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Unions warn council over potential strikes 14/01/2025 Trade unions have warned Belfast City Council that leisure centre staff could strike if a pay dispute with an outsourced management company is not resolved.
Unlocking the benefits of low carbon leisure centres 03/12/2024 Steve Wilkinson, director of energy performance contracts at Cenergist, explores how councils can navigate decarbonisation strategies for leisure centres.
Five star performance for Everyone Active 28/10/2024 Everyone Active celebrates five awards at ukactive Awards 2024, including top honours for National Centre and Outstanding Organisation of the Year.
Council demolishes ‘Britain's biggest man cave’ 03/06/2024 Forest of Dean District Council has set to work demolishing a leisure complex that was built without planning permission by a local millionaire.
Two-thirds of councils to cut neighbourhood services 27/02/2024 Community services will have to be ‘drastically scaled back’ or cut altogether without further funding for councils, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.
Fitness instructors flex muscles in pay dispute 25/01/2024 Council-employed yoga, aerobics and Pilates instructors in Colchester are voting on strike action after nearly a decade without a pay rise, says Unison.
£20m boost for leisure centres 06/11/2023 The Government has awarded local authorities a share of £20m to help support swimming pools and leisure centres most at risk of closure or significant service reduction.
Thousand pools shut since 2010 05/10/2023 More than 1,000 publicly accessible pools have closed since 2010, England’s governing body for swimming has found.
Council U-turns on decision to close 39 facilities 04/10/2023 North Lanarkshire Council has reversed its plan to close 39 community facilities after Scotland’s First Minister blasted the decision as ‘short sighted’.

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