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2 LiTC Annual Report October 2015 - September 2016

SECTION PAGE

1. Trustees Foreword 04

2. Background to Leisure in the Community Limited 06

3. Organisational Management and Decision Making Structure 08

4. Our Facilities and Services 09

5. Analysis of Users for the Period 10

6. Community Programmes 12

7. Future Service Development and Community Programming Plans 16

8. Distribution of Surpluses 18

9. Staff Training and Apprenticeship Programmes 26

10. Leisure in the Community Limited Statutory Accounts 28

11. Leisure in the Community Limited Board Members and Registered Office 29

12. Trustees Meetings and Annual General Meeting 30


With the enactment of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, the Society became a Community Benefit Society (CBS) in August 2014. As Leisure in the Community was originally set up as a ‘Charitable Society for the Benefit of the Community’ this change in legislation has had no impact on how the Society continued to govern itself and operate on a day to day basis during the year.

During the year we continued to work very closely with our management partner 1Life Management Solutions (1Life) to bring the benefits of our charitable status to our local authority partners and our customers.

Our annual turnover for the year was £17.3m (£18m 2014/15) and during the year we employed over 1,200 contract based staff. Surpluses for the year prior to donations increased to £146,500 (£56,000 2014/15) during what was an extremely good trading year for the Society. Major refurbishments took place at Grantham Meres Leisure Centre and OneNK Leisure Centre which had a positive impact on the Societies overall trading performance.

Improvements continue to take place in our management and governance arrangements. The Trustees retain the services of an experienced management consultant, Chris Reeves, acting as Chief Executive Officer of the Society. Trustees meetings have taken place on a bi-monthly basis and all facilities within our portfolio continue to be audited on a six monthly rolling basis by Chris Reeves with all the audit results feeding through to management league tables being collated by our management partner, 1Life.

We continue to deliver our Community Programme with each contract reporting progress on a six monthly basis. These reports detail recent initiatives and measure progress against the Community Programming Aspirations which date back to 2010. A decision was taken at the beginning of 2015 to broaden our Community Programming Aspirations to encompass arts and cultural aspects where applicable.

The current Community Programming Aspirations of the Society, which have recently been confirmed again for 2017 are;

• Increase and encourage participation in physical and (where possible) arts activities particularly in locally under-represented groups, especially;

• Older People

• People with physical and mental disabilities

• Support programmes which address obesity, particularly in young people

• Provide exercise referral and/or arts on prescription programmes

• Identify and apply for Local/Regional/National grant aid to improve facilities and programmes offered

• Support the School Games Competition locally wherever possible by making facilities and resources available for the Level 1 (Intra School), Level 2 (Inter School) and Level 3 (School Games Festivals) competitions.

The work of the Society in this area was again recognised at the ‘ukactive’ Flame Awards 2016 where our development teams in North Kesteven won the following prestigious awards;

• Go Outdoors Award – NK Health Walks

• Shaping Young Lives Award – ArtsNK Dance.

In addition our Vitality programme in North Kesteven was a shortlisted finalist for the Healthy Partnerships Award and Grantham Meres Leisure Centre was a shortlisted finalist for the Leisure Centre of the Year (multi use) Award.

The Society has continued this year with its programme of awarding Grants to our local authority partners to enable community focussed programmes to be delivered locally. Grants were awarded by the Society between May and July 2016 providing even more new and exciting opportunities for community benefit to be delivered (further details are provided within the main body of the Report). Grants totalling £47,500 were awarded to five local authority partners ranging from £5,550 up to £10,000. In addition to the £47,500 awarded by the Society, these Grants also brought in additional match funding of £38,700 from our local authority partners and other local stakeholders.

TrusteesForeword1

This latest round of Grant Funding is in addition to the £48,000 of grants that were awarded to our local authority partners in March 2015, the £58,000 of grants awarded in March 2014 and the £6,840 of grants awarded in March 2012.

The Grants continue to make a real difference to the local communities we serve. As a result of the surpluses achieved during this year we anticipate awarding further Grants to our local authority partners during 2017 which will continue to further the Society’s Objects and Community Programming Aspirations.

We believe that our charitable status will continue to help us to attract external funding which can be used to develop our range of community programmes and services further. This year has seen us commence ‘Transported 2’ with an Arts Council England (ACE) Grant of £700,000 to manage and deliver a new extended three year arts outreach programme under its Creative People and Places initiative. This follows on from the original ‘Transported’ project which received £2.8m of funding in 2013.

We also commenced the delivery of a new phase of the Lincolnshire One Venues Young Peoples Programme which received funding from the Esme Fairburn Foundation (£250,000) and Paul Hamlyn Foundation (£190,000) towards a three year programme.

In addition, the following externally funded grants were secured during the year;

• £6,500 in February 2016 from the Creative Employment Programme to provide internship and apprenticeship opportunities within Lincolnshire

• £15,000 in March 2016 from the Film Hub Central East to deliver and run four film festivals within Lincolnshire

• £55,700 in June 2016 from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards the delivery of the ‘Ridges and Furrows’ project which included three arts and heritage festivals in North Kesteven

• £27,000 in July 2016 from the National Foundation of Youth Music towards a project aimed at increasing the number of young musicians in Lincolnshire

• £18,152 in September 2016 from Lincolnshire County Council to develop a Dance and Disability Programme across four local districts

• £9,750 in October 2016 from Celebrate Lottery Funding towards the staging of the ‘Illuminate’ Festival

• £6,700 in October 2016 from a combination of the Sasakawa Foundation, Daiwa Foundation and Japan Foundation towards the staging of the ‘Here and Now’ exhibition as the National Centre for Craft and Design

• £2,000 from England Squash to upgrade the Squash Courts at the Deepings Leisure Centre

• £2,000 from Active Devon to facilitate a ‘multi-sports’ programme targeted at teenage girls

• £1,800 from South Kesteven District Council to fund three team members to successfully complete the ‘Wright Foundation Course’ and be able to deliver GP Referral programmes

• £1,000 from the Children’s Network to deliver ‘Splashability’ sessions at Peterlee Leisure Centre.

