Health and safety and quality management expert, Right Directions, has expanded its team with four new industry experts that will cover all aspects of the business, reflecting the leisure sector’s gradual bounce back. Sarah Maxwell has joined the Right Directions team as Head of External Accreditations,...
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Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) has made a substantial investment into Failsworth Sports Centre, completing a refurbishment of its gym, including the installation of modern fitness equipment, and the creation of a bespoke indoor cycling studio. The works took a month to complete and were carried...
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Oldham Active Communities, part of Oldham Community Leisure (OCL), is providing free weekly online baby loss yoga wellbeing sessions for anyone affected by the loss of a child in partnership with the Manchester based charity, Beyond Bea. The hour-long weekly sessions will take place via Zoom...
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Oldham Active Communities, part of Oldham Community Leisure (OCL), is providing free online Bereavement, Health and Wellbeing sessions for anyone affected by grief, in partnership with NHS bereavement nurses from the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group. The hour-long weekly sessions will take place via Zoom every...
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Kate Foster, Oldham Community Leisure’s (OCL) Quality and Compliance Manager, has swapped her desk and clip board for PPE and syringes, retraining whilst furloughed to administer the COVID-19 vaccine for the people of Greater Manchester. Kate, 37, has worked for OCL for 14 years. Her normal...
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Feedback from Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) customers puts the company ahead of some of the best brands in the world. The feedback was gained via Net Promoter Score (NPS), a simple means of measuring customer satisfaction. The results calculate the willingness of OCL customers to recommend...
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Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) is offering a full month’s complimentary health and fitness membership to recognise the fantastic efforts of volunteers in Oldham during the COVID-19 pandemic. A huge number of local volunteers and volunteer groups have been selflessly supporting the community in numerous ways. OCL...
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Violet Walpole, who turned 93 on the 1st September, was surprised during her weekly line dancing class by the team at Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) with celebratory cupcakes and flowers. The super-fit granny, who lives in Middleton, catches two buses to the leisure centre, which takes...
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Jenna-Lea Alston, a 26-year-old former swimming teacher with Oldham Community Leisure (OCL), has swapped her swimming goggles for PPE, working as a frontline nurse at Tameside Hospital during the coronavirus pandemic. The Shaw-based nurse studied for her degree at Manchester Metropolitan University and went on to...
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Carol, 74, who lives in Greenacres, is Oldham Community Leisure’s (OCL) Volunteer of the Year 2020, an accolade she won in March for her outstanding dedication to OCL’s Reach Exercise Referral Scheme in her voluntary role as a Physical Activity Mentor. Carol, who was widowed eight...
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