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19th April 2023

In Oldham Community Leisure

Boom in Oldham Active’s young members

Oldham Active’s Young Person's Memberships are booming, with 27% of new members signing up each month now Young Person’s Memberships and 15% of total members aged 11 – 18. Oldham Active (Oldham Community Leisure), a charitable trust operating leisure facilities in the borough, first introduced its Young Person’s Membership in October 2021. Since launching, its popularity has grown and Oldham Active currently has 1500 young members across its five facilities in the borough. Simon Blair, Head of...

30th March 2023

In Horizon Leisure

Guildford’s new health and fitness facility, Horizon Guildford to sponsor local wellbeing festival

Horizon Guildford, a new charitable health, fitness and wellbeing facility due to open in Guildford’s former Sports Direct gym in May, will be sponsoring this years’ Burpham Wellfest, a local festival promoting wellbeing within the local community. Burpham Welfest, taking place on the 9th July at Sutherland Memorial Park, will focus on bringing health and fitness to the community, with a large number of local groups and health enterprises on site giving residents the chance to...

21st March 2023

In Precor

Precor returns to FIBO 2023 showcasing new innovations

Precor is returning to FIBO for the first time since 2019, showcasing a host of new and exciting products. At Stand #6B81, Precor will showcase the new StairClimber, designed to cater for exercisers of all shapes, sizes and fitness levels. The StairClimber features easy-to-negotiate step-on and step-off platforms, a trade-marked Dynamic Step Control™, which creates a consistent step for every exerciser’s size and speed, and an impressive range of between 20 and 165 steps per minute. “Innovation...

6th March 2023

In Institute of Swimming

Institute of Swimming’s Recruitment Academy tackles teacher shortage with 500 new teachers

Swim England estimated the nationwide shortage of swimming teachers stood at 6,200 at the start of 2022, with demand for swimming lessons still increasing. But the Institute of Swimming is tackling the problem head on and, despite the pandemic, in the last three years has recruited almost 500 swimming teachers to the sector. The Institute of Swimming’s Recruitment Academy programme has revolutionised the way swimming teachers join the sector, with its ‘train-to-employ’ model removing the financial...

27th February 2023

In 1FitLife

1FitLife partners with Parkinson’s UK to launch new online physical activity and wellbeing videos

Digital workout creator, 1FitLife, has partnered with Parkinson’s UK to create specialist activity videos as part of the charity’s ongoing work to encourage people living with Parkinson’s to become and stay as active as possible. 1FitLife has created six videos so far, with the intention to create a full series of 18. The videos feature specialist physiotherapists, as well as people living with Parkinson’s themselves. The content and post production were all produced at 1FitLife’s studios...

21st February 2023

In Peloton Commercial

Lionesses hero takes on Peloton cycling challenge set by Mount Anvil

● Millie Bright joined Mount Anvil, Knight Frank, Savills and JLL for indoor cycling challenge ● £22,500 raised for charity established by Doddie Weir to fight Motor Neuron Disease ● Mount Anvil is the first private residential developer to partner with Peloton in the UK A Peloton indoor cycling challenge has raised £22,500 for My Name'5 Doddie Foundation, a charity committed to helping improve the lives of those affected by Motor Neuron Disease. The Foundation was established by...

15th February 2023

In Horizon Leisure

Charitable trust set to open Health, Fitness and Wellbeing Facility in Guildford’s old Sports Direct gym following £1 million pound refurbishment

Horizon Leisure, which currently manages Havant and Waterlooville Leisure Centres in Hampshire, has made its first acquisition of a private gym; the former Sports Direct site in Guilford. The move forms part of the charitable group’s long-term strategy to improve the health and wellbeing of people in the South of England through acquisitions and expansion. The charity is preparing to reopen the doors of its new Health, Fitness and Wellbeing Facility in early summer 2023 following...

10th February 2023

In Institute of Swimming, Uncategorised

The Institute of Swimming partners with leisure operators across North Yorkshire to solve local swimming teacher crisis

Leisure operators across North Yorkshire have teamed up with the Institute of Swimming to launch a Swimming Teachers Academy in the area to address the shortage of teachers, which means local children are missing out on learning to swim. Leisure operators, Brimhams Active, Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles, Craven District Council, Richmondshire Leisure Trust and Hambleton District Council are committed to ensuring that every child in the region has the opportunity to learn this life saving skill. However,...

10th February 2023

In Horizon Leisure

Horizon Leisure’s ‘new look’ senior leadership team

Horizon Leisure has made a number of senior leadership appointments including its CEO, a new Commercial Director and a new Marketing Lead. The award-winning, not-for-profit organisation, operating both Havant and Waterlooville Leisure Centres on behalf of Havant Borough Council, sees these new appointments as a strategic springboard to the charitable group’s long-term strategy to improve the health and wellbeing of people in the South of England. Mike Lyons, the new CEO, is responsible for the strategic leadership...

25th January 2023

In Quest, Right Directions, Sport England

Active Nottingham Leisure Centre first in the country to be recognised for tackling inequalities

Active Nottingham’s Ken Martin Leisure Centre (part of Nottingham City Council) in Nottingham has become the first leisure centre in the country to achieve the Quest Tackling Inequalities in Leisure Standard, demonstrating its commitment to tackling inequalities. The Tacking Inequalities in Leisure accolade was bestowed on the centre as part of its Sport England Quest assessment, which measures how well a facility is operating and how effective organisations are across a range of areas. First established more...

News

Boom in Oldham Active’s young members

Guildford’s new health and fitness facility, Horizon Guildford to sponsor local wellbeing festival

Precor returns to FIBO 2023 showcasing new innovations

Institute of Swimming’s Recruitment Academy tackles teacher shortage with 500 new teachers

1FitLife partners with Parkinson’s UK to launch new online physical activity and wellbeing videos

Lionesses hero takes on Peloton cycling challenge set by Mount Anvil

Charitable trust set to open Health, Fitness and Wellbeing Facility in Guildford’s old Sports Direct gym following £1 million pound refurbishment

The Institute of Swimming partners with leisure operators across North Yorkshire to solve local swimming teacher crisis

Horizon Leisure’s ‘new look’ senior leadership team

Active Nottingham Leisure Centre first in the country to be recognised for tackling inequalities

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