Our portfolio finished the year incorporating 19 leisure and cultural facilities which we manage on behalf of 6 local authority clients which represents a reduction of one local authority partner and two leisure facilities from where we commenced the year.

The Trustees remain committed to working in partnership with 1Life to secure new contract opportunities going forward and as a result we are very positive about the prospects for our facility portfolio in the future.

During the twelve month period from October 2015 to September 2016 the Society attracted a total of 4.6 million visits (4.7 million in 2014/15) including over 1.55 million visits (1.45 million in 2014/15) in connection with community programmes offered at the facilities. The reduction in visitor numbers compared to the previous year is as a result of a slightly reduced portfolio of facilities during 2015/16. On a like for like basis, overall visitor numbers have increased year on year.

The Trustees are pleased to present this Annual Report which provides information on many aspects of the Societies operation.

Colin Barlow, Dennis Bell, David Coffield, Ian Cooper Trustees


Background to Leisure in the Community Limited2

Leisure in the Community Limited was originally registered as a Society for the Benefit of the Community under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 with the FSA on 21 August 2002.

On 23rd September 2011, the FSA registered an amendment to the rules of the Society to those of a Charitable Society for the Benefit of the Community and our charitable status has been recognised by HMRC since this time.

In August 2014 the Society became a Community Benefit Society (CBS) following changes in legislation and is now ‘registered as a society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014’.

The Objects of the Society remain as;

“To carry on any business, trade or industry for the benefit of the community, to provide facilities for recreation and leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare and to promote and develop leisure services and to advance the education of the public in such activities.”

Central Bedfordshire Council

Durham County Council

North Kesteven District Council

South Holland District Council

South Kesteven District Council

West Devon Borough Council

As at 30th September 2016, the Society works in partnership delivering community leisure services on behalf of six local authority partners covering the management of 19 leisure and cultural facilities as well as sports and arts development services on behalf of North Kesteven District Council. The six local authorities that the Society worked in partnership with at that time are:

Organisational Management and Decision Making Structure3

The Trustee Board administers the Society. The Trustees bi-monthly meeting agenda includes strategy, policy, performance, customer statistics, grant funding project outcomes, finance, audits, business opportunities and current operational issues.

The Chief Executive Officer is appointed by the Trustees to manage the day to day operations of the Society in part through an agency agreement with 1Life. To facilitate effective operations, the Chief Executive Officer has delegated authority, with terms of delegation approved by the Trustees for operational matters. The Chief Executive Officer is responsible for ensuring as far as possible that the Society delivers the services specified within its management contracts and that key performance indicators are met.

The Chief Executive Officer undertakes a six monthly rolling audit programme at all leisure and cultural facilities on behalf of the Trustees. These audits are an integral part of the governance processes put in place by the Trustees to ensure as far as possible that all facilities are being operated in line with contractual requirements; that the community programmes align with both our Objects and Community Programming Aspirations and that minimum service standards are being achieved.

The Chief Executive Officer also meets on a regular basis with Directors and Senior Managers of 1Life to monitor the delivery of services and financial performance delivered by 1Life as our appointed Managing Agent.

09LiTC Annual Report October 2015 - September 2016

Our Facilities and Services4

As at 30th September 2016, the portfolio of facilities that the Society managed and the development service areas that we delivered at that time were;

Contract Facilities and Services

Central Bedfordshire Council Dunstable Leisure Centre Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre Grove Theatre

Durham County Council Peterlee Leisure Centre Seaham Leisure Centre

North Kesteven District Council OneNK Leisure Centre Sleaford Leisure Centre 1Life@Sleaford National Centre for Craft and Design (NCCD) Whisby Natural World Centre Terry O’Toole Theatre Arts Development Sports Outreach Services Countryside Development

South Holland District Council Castle Sports Complex Castle Swimming Pool Peele Leisure Centre

South Kesteven District Council Grantham Meres Leisure Centre Bourne Leisure Centre Stamford Leisure Pool Deepings Leisure Centre

West Devon Borough Council Parklands Leisure Centre Meadowlands Leisure Pool

During the year the following leisure facilities were transferred out of the overall portfolio of facilities managed by the Society as from 1st December 2015.

Contract Facilities and Services

Worcester City Council Perdiswell Leisure Centre and Golf Course Worcester Swimming Pool


Analysis of Users for the Period5

Please see the table below which provides an overview of annual usage at our facilities and services areas during the period October 15 to September 16. During this period we attracted just under 4.6 million visits.

Please note that the number of users during the year at the Worcester facilities are for a two month period only and therefore the overall year on year comparisons are not on a ‘like for like’ basis. Excluding the Worcester facilities overall usage is up on a ‘like for like’ basis although some year on year variances have been recorded at a number of facilities with significant variances being recorded at Dunstable and Tiddenfoot Leisure Centres in Central Beds, the National Centre for Craft and Design at North Kesteven and Grantham Meres Leisure Centre, where changes in the method of recording usage has changed year on year. In addition, the swimming pool at OneNK Leisure Centre was closed for six months this year during an extensive refurbishment programme which resulted in a reduction in annual users.

Please note that the figures in the above table have been rounded to the nearest thousand.

