We’re joining Community Leisure UK and their #SeriouslySocial campaign!
We’re a seriously social bunch when it comes to public leisure and culture!
We’re a key part of the social economy, putting people above profit for social good and connecting communities – helping everybody to become healthier, happier and more active.
The impact from Charitable Trusts & Social Enterprises like ours, when you add it all up, is significant!
Continue reading to learn more about the impact we’ve made to our local community.
Despite no government funding, we're dedicated to supporting our local community.
We’re proud to be in the heart of our local community
We’ve had the pleasure of teaching your favourite exercise classes, teaching so many children to swim, watching kids grow into young adults and have so many of you join us for your favourite sports.
See a few of our achievements from the last 5 years:
881,934
activities booked with us
3,476
children have learnt to swim with us
216,741
people have attended our classes
368,071
people have worked out in the gym
46,615
customers have relaxed in our Spa
148,413
concession visits in the last 12 months!
We’re proud of the accomplishments we’ve achieved, and despite no government funding or support, we will continue to serve our community.
Continue reading to learn more.
There's something for everyone...
Collectively, leisure trusts save the NHS £152 million per year!
Good health and wellbeing are fundamental to the quality of our lives, that’s why we’ve developed so many programmes to help you achieve a healthier, happier and more active life.
We offer a variety of programmes to suite our entire community, including…
- 600+ monthly classes and activities
- GP Referral programmes
- Concession discounts
- Learn to swim programmes
- Charitable activities
…and much more!
We are proud that our activities are part of the national collective that saves the NHS £152 million a year!
We're here for everyone...
We’re here for everyone.
People who are socially excluded or face barriers to participation, including poverty, disability or geography often have poorer health outcomes. We’re passionate about helping everyone lead a healthier and more active lifestyle, whether it’s your first step or next step, our doors are open to everyone!
With over 15+ types of memberships, a range of concession rates, accessible activities and inclusive facilities and charitable partners, we’re dedicated to making Achieve Lifestyle a place for everyone.
We don’t just top there, continue reading to see how we support the local economy!
How we support individuals and the local economy...
We’re a company committed to doing good and supporting the local economy.
Employment and skills play a massive part in the health of individuals and communities.
We’re proud to offer a variety of training, including Swimming Teaching, Lifeguard Training, First Aid Training and not to mention our internal progression training!
Our management team alone has a combined 50+ years of working at Achieve Lifestyle!
We're striving for a greener future...
We recognize the climate change emergency and have plans in place to support a greener future.
We are supporting our workforce with environmental training so everyone can play their part in reducing our carbon emissions as an organisation.
The technology, systems and processes we have in place allows 30.7% of our energy consumption to be from renewable energy.
Future-proofing our facilities and services to adapt to climate change and lower our emissions are important to us, and we will strive to do more.
Our promise to the community...
Our Promise:
- Support communities to be healthier, happier and more active.
- Connect and collaborate with NHS colleagues and health care professionals to enhance referral pathways and improve outcomes in population health.
- Work closely with local authority partners as part of a whole systems approach to achieve shared outcomes and create a cohesive and connected community.
- Offer fair work opportunities with career pathways that focus on equality and diversity in the Charitable Trust & Social Enterprise sector.
- Be a key part of the social economy; work with partners to understand the inherent social value in public services and to embed social value monitoring and evaluation as standard.
- Support local authorities to achieve their net zero targets and commit to environmental awareness training for all staff.
Our Ask from Government:
- For Leisure and Cultural Services to be valued as wellbeing services with a robust commitment to multi-year funding to protect and sustain these core public services.
- Include Charitable Trusts & Social Enterprises in Community Health and Wellbeing planning at a strategic level locally as opposed to viewing them solely as a delivery partner.
- Recognise social enterprises and charitable trusts as valued partners for local authorities in the delivery of public leisure and culture, prioritising a long-term partnership approach to offer stability and continuity.
- Commit to fund public leisure and culture services to enable operators to pay a minimum of Real Living Wage
- Put social value at the heart of any commissioning of services, particularly public services with an inherent social value in their purpose and recognize impacts beyond the purely financial.