Quality and health and safety specialist Right Directions has further expanded its team after retaining the contract to deliver Sport England’s Quest, the UK quality scheme for sport and leisure, and the National Benchmarking Service (NBS) for another three years. Paul Brivio, 57, an experienced coach,...
Read MoreBack for its second year, the popular Sprint Triathlon will take place on 4 April at Saddleworth Pool and Leisure Centre, where athletes will swim 400m, cycle 20k and complete a 5k run through Uppermill, Diggle, Delph, Scouthead, Austerlands, Lees, Grotton, Lydgate, and Grasscroft. Why...
Read MoreNew figures have been released for accidents in swimming pools as IQL UK, the trading subsidiary of the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK), puts its weight behind Right Directions’ accident benchmarking platform STITCH. The first annual report for the online tool, developed by the...
Read MoreExercise Referral Schemes across the country have just six weeks to get their entries ready for ReferAll’s Foundation Award, which has just been launched for 2016. ReferAll, which specialises in software solutions to enhance the efficiency of exercise referrals from GP to leisure provider, created the...
Read MoreLifetime Training has appointed Sam Kenward as its new Head of Commercial Training for Fitness. In his new role, Sam’s focus will be on achieving the highest possible success rates and engagement levels amongst Lifetime’s self-funded Fitness learners. Kenward joined Lifetime Training as a Senior Course...
Read MoreSport England’s leading quality scheme for sport and leisure is joining forces with the industry’s top professional development body to launch a two-day conference. The annual conference of the Quest quality scheme and its sister initiative the National Benchmarking Service (NBS) has been highly successful since...
Read MoreInverclyde Leisure has boosted swimming lesson participation by more than 44% and related income by a staggering 82% at its Port Glasgow pool. The impressive increases are part of a company expansion plan by CEO, Kieron Vango, who brought in Bigwave media soon after his appointment...
Read MoreThe Australasian health, fitness and leisure sector is set to benefit from a new, tried and tested networking event with the launch of active-net in Melbourne on 27 and 28 July 2016. Managed by leading UK industry insight specialist, Leisure-net Solutions, the event will bring together...
Read MoreNational training provider Lifetime Training has scooped four prestigious national awards in the past few days, on top of organising a successful internal Lifetime Learner Achievement Awards ceremony in London. The company won Best Use of Technology, Large Training Provider of the Year and Apprenticeship Provider...
Read MoreEver taken a dip in one of Kirklees Active Leisure’s (KAL) nine pools? Then you’re in expert hands, as the charitable leisure trust has just won the ASA’s Facility Operator of the Year! KAL, which manages 14 leisure facilities and swimming pools on behalf of Kirklees...
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