Authority Facility / Service AreaUsers 2014/15

Users 2015/16


441,000 623,000

91,000

350,000 564,000 109,000


319,000 131,000

320,000 127,000

North Kesteven District Council 1Life@Sleaford National Centre for Craft and Design One NK Leisure Centre Sleaford Leisure Centre Whisby Natural World Centre Arts Development Sports Outreach Service Countryside Development

155,000 97,000

382,000 248,000 211,000 125,000

15,000 12,000

172,000 40,000

345,000 265,000 237,000 110,000

17,000 12,000

South Holland District Council Castle Leisure Complex Peele Leisure Centre

360,000 62,000

339,000 64,000

South Kesteven District Council Bourne Leisure Centre Deepings Leisure Centre Grantham Meres Leisure Centre Stamford Leisure Pool

174,000 180,000 416,000 166,000

183,000 212,000 644,000 153,000

West Devon Borough Council Meadowlands Leisure Pool Parklands Leisure Centre

99,000 132,000

105,000 154,000


158,000 135,000

29,000 27,000

Total Usage 4,732,000 4,578,000


Community Programmes6

As a ‘Charitable Society for the Benefit of the Community’ and Community Benefit Society, it remains extremely important to the Trustees that we offer a full range of community programmes at our facilities which are open and available to all sections of society. It is for this reason that our Community Programming Aspirations were originally introduced back in 2010.

Local Authority Community Programmes

Central Bedfordshire Council • Delivery of a comprehensive programme of 50+ Activities attracting over 160 participants per week.

• Working with local groups such as DADDS and the Stroke Association to provide opportunities for people with mental and physical disabilities to participate with average weekly attendances being in excess of 110.

• Delivery of Exercise Referral Schemes with over 100 participants during the year.

• Delivery of an expanded ‘Health Walks’ programme attracting 25 participants per week.

• Expansion of the Grove Academy programme with a second afternoon Academy Class both of which provide opportunities for young people in singing, dancing and acting.

• Continued delivery of the ‘Disco Ducks’ programme at the Grove which offer movement classes for children between 18 months and 4 years of age.

• Establishment of a Youth Theatre including the introduction of ‘Art Awards’ which allows participants to earn UCAS points to support them with university applications.

• Continuing to offer a programme of special matinee performances of film and ‘live screenings’ together with afternoon tea aimed at the 50+ group attracting in excess of 100 participants per event.

All of our Contract Managers are required to provide a six monthly update on progress against the delivery of these Community Programming Aspirations including the number and type of programmes they are offering together with patronage levels where appropriate.

The mix of programmes offered and initiatives that are supported at our facilities to deliver against our Community Programming Aspirations varies greatly and therefore provided in the table below are just some examples of the great work that was delivered by our on-site teams during the course of the year.



Durham County Council • Working in partnership with the Council to deliver the Sporting Chance programme aimed addressing childhood obesity levels. The programme supports over 80 families and 120 children per year.

• Delivery of ‘Jittabug’ sessions at both facilities which are aimed at young children aged 1 – 5 years and focus on motor skills, coordination and exercise. Attended by 40 children per week.

• Working in partnership with the NHS Coronary Rehabilitation Scheme to deliver a programme of cardiac rehabilitation sessions and gentle exercise classes which attracted over 1,180 participants during the year.

• Delivery of Exercise Referral programmes which attracted over 1,400 visits during the year.

• Working with Durham County Council to deliver a new programme of Walking Football sessions and Splashability sessions.

North Kesteven District Council • Continued support for the delivery of the ‘Vitality’ project following the withdrawal of funding by LCC in April 16. The project provides exercise programmes for the over 60’s in rural locations. During the year the programme continued to attract over 10,000 attendances engaging with over 300 individual participants.

• Continued delivery of the ‘Social Strollers’ healthy walks programme which attracted over 7,000 individual attendances during the year.

• Partnerships with Dementia Adventure and the Alzheimer’s Society have continued to deliver walks for people suffering with dementia with over 240 participants during the year.

• Hosting of the 8th Annual Spires and Steeples Challenge, a unique event that promotes the challenge aspect. A 14% increase in participants was recorded this year.

• Hosting of the 3rd Annual North Kesteven Walking Festival which attracted over 550 participants this year.

• Delivery of the ArtsNK Youth Dance Programme which provides weekly dance classes led by professional dance artists and attracts over 70 participants per week.

• Delivery of a series of seven Family Wellbeing Days throughout the district which attracted over 400 participants.

• Working with the Lincolnshire Organising Committee for the Lincolnshire School Games as Cultural Lead. The festivals attracted 300 young people participating in the cultural programme.

South Holland District Council • Continuing to work in partnership with local disability swimming and bowls clubs and the Priory School to provide opportunities for local people. Participation from these groups was over 1,500 during the year.

• Delivery of a comprehensive programme of 50+ Activities which attracted 8,500 participants during the year.

• Delivery of Activity Camps and other dryside activity programmes attracting over 1,700 visits during the year.

• Delivery of a new Exercise Referral programme following withdrawal of funding by LCC in April 16. The scheme attracted 225 new referrals in the year.

• Expansion of the Walking for Health Scheme with specialist ‘sensory walks’ aimed at people with dementia and a series of other one off walks for those affected by stroke, heart disease and mental health issues.

• Working in partnership with South Holland District Council to deliver a new community outreach initiative – Kangoo Bounce – an 8 week exercise programme delivered in Sutton Bridge.



South Kesteven District Council • The continued delivery of the Healthy Walks programme at all four facilities which attracted over 960 participants during the year.

• Working in partnership with Heritage Care to deliver a multi-activity programme at Grantham Meres which attracted over 2,700 participants during the year.

• Launch of swimming lessons for Deaf people at Stamford in partnership with the Peterborough and District Deaf Children’s Society which has attracted 36 children to sign up during the year.

• Launch of a new weekly disability exercise class at Bourne which attracts 12 users per week.

• Delivery of a new Junior Gym programme at Grantham Meres designed to improve the health and wellbeing of local children.

• Delivery of a new Exercise Referral programme following withdrawal of funding by LCC in April 16. The scheme attracted 110 new referrals in the year.

• Hosting both the Sainsbury’s Summer and Winter School Games in 2016 which together attracted over 1,800 children.

West Devon Borough Council • Delivery of the ‘Fit as a Fish’ Programme in partnership with Devon Age UK for the over 60’s which attracted 2,600 visits during the year.

