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3rd January 2024

In Oldham Community Leisure

Oldham Active partners with Oldham College to provide specialist support for local children and young people

Oldham Active (Oldham Community Leisure), which manages the leisure facilities in the borough, is partnering with Oldham College to upskill its staff to provide specialist health and fitness support for local children and young people looking to use the leisure facilities, ahead of the launch of new young people-only group exercise classes in the new year. The partnership will initially see 30 members of Oldham Active’s workforce completing the specialist Level 2 Qualification in Leading Physical...

14th December 2023

In BC SoftWear

BC SoftWear tackles sustainability, one bathrobe at a time

The hospitality industry remains focused on seeking new ways to meet sustainability targets and become ever more environmentally friendly, according to BC SoftWear. New figures released by the leading towelling supplier reveal that almost half (45%) the bathrobes selected by hotels in 2023 were from its eco-friendly SupremeSoft range, compared to just 17% in 2019. BC SoftWear’s energy saving ranges – SupremeSoft and SmartKnit – now equate to 20% of turnover; this figure was just 8%...

8th December 2023

In Fitter Stock

Fitter Stock launches new e-commerce platform offering instant access to on-demand fitness and wellness content

Fitter Stock, the white-label digital health, wellness and fitness content provider, has launched a revolutionary e-commerce platform, giving a range of health and fitness providers instant access to premium downloadable wellness content from anywhere in the world at any time. The ‘build your own’ subscription service enables immediate access to an extensive library of content, which extends beyond fitness, encompassing the worldwide health agenda and addressing holistic wellbeing, including sleep, nutrition, fitness and mental health, including...

6th December 2023

In Quest, Right Directions, Sport England

Join the Quest brigade

Sport England’s quality assurance scheme, Quest, which has been defining industry standards and good practice for more than 25 years, is on the look out for new assessors. With so many of the UK’s 2,000+ leisure centres now undertaking Quest, and the number steadily rising, opportunities for new assessors to join the team are currently available. Sarah Lobo is Head of External Accreditations at Right Directions, which manages Quest on behalf of Sport England. She says: “Pre...

6th December 2023

In 1FitLife

Award success for 1FitLife’s work to support people living with Parkinson’s

Health and wellness content creator, 1FitLife, was Highly Commended at the Parkinson’s UK Excellence Network Awards for the creation of specialist activity videos developed to encourage people living with Parkinson’s to become and stay as active as possible. The videos form the basis of a 10-week online ‘Get Started’ programme for people living with Parkinson’s, delivered in collaboration with Reach Your Peak, Neurological physiotherapists providing an online community for people using exercise to treat Parkinson’s. 1FitLife’s...

6th December 2023

In Horizon Leisure

Horizon Leisure’s Havant Leisure Centre wins Local Authority/Leisure Trust Gym of the Year

Horizon Leisure’s Havant Leisure Centre was crowned Local Authority/Leisure Trust Gym of the Year at the UK’s National Fitness Awards on Friday 24 November at The Athena in Leicester. The annual event, which is the UK’s largest free-to-enter fitness awards, recognises excellence and achievement in the active leisure sector across the country. Horizon Leisure’s Waterlooville Leisure Centre was also shortlisted at the awards in the prestigious Regional Gym of the Year (South) category. Havant Leisure Centre scooped...

6th December 2023

In ReferAll

Barnsley Premier Leisure reports exercise referral successes

For Barnsley Premier Leisure working with data has transformed the way the Trust’s exercise referrals are managed and the popularity of its schemes Barnsley Premier Leisure (BPL) runs two successful health referral schemes within its Barnsley contract and is soon to launch a third. Its focus is improving community health at the local level. The exercise referral programme, BPL Health Referral, is aimed at improving the health of people with medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes, high...

6th December 2023

In Uncategorised

Everyone Active teams up with ReferAll to manage its Health and Wellbeing projects

Everyone Active, a leading operator in the leisure industry, has partnered with ReferAll to manage all its health and wellbeing referral schemes. Everyone Active, which operates more than 200 leisure facilities across the UK, is now using ReferAll’s data management platform to collate real-time information for its community health and wellbeing programmes. Everyone Active currently supports more than 13,000 people affected by health conditions, disabilities, inequalities and multiple deprivation to get active and stay active every...

30th November 2023

In Trafford Leisure

Awards success for Trafford’s swimmers!

Trafford's Swimming Clubs enjoyed a successful evening at the Swim England National Awards, with Altrincham Swimming Club securing ‘Club of the Year’ and Trafford Metro's Head Coach, Bob Bolton scooping ‘Coach of the Year’. Swim England’s National Awards recognise the vast contributions made by individuals and organisations from all aquatic sports. Both winning clubs provide coaching and competitive swimming for children, young people and adults across the borough at Trafford Leisure’s swimming pools. Bob Bolton, Masters coach...

14th November 2023

In Horizon Leisure

Horizon Leisure launches free Active Play membership for vulnerable families

Charitable trust, Horizon Leisure, has launched an Active Play membership for vulnerable families in the Hampshire area, giving them 12 months free access to a range of leisure facilities. The scheme will see 60 families benefit from free access to Horizon Leisure’s Adventure Play and Oceans of Play (soft play), plus pre-school bounce classes, pre-school gymnastics, public family swimming and even swimming lessons. The Active Play membership, funded by Hampshire Council, aims to provide physical activity intervention...

News

Oldham Active partners with Oldham College to provide specialist support for local children and young people

BC SoftWear tackles sustainability, one bathrobe at a time

Fitter Stock launches new e-commerce platform offering instant access to on-demand fitness and wellness content

Join the Quest brigade

Award success for 1FitLife’s work to support people living with Parkinson’s

Horizon Leisure’s Havant Leisure Centre wins Local Authority/Leisure Trust Gym of the Year

Barnsley Premier Leisure reports exercise referral successes

Everyone Active teams up with ReferAll to manage its Health and Wellbeing projects

Awards success for Trafford’s swimmers!

Horizon Leisure launches free Active Play membership for vulnerable families

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