...…………..4 Marketing Environment External Environment…………………………………………………………..5 Internal Environment………………………………………………………....12 Opportunities and Threats………………………………………………..….12 Strategic

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    Unit 53: Providing Support for leisure activities Identify different activities that may be regarded as leisure activities Walking – Outdoor activity of moderate exercises around a park or to sight. Swimming – No impact activity‚ condition friendly exercise in a pool facility Gym – A low intensity activity that allows individuals to improve specific condition and reach personal goals. Sports such as badminton‚ basketball etc… - Social physical activity Dancing – Social Physical Activity

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    Humanity has reflected upon the controversial concepts of leisure‚ recreation and sport amongst individuals and what effect it has on them‚ only to discover that one man’s leisure may not be identical to another man’s leisure and that his/her reasons are diverse‚ due to the fact that an opinion on what is considered to be intrinsically pleasurable during discretionary time varies. This diversity amongst individuals is what greatly influences growth within a community‚ a family‚ and even in one’s

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    FX Leisure and Fitness Centre is a large leisure complex on the outskirts of Birmingham. It is part of an expanding chain of leisure centre`s(currently numbering 15) in England. The company was founded in 1996 and the head office is located in Manchester. The Birmingham centre opened in 2004‚but the performance in terms of customer numbers‚ centre utilisation and profits has fallen short of the projected targets. In the last 12 months there has been a slight downturn in the overall customer numbers

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    art and education. It was a time of understanding the world and religion was also important. The leisure activities for people were limited to the wealthy. Slaves were not allowed to get an education or have time to be an artist. They were occupied with trying to survive and keep their families alive. Leisure was only allowed to certain people based on economical aspects. The three types of leisure activities that were important to Greek society were the Olympics‚ theater and the bathing. Modern

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