• Continuing to work with local groups (Molly Owen Centre, Tavistock Adult Learning Centre and Puzzle Tree) to provide opportunities for people with mental health issues.

• Delivery of an Exercise Referral programme offering a bespoke ten week programme for participants, which increased activity by 800 visits during the year.

• Launch of a new ‘aqua dance’ programme at Meadowlands Swimming Pool aimed at encouraging 11 – 16 year old girls to become more active and which attracted over 800 visits during the year.

• Supporting the delivery of the Devon Youth Games which was hosted by Parklands Leisure Centre and which attracted over 500 participants.


The Society also records the level of patronage on all the community programmes that operate at our facilities. The table below provides an overview of the annual participation levels on our community programmes during the period October 15 to September 16. During this period we attracted 1.58 million users from our community programmes.

Authority Facility / Service AreaUsers 2014/15

Users 2015/16


139,000 267,000

6,000

146,000 336,000

10,000


102,000 25,000

105,000 22,000

North Kesteven District Council 1Life@Sleaford National Centre for Craft and Design One NK Leisure Centre Sleaford Leisure Centre Arts Development Outreach Team Countryside Development

58,000 9,000

131,000 71,000

125,000 15,000 12,000

66,000 17,000

98,000 75,000

110,000 17,000 12,000

South Holland District Council Castle Leisure Complex Peele Leisure Centre

146,000 21,000

142,000 20,000

South Kesteven District Council Bourne Leisure Centre Deepings Leisure Centre Grantham Meres Leisure Centre Stamford Leisure Pool

25,000 47,000 72,000 44,000

42,000 77,000

135,000 45,000

West Devon Borough Council Meadowlands Leisure Pool Parklands Leisure Centre

35,000 41,000

38,000 50,000


26,000 37,000

5,000 11,000

Total Usage 1,454,000 1,579,000

Please note that the number of users during the year at the Worcester facilities are for a two month period only and therefore the overall year on year comparisons are not on a ‘like for like’ basis. In addition, the swimming pool at One NK Leisure Centre was closed for six months this year during an extensive refurbishment programme which resulted in a reduction in patronage on community programmes.

Please note that the figures in the above table have been rounded to the nearest thousand.


Future Service Development and Community Programming Plans7

At the end of each year we task our contract managers to prepare service development plans which aim to identify a range of initiatives that they intend to implement at their facilities during the course of the next year. The table below provides a summary of these planned initiatives for the current year

Local Authority Future Service Development & Community Programmes

Central Bedfordshire Council • Introducing new ‘sit down’ exercise classes at Dunstable Leisure Centre as a gentle introduction to exercise which will be taken by a GP Referral qualified instructor.

• Extending the existing partnership with the Wheatherfield special needs school at Dunstable Leisure Centre to include gym sessions as well as swimming and badminton sessions.

• Expanding the GP Referral Scheme at Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre.

• Expanding the number of COPD sessions at Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre.

• Introduction of new Pool Inflatable sessions within the swimming pools.

• Delivery of an ‘in-house’ production featuring local community groups at the Grove Theatre to tie in with the VE day celebrations in May 2017.

• Expanding the number of workshops delivered to schools by the Grove Theatre team.

Durham County Council • Both Peterlee and Seaham will be hosting a new community based activity group Little Learners which is aimed at young children from 6 months to 4 years to develop motor skills, balance and coordination and develop skills in arts and crafts and fun activities.

• Expansion of the football coaching scheme at Peterlee. The centre currently runs a small coaching programme but is looking to expand and run three sessions per week. Once the programme is established the aim is to expand this to Seaham as well.

• Introduction of a new weekly netball club at Seaham.

• Both centres are looking to revise their class timetables by introducing new and fresh activities including Cardio Tennis.

• Launch of a new squash league at Seaham to promote increased squash usage.


Local Authority Future Service Development & Community Programmes

North Kesteven District Council • Introduction of new Walking Football sessions which will be focused around the over 55’s. Sessions will run weekly at One NK Leisure Centre and 1Life at Sleaford.

• Introduction of ‘Parkrun’ with both adult and junior events to be established in the heart of Sleaford, linking with Sleaford Leisure Centre and providing weekly runs for the community of North Kesteven and beyond.

• Working with the County Sports Partnership and their Cycle 60 project to introduce a new CycleNK initiative which will provide a variety of led cycle routes in North Kesteven linking with the facilities and offering varying levels of events from family rides right up to advanced routes.

• Further development of the Dementia Activity Hub in Sleaford which will be expanded to work closely with a new Alzheimer’s Society dementia group in Sleaford which recently lost their funding. The programme will also look to support other Alzheimer’s Society activity sessions/walks across the district.

• Development of four dance and disability groups across the county by the artsNK team which will be designed to give carers a break and improve the physical and mental well-being of children and young people taking part.

South Holland District Council • To launch new Walking Football and Walking Netball programmes at both the Castle Complex and Peele LC.

• Expansion of the group exercise programme at Peele LC with the introduction of Group Cycling classes.

• To launch new ‘Kangoo Bounce’ classes at Peele LC following the development of a successful outreach pilot project.

• Expansion of the existing Walking for Health Scheme across the district to include two new walks.

• Introduction of new Pool Inflatable sessions within the swimming pool.

South Kesteven District Council • To launch a new ‘Active Kids’ Scheme operating from all four facilities which will work closely with local schools to refer pupils on to a 12 week programme which aims to address childhood obesity levels.

• Introduction of a new ‘Active Families’ Scheme in partnership with local charity ‘inspire+’. The scheme will target 40 local primary schools across Lincolnshire and will aim to get inactive children and their families more active.

• To launch a new female squash league at Deeping LC as part of the national ‘Squash Girls Can’ scheme which aims to increase female participation in squash.

• To develop a series of inspirational sport and activity school workshops delivered by the team at Bourne LC which will be designed to inspire children to be more active and overcome personal adversity. The workshops will be led by Rik Long a fitness coach and personal trainer who is an amputee following a motor vehicle accident some years ago.

