Who We Are

Change for the better

We were Community Leisure Services. Now we’re Active Nation. If you’re already a customer, the only change you will notice is that we’re going to get a little more…. well… active. If you aren't a customer, then we'll be trying to encourage you to become one.

Active Nation is a charity, and this is our purpose: persuading the nation to be active. We’ll be campaigning, motivating and inspiring people across the UK to experience the fun, the health benefits and the pleasure of sport and exercise in all its many and varied forms.
 

A leading Sport and Exercise Charity

Every penny you spend with Active Nation is re-invested in our facilities to make them even better. We have no outside shareholders or investors to impress or share our profits. Any surplus we make is channelled straight back into our business.

Over the past few years we've dramatically improved our facilities and the sport, health and exercise services we offer. Our mission is ‘persuading the nation to be active’ and we’re putting our heart, soul and money into making this a reality.
 

Our Mission – Persuading the Nation to be Active

Active Nation believes that every body should have the chance to enjoy the benefits of an active lifestyle.

It’s no secret that exercise can help with weight loss, toning and shaping. It also makes you feel more confident about your appearance and helps to relieve stress. Sport and exercise can act as a deterrent to cancer, osteoporosis, type II diabetes and coronary heart disease amongst others.

In short – exercise makes you look and feel better.

Yet on average people in the UK spend 10 minutes per day on sport or outdoor activities, compared to 170 minutes watching TV.

At Active Nation, we're committed to doing everything we can to turn that around.
 

Partners

We support a number of local authority partners. Between us we deliver innovative sports and exercise programmes designed to positively influence your health and activity levels, whether you attend a leisure centre or not.

We actively engage with Primary Care Trusts, schools, businesses, sports clubs and many other groups out in the community to effectively promote our message.

We currently work with the following partners:

Chorley Borough Council
City of Lincoln Council
Rushmoor Borough Council
Southlands High School
Vale of White Horse District Council
 

It's all about you

It's your achievements that we want to celebrate. And there are plenty of them already.

Over 150,000 visits to Active Nation centres each month show just how many of you are living an active lifestyle.

We're also rather proud of our own people – because, let's face it, it would be much harder to achieve your goals if our 600-strong team didn't get out of bed each day with a mission to keep you motivated.

We'll be using this section to highlight more Active Nation heroes. So come back and visit us soon.
 

Join our team

We're always on the look-out for talented and enthusiastic people to drive our charity forward and get more local communities active.

If you're passionate about delivering innovative sport and exercise programmes, this is the environment you've been looking for.

Active Nation partners a number of local authorities across the UK, managing leisure facilities to campaign and impact on local communities. Whether you’re a Coach, Instructor, Receptionist or Duty Manager, if you thrive on the challenge of getting people active, you should contact us now.