Leisure trust news
11 Feb 2026
Bolton Middlebrook Leisure Trust has scooped the contract to run five leisure sites as an
28 Jan 2026
Pendle Leisure Trust, working in partnership with Pendle Borough Council, will open the landmark project,
18 Nov 2025
Sandwell Leisure Trust launched its rebrand to Kore Sandwell on Monday 17 November. The name
11 Nov 2025
Of the 60 companies chosen by the UK government to be vanguard employers in the
31 Oct 2025
Everyone Active, Sarah Watts and Sandwell Leisure Trust were among those to be honoured at
02 Oct 2025
GLL has confirmed it is taking over the Jubilee Hall Gym in London's Covent Garden
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
20 Aug 2025
The finalists of the UK Active Awards 2025 have been announced today (19 August) following
24 Jun 2025
Oldham Active has created the new role of head of health and wellbeing to tackle
17 Jun 2025
Freedom Leisure has been appointed by Southend-on-Sea City Council as provider for its leisure services.
09 Jun 2025
Sandwell Leisure Trust in the UK has teamed up with Stronger Wellness to open a
21 May 2025
A £14 million redevelopment of the iconic Doncaster Dome, one of the youngest listed buildings
05 Nov 2024
Pendle Leisure Trust – which operates in one of the most deprived areas in England –
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
27 Sep 2024
Edinburgh Leisure has launched its first impact report since 2015, which shows progress in the
08 Aug 2024
Freedom Leisure has merged with 1610, a not-for-profit trust based in the west of England.
23 Jul 2024
Finalists for the UK Active Awards 2024 have been announced. Winners from across the 14
15 Jun 2024
More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to
13 Mar 2024
Edinburgh Leisure has appointed Jen Holland as chief executive. She will take over from June
23 Feb 2024
The ICO has ruled that eight leisure operators have been unlawfully processing the biometric data
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
08 Dec 2023
A proposed change to the way councils organise the operation of their leisure facilities – including
14 Nov 2023
MyFitApp, a global leader in member mobile apps, has revealed that it has integrated with
12 Jul 2023
Charitable leisure trust, Horizon Leisure, has acquired a former Sports Direct gym in Guildford and
24 Nov 2022
Mark Braithwaite is to join Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council as chief operating officer. Braithwaite, formerly
12 Sep 2022
As the UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss prepares an energy bailout, UK Active has
09 Aug 2022
Mark Sesnan, CEO of GLL, has pushed back on Tower Hamlet Council’s decision to take
01 Jul 2022
The best in the business from across the physical activity sector were honoured last night
21 Mar 2022
Lobbying is gearing up in advance of the Spring Budget this week, with UK Active
New UK Active membership council revealed – Dave Courteen to chair and also join the UK Active board
17 Feb 2022
Industry body, UK Active, has revealed a new council to represent the voice of members
23 Dec 2021
The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs across Europe
10 Dec 2021
The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs, leisure centres
07 Oct 2021
Marg Mayne will stand down as CEO of Mytime Active next year, after more than
16 Sep 2021
Members from UK leisure and cultural trusts have stepped up and logged an impressive 21.5million
10 Aug 2021
The number of children enrolled on Parkwood Leisure's Learn to Swim Programme, has reached a
29 Apr 2021
Members are returning post-lockdown expecting a fully integrated service, meaning digital connectivity has never been
25 Mar 2021
Welsh leisure trust, Aneurin Leisure (ALT), has announced it’s forging ahead with a £600,000 (US$821,000,
09 Feb 2021
New Forest District Council in the UK has chosen leisure trust Freedom Leisure as its
18 Dec 2020
As COVID-19 cases increase across much of the UK, the fitness industry is standing fast,
25 Nov 2020
Up to 100k people will benefit from the free gym and physical activity sessions, thanks
02 Oct 2020
Up to 48 per cent of public leisure facilities could close by the end of
27 Aug 2020
Over 22,000 jobs are at risk across the UK's public leisure sector, out of a
11 Aug 2020
Health clubs, gyms, indoor pools and leisure centres have reopened in Wales – nearly five
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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spaces for more than a decade. Founder and
former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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Founder, SP&Co Group“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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Strength training is evolving,
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to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
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us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Designing multi-functional
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Researchers have long known that the brain changes as a result of exercise. Now researchers believe this process is actually driven by the brain
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