• To launch a Walking Football programme at Grantham Meres LC aimed at the over 50’s.

• Expanding the successful ‘No Strings Badminton’ programme being delivered at Grantham Meres with new sessions taking place at Bourne LC and Deepings LC for the first time.


Distribution of Surpluses8

Between May and July 2016 and following a robust application process, the Trustees again awarded a number of grants to our local authority partners to deliver the projects detailed in the table below. In the majority of instances ‘match funding’ was also secured by our partners.

Authority Brief Description of ProjectTotal Cost

LiTC Funding

Match Funding

Durham County Council (1)

Continuation of the Sporting Chance Programme for a further two years commencing April 16 through to March 18.

£21,800 £5,550 £16,250

Central Beds Council Get Active Stay Active Scheme - to deliver a programme of new exercise and dance sessions that engage older more inactive residents in regular participation. Scheme mobilisation to commence September 16 with a 12 month delivery programme commencing March 17.

£13,386 £7,600 £5,786

Durham County Council (2)

Delivery of a programme focussed on achieving wellbeing benefits from participation in Arts and Cultural Activities. Project to be delivered from September 16 through until December 17.

£16,418 £8,700 £7,718


The Dance Fit Club – designed for children and young people to take their first steps into physical activity. Dance will be used a medium to explore healthy lifestyles, diet, activity levels and boost wellbeing. Pilot project will target 7 - 11 year olds and 11 - 14 year olds. Project to run from July 16 - July 17.

£12,000 £10,000 £2,000


Sutton Bridge Health Trail - to create a programme of activities targeting younger people, older people, people with physical and mental disabilities and people with dementia to encourage greater participation in physical and arts activities. A series of taster sessions to be run in the Sutton Bridge Ward commencing in August 16 with the programme completing in March 17.

£16,915 £9,915 £7,000


Delivery of a ‘Fitkidz’ style scheme across all the South Kesteven facilities with the aim of addressing obesity levels in children. The scheme is to operate for 37 weeks commencing September 16.

£5,793 £5,793 £0

Total Funding £86,312 £47,558 £38,754


All these projects have since commenced and are at varying stages within their anticipated delivery periods. Initial updates on progress with these projects are not due until April 2017

In respect of the Grants that were awarded by the Society in 2015, the table below provides a summary of the project status and successes that have been achieved with these projects.

AuthorityProject Status

Key Outcomes Achieved to Date

Central Bedfordshire Council

Ongoing The project included two initiatives: (1) Our Parks - provision of free group exercise classes in local parks (2) Drug & Alcohol Referral Pathway - referrals via Dunstable LC. The outcomes that have been achieved at the end of December 16 are;

• Our Parks sessions in parks and open spaces in Dunstable Pilates - weekly attendees of 3/5 participants with a total throughput of 72.

• Our Parks sessions in parks and open spaces in Dunstable Circuits - weekly attendees of 4/5 participants with a total throughput of 66.

• Our Parks sessions in parks and open spaces in Leighton Buzzard Boxercise classes x 1 – weekly attendance of 6/8 participants per class with total throughput for both classes 165.

• Our Parks sessions in parks and open spaces in Houghton Regis Abs Bums Thighs weekly attendance of 6/8 participants per class with total throughput for both classes 165 and Bootcamp with a throughput of 156

• CAN partnership sessions in Dunstable Leisure Centre Badminton for 10 weeks – 7 attendees – Completed. Free swims for each participant (6 per person) to use Dunstable Leisure Centre have been issued.

Key activities that still need to be implemented include;

• Our Parks sessions are still ongoing and running successfully so throughput and attendance on this will be increasing.

• CAN partnership Physical Activity sessions are running one after each other with the following sessions still to be delivered after consultation with the group;

• Walking Football

• Gym pathway

• Table Tennis.




Durham County Council

Ongoing Active 4 Life project which seeks to encourage older people (50+) to improve lifestyles through access to physical and cultural activities within their own communities. The outcomes that have been achieved at the end of December 16 are;

• From September to December 2015 the Development Officer consulted with local residents and partners to highlight gaps in older people’s physical activity provision in the East Durham area. From these results Culture and Sport were able to decide on which activities and where would be best to deliver these sessions.

• An additional Gentle Exercise activity session has been established at Eastlea Community Centre.

• DCC now has 3 weekly activity groups for older adults.

• Horden Youth and Community Centre. Fitness Fusion – activity session specially designed for older adults (session varies from, circuits, Zumba, gentle exercise etc);

• 20 people registered

• average attendances 6

• Max 13 people attending one session.

• Dawdon Community Centre. Gentle Exercise and Activity session for older adults some with disabilities;




• Eastlea Community Centre. Gentle Exercise;




• 6 monthly outcomes review on attendance and progress of the Horden and Dawdon sessions was undertaken with the results being;

• Dawdon - 10 out of 11 people registered in the first 6 months are still regularly attending with 8 out of 11 people reported an improvement in their mental wellbeing

• Horden – 11 out of 16 people registered in the first 6 months are still regularly attending with 4 out 5 people reported an improvement in their mental wellbeing.

• Publicity/marketing – flyers and posters produced and distributed, Social media – Facebook, word of mouth.


• 12 monthly outcomes review on attendance and progress to be undertaken.





Completed To provide comprehensive competitive swimming equipment at One NK LC to enable the facility to host County and Masters swimming galas. To date the following equipment has been ordered and installed;

• New anti-wave lane ropes

• Lane rope Carriage

• New back stroke flags

• Competitive starting blocks

• Timing Equipment with digital display

As a result of this investment bookings for galas at the facility have considerably increased including from local community groups.


Completed Take Part Challenge - a programme which will be accessible by all which promotes increased participation in arts and physical activity. Aim is to engage with individuals and families to participate on a 12 week programme of activity and education.

