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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...

11th June 2025

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

EGYM Hussle and Mytime Active partner to expand corporate fitness offering

Bromley wins Jubilee Trophy at the London Youth Games

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

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