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20th June 2025

In Oldham Community Leisure

Lauren Connis promoted to Oldham Active’s Executive Management Team

Oldham Active (Oldham Community Leisure) has promoted Lauren Connis to the new role of Head of Health and Wellbeing, joining the Executive Management Team of the Greater Manchester-based community trust. Connis originally joined Oldham Active in July 2023 as Group Health and Fitness Brand Manager, and some of her achievements include the introduction of a Women’s only Gym, the expansion of its successful Young Persons Membership, the creation and launch of BLAST its high intensity functional...

11th June 2025

In BC SoftWear

BC SoftWear launches new lightweight Zen bathrobe

Leading textiles, bathrobe and towelling supplier, BC SoftWear, has unveiled its new Zen bathrobe — a lightweight, kimono-style robe. Developed specifically for spas in warmer climates, it has been created to remain breathable while still being cosy, helping keep spa guests cooler and more comfortable. An elegantly tailored 220gsm bathrobe, the Zen features a unique rice weave pattern. Available exclusively in pristine white, it’s minimalist, non-bulky design also makes it the ideal choice for contemporary urban...

11th June 2025

In Institute of Swimming

New Funded Programme Aims to Boost Swimming Teacher Numbers in Staffordshire

The Institute of Swimming has partnered with MyActive to launch a funded swimming teacher training initiative, aiming to grow the number of qualified swimming teachers in the area to ensure more children in Staffordshire Moorlands have the opportunity to learn to swim. The specialist training academy will offer local people the chance to retrain and embark on a career as a swimming teacher for just an £85 administration fee - a fraction of the usual £1000...

11th June 2025

In Trafford Leisure

Meet the Volunteers Making a Difference: Trafford Leisure Celebrates National Volunteers Week

As the UK marks the 40th anniversary of National Volunteers Week (2nd-8th June), Trafford Leisure pays tribute to its volunteer team, who make a real difference to community health and wellbeing across the borough, helping to address the critical local challenge that 25% of the Trafford community are currently inactive, doing less than 30 minutes of activity each week. Trafford Leisure, a community interest company wholly owned by Trafford Council, has developed a comprehensive volunteer programme...

11th June 2025

In Oldham Community Leisure

Oldham Active’s fitness team upskills to support customers using GLP-1 medications

Oldham Active is the first leisure provider in the UK to officially train and qualify its fitness team to deliver advice and guidance on GLP-1 medications. Thirty members of the community leisure trust’s wellbeing and fitness team completed Future Fit’s new Navigating GLP-1 for Sport and Physical Activity Professionals training, covering the basics of GLP-1 medications, the science behind them and practical applications for fitness professionals. The one-day course was delivered in-person by celebrity TV doctor...

10th June 2025

In Quest, Right Directions, Sport England, ukactive

Right Directions to deliver ukactive’s The Active Standard

The sector’s health and safety and quality management expert, Right Directions, has been awarded the industry’s contract to deliver the assessments for ukactive’s The Active Standard (TAS). TAS is designed to give customers confidence, knowing leisure providers showing the TAS mark are taking their health and wellbeing, as well as their safety, seriously. Initially launched by ukactive in November 2024, Right Directions was instrumental in the pilot phase of TAS, meticulously testing the assessment with a representative...

9th May 2025

In BC SoftWear

BC SoftWear expands international presence with a series of new partnerships

Leading hotel and spa textiles supplier, BC SoftWear, has significantly expanded its portfolio in 2025, with a string of new hotel and spa partnerships across the globe. Having launched a new distribution centre in the Netherlands last year, and forged new alliances across the Middle East, BC SoftWear is now the partner of choice for The Ritz-Carlton Rabat, Dar Es Salam in Morocco and Nujuma, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve on the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. The...

7th May 2025

In CoverMe

STA’s New Digital Partner Has Swimming Teachers Covered

STA is pleased to announce an exciting new partnership with CoverMe, an innovative App that has been designed to revolutionise swimming teacher recruitment and cover management for swim school operators. In an industry where securing swimming teacher cover, especially at short notice, is often time-consuming and challenging, CoverMe provides a practical digital solution that streamlines the process, enables real-time recruitment, and ensures compliance – all while saving operators time and money. This partnership reinforces STA’s commitment...

7th May 2025

In Quest, Right Directions, Sport England

Right Directions awarded Sport England’s Quest contract for the fifth time

The sector’s health and safety and quality management expert, Right Directions, which has been delivering Sport England’s Quest for the last 15 years, has been awarded the contract for a fifth term. Quest was first established more than 20 years ago to measure how well a facility is operating and how effective organisations are across a range of topics. Aimed primarily at the management of sports and leisure facilities, it defines industry standards and good practice...

1st May 2025

In Institute of Swimming

Mental Health Swims and the Institute of Swimming Joined Forces to Train Open Water Hosts

Mental Health Swims CIC, the award-winning peer support community, has trained 10 of its open water swimming hosts with the new SEQ Level Two Outdoor Swimming Leader course in partnership with the Institute of Swimming. Mental Health Swims (MHS) hosts free, safe and inclusive outdoor swim meet ups nationwide and, more recently, has been rolling out its Swim Together programme, which brings the peer support model to indoor pools. The community is designed to welcome and...

News

Lauren Connis promoted to Oldham Active’s Executive Management Team

BC SoftWear launches new lightweight Zen bathrobe

New Funded Programme Aims to Boost Swimming Teacher Numbers in Staffordshire

Meet the Volunteers Making a Difference: Trafford Leisure Celebrates National Volunteers Week

Oldham Active’s fitness team upskills to support customers using GLP-1 medications

Right Directions to deliver ukactive’s The Active Standard

BC SoftWear expands international presence with a series of new partnerships

STA’s New Digital Partner Has Swimming Teachers Covered

Right Directions awarded Sport England’s Quest contract for the fifth time

Mental Health Swims and the Institute of Swimming Joined Forces to Train Open Water Hosts

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