The programme was successfully delivered over a 14 week period which engaged with 180 participants and achieved a 96.6% satisfaction rate with the participants. Participation rates increased across the period of the programme and the greatest positive changes where seen in the number of days per week participated in the arts, knowledge of the health benefits of engaging in the arts, physical activities available locally, arts activities available locally and mental health and wellbeing.





Completed Purchase of Tactical Gym Box with the purpose of improving existing wellbeing service within the district. The Gym Box is a mobile unit which allows teams to deliver wellbeing in rural communities. The outcomes that have been achieved at the end of December 16 are;

• Grantham Meres continues to operate a new ‘Youth Membership’ that is aimed for children aged between 11-15 years old. Grantham Meres currently has 46 children regularly taking part in fitness activities each week

• The Tactical Gym box and supplementary items have played an integral part of the new product for the youth classes such as ‘Rig Fit’. The main aim of the ‘Youth Membership’ is to encourage young people to become more physically active. Grantham Meres operate a youth scholarship scheme, offering two local school pupils the chance of a free 12 week facility membership

• Two new weekly Boxercise classes have been added to the Group Exercise timetable at Grantham Meres and uses the boxing mits, skipping ropes and punch bags that were purchased to supplement the gym box. An average weekly throughput of 37 participants with ages ranging from 16-61 years old

• The Tactical gym box was showcased by members of the fitness team during the DRET games and Lincolnshire summer games with an attendance of around 1000 secondary school pupils each. An estimated 50-60 pupils used the equipment at each event. The age of the children taking part were between 5 – 11 years

• The ‘Tactical Gym Box’ and supplementary items were also showcased at a further 8 events within the district

• The Tactical gym box and other equipment is also being used for weekly Junior Gym and the new freelance PT community bootcamp sessions. Bootcamp numbers are approximately 16 per week and junior gym numbers are around 25 per week.


• To reach rural villages within the district with the main focus to target the village spring and summer fayres

• To provide additional marketing support required for the Grantham Meres website, youth membership flyers and also to promote events at villages in the district

• To promote the Youth Membership by inviting scholarship nominations from local primary schools. To work with Inspire+ to nominate children for the scholarships.




West Devon Borough Council

Completed The aim of the Project is to get more people from all backgrounds being more active and creative across West Devon. The Project included Four key themes; (1) Delivery of sports and arts (2) Support for activity clubs and groups (3) Finding the right activity for people of all abilities (4) Events for all. Some examples of the many outcomes that were achieved from these four themes are;

(1) Delivery of Sports and Arts for all

• Running Project in 12 rural communities engaging 400 children and families

• Provided affordable Holiday Sports and Arts Schemes in school holidays

• Seated Activities for the elderly in two rural locations

• Music project aimed at developing young bands (ages 14-25 years)

• New Walking for Health Scheme including new low level walks

• Healthy Lifestyle courses as part of a GP Referral network.

(2) Support for activity clubs and groups

• Activities developed with 55 local community groups and organisations

• Engaged with 24 local primary schools and 2 local colleges.

(3) Finding the right activity for people of all abilities

• Working with local clubs and groups so that they can become more sustainable and help individuals find the sport / activity / group that is right for them

• Activity included telephone conversations, face to face interaction at sessions and events, and greater use of social media and websites.

(4) Events for All

• Tavi 13 event which engaged with 400 young people from 11 communities who were able to run the final mile of this half marathon event

• West and Mid Devon Adults with Learning Difficulties Multi Sports Day which attracted over 150 participants

• Supporting the School Games programme at level 2 (inter school) and as a result increasing sports participation by 4,000 during the year

• Hosting the Devon Youth Games in Okehampton.


We have received much positive feedback from our clients and customers in relation to the positive impact that the grant funded projects have made to local communities including the following comments;

Paul Stokes, Business Manager Venues and Facilities for South Kesteven District Council.

“South Kesteven District Council received two grants from Leisure in the Community which have been invaluable in helping to provide additional facilities and activity programmes for our residents and visitors to the four leisure centres in South Kesteven. The Tactical Gym Box has been an integral part of the success in increasing participation in gym and fitness for juniors aged 11-15 at Grantham Meres Leisure Centre. Used in the new and hugely successful Junior Gym classes it helps to deliver structured circuit training sessions in a fun, safe and enjoyable environment. Clive Henderson, Health and Wellbeing Coach, has noticed many benefits for the individuals taking part including weight loss, improved fitness and overall self-confidence. The equipment is also mobile and has been used at a number of community events, such as the Sainsbury’s school games festivals, primary school athletics and family fun days.”

“The Active Kids initiative is aimed at primary school children aged between 5 and 11 years old who fall outside the healthy weight classification. The scheme comprises is a 12 week programme designed to promote healthy and active lifestyles through the delivery of high quality youth fitness programs and nutritional advice. Team members are due to complete final assessments and training prior to the scheme being launched very soon in South Kesteven. 10 local primary schools are already signed up and the reaction from schools has been extremely positive”.

“On behalf of all those who benefit from these initiatives we would like to thank Leisure in the Community for their support in helping us to achieve one of our key priorities, encouraging active and healthy lifestyles.”

Feedback from our clients and participants

Jon Parkinson, Leisure Manager for West Devon Borough Council.

“West Devon BC has received community grant support from LITC for the last two years which has been of great value to enable additional sport and physical activity programmes to take place across West Devon. We have been able to support key local partners, such as Okehampton Community Recreation Association (OCRA) and Tavistock College, to enhance their existing schemes and provide more opportunities for people across all ages to become more active. The work that these grants and the additional match funding that has been secured has enabled the Council to deliver its core aim of ‘enhancing the quality of life for individuals and communities.’ This has been made possible through our positive working relationship with LITC.”

“The most recent Grant also allowed for the successful delivery of the Devon School Games in 2016 hosted by OCRA in Okehampton”

Debra Marden, Physical Activity Manager for Central Bedfordshire Council.

