Organisation Summary Business Sector:Charitable Trusts delivering Leisure and Cultural Services Business Activities:Community Leisure UK members manage a wide range of sporting and community facilities. Turnover:Members’ combined turnover: £2bn+ Employees:100,000+ staff & 17,000 volunteers Legal structure:Incorporated in 2006 as a members’ association, Community Leisure UK is responsible to its members and an Executive Board. The Executive Board is made up of member trust CEOs or MDs, who are democratically appointed by the membership. Website:communityleisureuk.org There are two core strands to Community Leisure UK’s work. First, providing a nationwide platform enabling members to meet peers and access strategic partners to find best practice solutions to common problems and recommendations to tackle future industry developments. Then, using the power of the collective membership to represent, reach, influence and promote the charitable trust model benefits at a national level, to inform policy and increase understanding of the trust model. Currently 43% of public leisure provision across England and 85% across Scotland uses the trust model. Community Leisure UK’s 113 members deliver over 4,000 services and facilities, employ 100,000+ staff, and received 414m customer visits in 2020. The facilities its members manage include: swimming pools, libraries, museums, pitches, gyms, ice arenas, beach fronts, parks, heritage buildings and children’s centres. Importantly, members also deliver vital community services such as exercise or books on prescription, short breaks for disabled children, adult social care support programmes, walking programmes, internet access courses, apprenticeships and training, and sports participation programmes. E3M Member Name:Warren Smyth Title :CEO of Abbeycroft Leisure Warren is the CEO of Abbeycroft Leisure, which, as a member of Community Leisure UK, is a Not for Profit Company and Registered Charity focused on creating healthier active communities. He has over 25 years’ experience of working in the sport and physical activity sector. Warren oversees the management of a diverse portfolio of facilities and services including traditional leisure centres, community use facilities, a health and wellbeing facility alongside an extensive Active Communities team, and an outdoor pursuits service. Abbeycroft manages 19 facilities in 13 different communities and delivers a wide range of programmes and initiatives, generating in excess of £6 million of social value to the community.
Organisation Summary Business Sector:Charitable Trusts delivering Leisure and Cultural Services Business Activities:Community Leisure UK members manage a wide range of sporting and community facilities. Turnover:Members’ combined turnover: £2bn+ Employees:100,000+ staff & 17,000 volunteers Legal structure:Incorporated in 2006 as a members’ association, Community Leisure UK is responsible to its members and an Executive Board. The Executive Board is made up of member trust CEOs or MDs, who are democratically appointed by the membership. Website:communityleisureuk.org There are two core strands to Community Leisure UK’s work. First, providing a nationwide platform enabling members to meet peers and access strategic partners to find best practice solutions to common problems and recommendations to tackle future industry developments. Then, using the power of the collective membership to represent, reach, influence and promote the charitable trust model benefits at a national level, to inform policy and increase understanding of the trust model. Currently 43% of public leisure provision across England and 85% across Scotland uses the trust model. Community Leisure UK’s 113 members deliver over 4,000 services and facilities, employ 100,000+ staff, and received 414m customer visits in 2020. The facilities its members manage include: swimming pools, libraries, museums, pitches, gyms, ice arenas, beach fronts, parks, heritage buildings and children’s centres. Importantly, members also deliver vital community services such as exercise or books on prescription, short breaks for disabled children, adult social care support programmes, walking programmes, internet access courses, apprenticeships and training, and sports participation programmes.