The CEO of Freedom Leisure on the trust’s work with its 30 local authority partners and what developments lie ahead

Everyone Active, Sarah Watts and Sandwell Leisure Trust were among those to be honoured at the UK Active Awards 2025 last night (31 October).

Freedom Leisure has responded to consumer demand and will be keeping Guildford Lido open, and heated, throughout the winter.

The finalists of the UK Active Awards 2025 have been announced today (19 August) following a record number of entries from across the UK’s physical activity sector.

LeisureDB has released its State of the UK Swimming Industry Report 2025.

The CEO of Mytime Active is delivering fitness and wellness interventions both within facilities and in the community. He explains all to Kate Cracknell.

Angela Brown explains Freedom Leisure’s decarbonisation commitments and Tash Fleming is delivering swimming for people with disabilities through WeSwim

The MD of Active IQ talks about the challenges created by the skills gap and how the industry must tackle it

Freedom Leisure has merged with 1610, a not-for-profit trust based in the west of England. The move is in response to financial challenges facing much of the public sector.

Swimming pools need to be repositioned so they're prized as assets rather than considered a drain on budgets, says LeisureDB founder, David Minton.

UK Active has unveiled the finalists for the UK Active Awards 2024. Winners from across the 14 categories will be announced at a ceremony at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham on 3 October.

More than 20 organisations have joined together in the UK to form the Swim Alliance, which will advocate with one cohesive voice and work to overcome challenges facing the sport.

More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to party leaders to commit to making the nation the most active in Europe after next month’s General Election.

Speedflex, the fitness concept known for delivering HIIT Without The Hurt, has announced a number of new clients.

We dive into the State of the UK Swimming Industry Report 2023 by Leisure DB to see what challenges and opportunities lie ahead for the aquatics sector

The government has pledged £63m to support publicly-owned swimming pools and leisure centres as part of a one-year scheme.

The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is set to end on 31 March leaving thousands set for closure or service cuts.

The UK government has announced it will be scaling back financial support to businesses as part of the updated Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS).

A number of the UK's local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due to rising energy costs, with around 40 per cent saying leisure centres and swimming pools will be closed or services reduced before March 2023 unless they receive immediate confirmation of additional grants from the government.

New Forest District Council in the UK has chosen leisure trust Freedom Leisure as its preferred bidder to manage the region's leisure facilities.

Reaching members anywhere and anytime to connect, engage and coach is more important than ever and can easily be activated through Technogym Mywellness

Latest figures from Swim England show that 14.2 million adults – 31 per cent of those aged 16 or older – cannot swim one length of a 25m pool.

Members of Gen Z have come of age and are now some of the most engaged consumers of fitness. Researchers, leisure-net, look at the numbers

Suppliers of member payment software share the ways they’re helping clubs to maximise revenue

Data and the use of technology to enhance participation will be the theme of active-net 2018.

Freedom Leisure has signed a 10-year partnership agreement with Lichfield District Council to manage two of its leisure centres, as the authority looks to use its resources more efficiently.

Charitable social enterprise Wave Leisure Trust Limited will begin operating East Grinstead Sports Club (EGSC) from 1 October 2017, taking over from Freedom Leisure.

Innovations are growing the fitness industry, but more needs to be done to achieve future success. David Minton summarises findings from The Leisure Database Company’s (TLDC) State of the Fitness Industry Report

A £10.5m leisure centre refurbishment project is nearing completion with the swimming pool and gym due to open in the first week of 2017.

active-net 2017 promises to be bigger and better than ever, with only a handful of places remaining and a full four months until kick off on 29 to 30 March at Eastwood Hall in Nottingham.