“The grant aid opportunities provided by Leisure in The Community has provided Central Bedfordshire Council with the opportunity to organise physical activity programmes in the community. These programmes had a specific focus on inactive adults and improving the pathway into physical activity targeted at people with additional needs. Most of the programmes so far have been successful. The grant funding gave Central Bedfordshire Council the opportunity to work directly with residents and assess where the need is. This has informed our decisions for future activity programming and we are pleased to be in a position to sustain these programmes in the future. We have had great uptake from the programmes so far with approximately 178 participants taking part”


Emily Holmes, Communities Manager for South Holland District Council.

“SHout and About was a 12 week ‘health by stealth’ initiative delivered in five different areas of the district. It delivered a programme to promote participation in the arts and physical activity which was accessible to all. The funding received enabled us to encourage participants take part in activities in their local area, which lead to increased engagement within their local community and reduced the impact of social isolation. There were real positive changes for individuals taking part, increasing their health knowledge, their engagement in both arts and physical activity and improved their mental health and wellbeing”

Participant testimonial.

“I can’t tell you how much I have looked forward to my Friday emails detailing the tasks for the following week…. Having lost my dog in May I had become a bit of a couch potato. SHout and About has given me the incentive to get up and do something again. It has also given me the confidence to try new things on my own ….have so enjoyed the exercise class Vitality that I am now a regular participant.”

“The Go SB! Project was aimed at encouraging social inclusion, improved health and wellbeing for local residents through a programme of arts and physical activities which we branded “Go Sutton Bridge”. Through the support of LITC funding and our partners we were able to not only offer activities that met all anticipated outcomes for the project, but also supported one of the council’s own priorities of developing “safer, stronger, healthier and more independent communities whilst protecting the most vulnerable”. The Dementia Friends sessions have signed up local residents which has taught them how in small ways they can help people living with dementia going forward. The successful “LJBounce” sessions brought high intensity, fun, workout classes which with the funding to help we were able to train an instructor from Peele Leisure Centre alongside the classes. This alone had 84 participants trying out a completely new activity to the area which is set to continue”.

Participant testimonial.

“I found bounce an enjoyable way to keep fit. It is great for all fitness levels as you can adapt to suit your own personal level of fitness. I’m looking forward to continuing bounce when it starts at the Peele Leisure Centre”.

Bill Lightburn, Service Manager Wellbeing for Durham County Council.

We would like to thank LITC for its continued support to our community physical activity and cultural programmes in County Durham.

In 2016-17 we have been able to build on the success from the first two years of ‘My Sporting Chance’, providing young people aged 6-13yrs and their parents/carers with the opportunity to maintain a healthy weight and build their self-esteem and fitness. Over the past 12 months, we have welcomed 98 new people to this programme.

Participants have made significant improvements in both their fitness and body composition with 86% of adults and 75% of children who completed the programme improving fitness and decreasing waist circumference. We are currently half way through the third of six programme ‘waves’, all made possible through the funding received from LITC and local schools.

In addition to ‘My Sporting Chance’ LITC support has enabled us to develop two brand new programmes, ‘Active4Life’ and ‘Culture4Life’.

‘Active4Life’ promotes the benefits of being active in older life to the more elderly in our communities, through a range of gentle exercise activities in accessible venues, whilst ‘Culture4Life’ uses the participatory arts to engage individuals and groups, with social outcomes at its heart.

Our programmes are not delivered in isolation, but support ‘Wellbeing for Life’, a holistic and community centred public health approach which seeks to enhance communities across East Durham, building on existing assets and strengths and helping local people to improve individual and wider community wellbeing.

We are delighted that the continued and extremely valued commitment from LITC is helping to make such a difference to the lives of people who live in County Durham.


Staff Training and Apprenticeship Programmes9

Over the period October 15 – September 16, the Society has continued to develop and upskill our teams by continuing to work closely with Lifetime Training as our external training partner. We continue to develop our relationship with Lifetime Training, seeking to deliver improvements in value for money, expanding levels of accreditation where possible and involving them in the longer-term strategic planning process.

As usual they have helped us to deliver a wide range of funded training programmes across all of our facilities, all of which provide development of knowledge and skills which are related to the individuals’ career pathway. With their onsite support from qualified trainers and assessors we have been able to expand the number of learners in LITC sites by 44% to 82 team members ‘in learning’ across the contract portfolio.

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Over the period we saw 75 ‘achievers’. These individuals successfully completed their 12 month learning programmes and were made up of 34 level 2 Apprenticeships, 17 Level 3 Apprenticeships and 24 achievers in the newly launched “Access to Leadership” programme. The leadership programme was created and accredited at Level 2.5, providing the necessary skills and capability to newly appointed Duty Managers which enable them to support their teams and drive greater levels of performance across their own business locations.

All courses are designed with the organisations needs at the forefront, whilst giving the team members skills that are transferrable throughout their career with us. The courses are designed and delivered to ensure standards are maintained, giving closer management of brand behaviours and that learning is centred on our values. All staff on funded training must meet an eligibility criteria and the current numbers on such training equate to 8.6% of our total employees, representing an increase in the number of learners of over 2% compared to the previous year.

In addition to the continued alignment with the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) Career Pathway, just before the end of the financial year a structure was agreed with CIMSPA, and put into place to align all training, both existing and in development, with the CIMSPA learning standards. This means that as well as enhancing the skills and expertise of staff to identify the next generation of managers, all learning will be fully accredited by CIMSPA, providing additional strength to our employer brand and adding significant weight to the goal of positioning LITC at the forefront of industry learning standards. This programme is expected to be fully implemented by the end of the calendar year 2017.


Apprenticeship Recruitment

Lifetime continues to provide support to each of our facilities with apprenticeship recruitment, helping to attract young people from local communities into careers within our facilities. With the longer term development and growth of LITC at the forefront of strategic decisions, we saw an increase of 400% in numbers of apprentices being recruited. Their training continues to be supplemented by the 1Life Way induction, a modular programme delivered at site by the management teams, all of whom receive development from Lifetime in both content and delivery methods. Site teams are encouraged to adopt a flexible approach to this learning and are able to apply both group workshops and individual coaching techniques in order to ensure 100% of their teams receive this training.

