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18th September 2025

Sport England’s Quest to support North Yorkshire Council in consistency drive across leisure facilities

Sport England’s Quest scheme is assessing all 22 of North Yorkshire Council’s leisure facilities as they come under direct council control during a phased transition in a drive to unify and enhance service standards across the county’s leisure centres. The move follows the formation of the new North Yorkshire Council unitary authority, which came into force on 1 April 2023, bringing together the former North Yorkshire County Council and seven district and borough councils. Under the banner...

8th September 2025

move Altrincham opens with unique public sector spa, The Cove

Trafford Leisure’s new £20m wellbeing facility, move Altrincham, has opened complete with a unique new spa proposition, The Cove. The 500sqm Cove spa is one of only a handful of public sector spa offerings in the UK. Operating in a community leisure setting, the spa is striving to democratise access to wellness for all local residents. Facilities include four treatment rooms, offering ELEMIS facials and body treatments, as well as Mii manicures and pedicures at three...

2nd September 2025

Right Directions acquires management information platform StaffMIS gaining control of new development direction

Right Directions, the sector’s health and safety and quality management expert, has acquired the staff and operational management platform, StaffMIS, in a move to further its ongoing development and direction. Founded in 2016, StaffMIS is a staff and operations management platform, which acts as a single place to document, monitor and manage operations records, with accessibility and time-saving functionality at its core. The platform consists of five modules; Information Management, Tasks and Check, Training Management, Time...

26th August 2025

move Altrincham opens after £20 million transformation

The new state-of-the-art wellbeing facility, move Altrincham, opened its doors on Tuesday 26 August following a major refurbishment. In a special morning ceremony, distinguished guests gathered to celebrate this exciting milestone for the community. Leader of Trafford Council, Cllr Tom Ross, delivered some inspiring words before officially cutting the ribbon alongside Executive Lead for Leisure, Arts, Culture and Heritage, Cllr Eve Parker, CEO of Trafford Council, Sara Todd, Chair of Trafford Leisure, Eamonn O’Rourke, CEO of...

22nd August 2025

Olympic gold medalist James Guy returns to where it began for exclusive preview of move Altrincham

Olympic gold medalist James Guy MBE returned to where his remarkable swimming journey began, visiting the newly transformed move Altrincham wellbeing centre for an exclusive preview ahead of its public opening on 26th August. The three-time Olympic gold medalist, who first learned to swim at the former Altrincham Leisure Centre as a child, was given a special tour of the state-of-the-art facilities on the 18th August. Members of Altrincham Swimming Club, along with swimmers from other...

13th August 2025

Oldham Active celebrates new Precor gym equipment at Royton and Oldham Leisure Centres with exclusive master coach training sessions

Oldham Active (Oldham Community Leisure), the charitable trust that operates leisure facilities on behalf of Oldham Council, has launched ‘new look’ gyms at Royton and Oldham Leisure Centres following a £250,000 investment. The investment includes a substantial upgrade to the gym equipment, including the total replacement of its strength equipment with Oldham Active’s new partner Precor, a leading supplier to the wellness industry. Lauren Connis, Head of Health and Wellbeing at Oldham Active says: “We are delighted...

13th August 2025

move Altrincham reveals its phased reopening plan as community and staff anticipation builds

Trafford Leisure has unveiled the carefully planned phased reopening schedule for move Altrincham, the town’s newly transformed state-of-the-art wellbeing facility, which will open its doors on 26th August 2025. The £20 million-pound refurbishment has created a modern wellness destination that will serve the Altrincham community for generations to come, and Trafford Leisure’s phased opening approach ensures both staff and residents can fully embrace all the new centre has to offer. From Tuesday 26 August move Altrincham will...

29th July 2025

EGYM Hussle and Mytime Active partner to expand corporate fitness offering

EGYM Hussle and Mytime Active have entered a long-term partnership agreement that will see all seven of Mytime Active’s fitness venues added to EGYM Hussle’s B2B fitness marketplace. The collaboration aims to drive increased participation in fitness through EGYM Hussle’s employee benefits service, which is used by major employers and private medical insurers including AXA Health and Bupa. Mytime Active joins a growing list of major fitness operators, including SLM, Nuffield Health and Fitness First UK,...

10th July 2025

Bromley wins Jubilee Trophy at the London Youth Games

Bromley has won the prestigious Jubilee Trophy at the London Youth Games (LYG), following the LYG Finals Festival weekend at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 4-6 July. More than 10,000 young Londoners participated across 37 sports throughout the year. The Jubilee Trophy is awarded to the borough that accumulates the most points from the best 24 scoring competitions they have participated in across the season. This is the 12th time Bromley has won the coveted Jubilee...

20th June 2025

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...