Community trust news

The ICO has ruled that eight leisure operators have been unlawfully processing the biometric data of their employees to be used for attendance checks and ... More

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

Falkirk Community Trust has launched an immersive indoor cycling studio as part of a £1.2m redevelopment of the Mariner Leisure Centre in the town. The ... More

Children and young people who spend time as sports volunteers are "happier and more satisfied with life". Kristen Natale, Sport England's head of volunteering, said ... More

More Leisure Community Trust (MCLT) will open its first branded health club later this year. The More Fitness club in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, will feature ... More

SCL Education Group has appointed Brad Rushton as managing director of its SCL Education and Training arm. Rushton initially joined the independent sports education provider ... More

Sporta, the body representing charitable leisure trusts across the UK, has rebranded as Community Leisure UK as part of efforts to "tackle a false perception ... More

An art gallery in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand has a surprise in store for visitors in the way of a seemingly still portrait that moves ... More

More Leisure Community Trust and its managing agent Serco Leisure have been awarded a 10-year contract to operate Stoke Mandeville Stadium. The pair will take ... More

London is set to benefit from an additional 100 qualified, female football coaches, as part of a strategy to encourage more women and girls to ... More

Cate Atwater, the newly appointed chief executive of Sporta – the national association which represents leisure and cultural trusts – has admitted her members face ... More

Erdington Leisure Centre in Birmingham will open to the public today (4 September) as part of Birmingham City Council’s (BCC) £40m investment programme in the ... More

The Otago Museum in Dunedin, New Zealand, has announced the closure of its Discovery World Tropical Forest to allow work to begin on the second ... More

League One football club Charlton Athletic has begun working on the second stage of its training ground development. This phase will include the laying of ... More

Aberdeen Football Club has officially lodge a planning application to build a £40m (US$49.2m, €46.1m) stadium development in the Kingsford areas of the city. The ... More

Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) is partnering Zurich Community Trust to launch a pilot scheme to get more older people active. The charitable social enterprise will ... More

A Wrexham leisure centre that was threatened with closure will remain open after local councillors agreed to pump £50,000 into the facility. Plas Madoc, which ... More

Leicester City’s remarkable Premier League title win has resulted in stellar growth for the local economy, with £140m (US$173.3m, €163.2m) added to the local coffers ... More

Leisure centres and gyms have been urged to begin discussions with their local health organisations in a bid to help tackle obesity among NHS staff. ... More

The chair of Aberdeen Football Club has conceded that there are “significant challenges” to be faced in terms of getting the required funds together to ... More

A group opposed to the development of Aberdeen Football Club’s proposed new stadium have claimed the project will cause negative environmental impacts and produce very ... More

Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen FC has moved to secure planning permission to build its proposed new stadium and surrounding development. The club has submitted its ... More

The charitable arm of Blackburn Rovers FC has received planning permission to redevelop and extend a community sports centre at the club’s Ewood Park stadium. ... More

Funding from the Premier League and Football Association (FA) backed Football Foundation has helped to establish a £1.8m (US$2.6m, €2.3m) multi-sport facility in Bolton. The ... More

A proposal to build a £1m (US$1.4m, €1.2m) sports facility at Burton Albion’s Pirelli Stadium has been accepted by the local council. The League One ... More