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19th February 2025

In Mytime Active, Quest, Right Directions, Sport England, ukactive

Mytime Active leisure centres awarded mark of excellence

Mytime Active is one of the first leisure operators in the country to be awarded ukactive’s new mark of excellence, The Active Standard (TAS), demonstrating its commitment to ensuring quality, safety and inclusivity for customers and staff at its leisure centres. TAS, launched by ukactive in November 2024, 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. Mytime Active is an...

22nd January 2025

In Oldham Community Leisure

Fitness Pilot Scheme Launched To Support Young Care Leavers in Oldham

Oldham Council has partnered with the charitable trust Oldham Active (Oldham Community Leisure) on a pilot scheme offering free three-month memberships to its leisure centres for local care experienced young people. The Oldham Active funded memberships have been awarded to 12 young care experienced people aged 19-25 to assess the impact of physical activity on their wellbeing. Launched in December 2024, the pilot scheme will track usage and health outcomes over three months to assess the potential...

22nd January 2025

In Mytime Active

Mytime Active takes its golf offer to a new level at Hatchford Brook

Charitable trust and local leisure provider, Mytime Active, has installed state-of-the art Toptracer golf driving bays at its Hatchford Brook Leisure Centre. The leisure centre now boasts 24 Toptracer bays, to help customers get the most out of their golf practice sessions. Toptracer uses advanced golf ball tracking technology to allow players to accurately track and analyse every shot – just as professional players do. The Toptracer bays at Hatchford Brook are fitted with a touch...

16th January 2025

In Uncategorised

Mytime Active to create a Bromley Community Cookbook

Local leisure provider Mytime Active has launched an appeal for residents to submit their favourite family recipes for inclusion in a new community cookbook. Mytime Active, is working alongside One Bromley to produce the new community recipe book for the people of Bromley. The Bromley Community Cookbook will include a collection of healthy recipes that have been submitted by local residents. Each recipe will also share the family’s story about the dish and show picture of...

6th January 2025

In Institute of Swimming

Growing popularity of young people working in aquatics defies national youth unemployment trends

The Institute of Swimming is bucking national trends, with a marked increase in its workforce of young people. In fact in 2024 they saw an seven per cent increase in the number of swimming teachers aged 16-24 year old. Rebecca Cox, Managing Director of the IoS, says: “We understand young people want to work in secure environments, where they feel respected. They want flexibility, they want high salaries and they want responsibility. Plus young people are...

16th December 2024

In 1FitLife

National advertising campaign aims to get more people moving with Parkinson’s

Parkinson’s UK and 1FitLife have announced the launch of a new outdoor advertising campaign to help more people enjoy an active life with Parkinson’s. Called Together We Stay Active, the new campaign uses donated advertising space from Clear Channel UK and is designed to show what an active life with Parkinson’s can look like, and give more people the tools and confidence to enjoy an active lifestyle with the condition. Together We Stay Active is part of...

12th December 2024

In ReferAll, Uncategorised

Leading software providers join forces to transform provision of exercise referral

Two of the UK’s leading leisure software providers, Legend by Xplor and ReferAll, have announced a new partnership, which is set to transform the provision of leisure-based health programmes and make social prescribing and exercise referral schemes simpler. Legend is a leading supplier of end-to-end leisure management solutions in the UK and Ireland, trusted by the sector for almost 20 years. ReferAll is the UK’s leading exercise referral platform, which helps operators effectively manage and report...

9th December 2024

In Oldham Community Leisure

Oldham Active urges local employers to sign up for free workplace NHS health checks

Oldham Active has joined a Government pilot to expand the NHS health checks by offering free workplace health checks to local businesses and encouraging more employers to join the scheme. From October 2024, Oldham Active’s trained advisors have been delivering health checks for people aged 25 to 74 who do not have a pre-existing health condition. The tests cover a series of physiological measurements including blood pressure, pulse, height, weight, BMI and waist circumference, as well as...

9th December 2024

In Trafford Leisure

Trafford Leisure Partners with Deep Green in a bid to heat pool for free in race to net zero

Trafford Leisure is partnering with British data centre operator, Deep Green, in a bid to help reduce energy bills and end its reliance on carbon-intensive fossil fuel boilers at move Urmston. The companies have applied to Trafford Council for planning permission to position a mini data centre in the grounds of the leisure centre. Deep Green’s ‘data furnace’ technology, which can be installed on-site at swimming pools and other environments such as homes, universities, hospitals, bakeries,...

14th November 2024