External Partners

Our partnership with 1Life in the management and development of our teams has provided for opportunities to develop the ‘Customer Excellence Programme’. This programme focuses on front of house teams primarily, and provides the necessary skills and management support processes to ensure consistency in the delivery of the customer experience, and aims to provide significant reductions in the number of complaints being dealt with at site.

Following an analysis of customer feedback, improvements to the programme are designed to provide for even stronger results in team performance by ensuring that managers are monitoring teams, applying the agreed service standards and measuring each individual’s performance using straightforward and transparent assessment tools. Each member of the team is set targets for performance in service standards and receive individual feedback from their line managers. The feedback is supported by simple assessment tools completed by managers who are trained to observe their teams daily.

Core and External Training

Training is delivered across our facilities in areas such as Health & Safety, Operational Management, Employee Relations, National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) modules to maintain the lifeguard qualification and ROSPA/IQL RLSS Competent Persons course for key personnel. To maintain their NPLQ qualification all of our Lifeguards must attend a minimum of 2 hours training per month as part of a continual assessment process.

Some examples of the training courses that have been operated and attended by our on-site management and operational teams are provided in the table opposite;

CourseNumber of Attendees

Incident & Emergency Management

68

Assessing & Controlling Risk 2

1LifeWay Train the Training Champions

45

1Life Way 1100 (all staff)

Customer Excellence Training 15

Operations Training (Inflatable, Parties, Reception)

27

Quality & Environmental 20

Health & Safety Training (Legionella, COSHH, Manual Handling)

95

Manager on Duty 49

HR (Induction and Recruitment) 459

Safeguarding And Protecting Children & Vulnerable Adults

1100 (all staff)

Sales and Product Training 30

Fire Safety (Evacuations, GEP, Walk the Floor)

29

First Aid at Work 29

National Pool Management Qualification

19

National Pool Lifeguard Qualification

105

Pool Plant Operators 14

3206

Over the period of this report the number of courses/seminars reduced compared to previous years as e-learning was introduced and employees were able to include individual self-study options in their development. This led to the number of individual training places being used across the LITC contracts increasing by 39% on a like for like basis.

Further development of engaging learning events using technology is ongoing with a view to placing LITC firmly in the leading group of companies in this area of performance.


Leisure in the Community Limited Statutory Accounts 10

Statutory Accounts have been prepared for Leisure in the Community Ltd for the twelve month period to 30 September 2016 a copy of which can be downloaded from our website www.leisureinthecommunity.co.uk

Income and Expenditure Account Balance Sheet

2016 £

2015 £

TURNOVER 17,253,283 18,002,349

Cost of sales (9,885,009) (10,586,538)

GROSS PROFIT 7,368,274 7,415,811

Administrative expenses (7,225,835) (7,366,358)

OPERATING SURPLUS BEFORE DONATIONS

142,439 49,453

Grants / Donations (44,783) (47,890)

OPERATING SURPLUS 97,656 1,563

INTEREST RECEIVABLE 4,159 6,509

SURPLUS BEFORE TAX 101,815 8,072

Taxation on Surplus - -

SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR AFTER TAX

101,815 8,072

2016 £

2015 £

CURRENT ASSETS

Stock 96,214 115,669

Debtors 1,609,099 1,915,872

Cash at bank and in hand

1,522,808 837,848

3,228,121 2,869,389

CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year

(3,019,216) (2,762,299)

NET CURRENT ASSETS 208,905 107,090

NET ASSETS 208,905 107,090

CAPITAL & RESERVES

Called up share capital 4 4

Income and expenditure account

208,901 107,086

SOCIETY’S FUNDS 208,905 107,090

The Trustees have a responsibility to submit a completed financial return for this period to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) by the end of April 2017.

The Trustees have again, in the interest of probity, agreed to an external audit of the Accounts by Deloitte. A summary of the key information from the accounts is provided below;

The Trustees remain committed to the distribution of surpluses in furtherance of the Societies Objects but also accept that we need to balance this commitment with a prudent approach to the Societies finances and ensure that a sensible level of reserves is maintained.

As can be seen from the Balance Sheet above, as at 30th September 2016 the Society held reserves in excess of £208,000.


LiTC Board Members and Registered Office11

The Board Members of Leisure in the Community Ltd for the period up to 30 September 2016 were David Coffield, Colin Barlow, Ian Cooper and Dennis Bell. Colin Barlow acted as secretary for the society during this period.

Name When JoinedNumber of Shares Held

Any loans or deposits made

David Frederick Coffield 8th March 2007 1 Nil

Ian Stuart Cooper 18th March 2004 1 Nil

Colin Richard Barlow 30th August 2005 1 Nil

Dennis Bell 25th October 2012 1 Nil

A register of current Members, as set out below, is kept at the Registered Office of the Society.

The Registered Office of Leisure in the Community Limited is;

Dunstable Leisure Centre Court Drive, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU5 4JD


Trustees Meetings and Annual General Meeting12

General Meetings of the Society were held during the period on the following dates;• 8th October 2015 – Perdiswell Leisure Centre (Worcester)

• 10th December 2015 – Grove Theatre (Dunstable)

• 22nd March 2016 – Grantham Meres Leisure Centre (Grantham)

• 18th May 2016 – Parklands Leisure Centre (Okehampton)

• 26th July 2016 – 1Life Contract Support Centre (Cambridgeshire)

The Annual General Meeting was held on 22nd March 2016 at Grantham Meres Leisure Centre

Representatives of 1Life Management Solutions Limited attend all meetings of the Society to discuss matters relating to the ongoing delivery of the Contracts.

Colin Barlow Secretary Leisure in the Community Ltd March 2017


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