Improving lives through leisure
Freedom Leisure is one of the UK’s leading not-for-profit charitable leisure and cultural trusts. We operate over 130 leisure, cultural and entertainment venues across the UK. Our mission is to ‘improve lives through leisure’.
Freedom Leisure Re-Awarded 10-Year Management Contract by Guildford Borough Council
We are delighted to announce that we have been re-awarded a new 10-year management partnership by Guildford Borough Council to operate three of the region’s key leisure facilities: Guildford Spectrum, Guildford Lido, and Ash Manor Sports Centre.
Freedom Leisure awarded leisure partnership by Braintree District Council
We are very pleased to announce that we have been chosen as the new provider for leisure services by Braintree District Council.
The new three-year partnership - with the option to extend for a further two years - will commence on 1 September 2025.
Freedom Leisure awarded leisure partnership by Southend-on-Sea City Council
We are very pleased to announce that we have been chosen as the new provider for leisure services by Southend-on-Sea City Council. The new partnership covers the operation of three leisure centres; Belfairs Swim Centre, Shoeburyness Leisure Centre and Southend Leisure & Tennis Centre.
We’re serious about doing social good and adding social value to people’s lives here at Freedom Leisure
We actively promote healthy lifestyles across the communities we serve. We provide high quality, affordable and accessible physical activity, mental health and social opportunities in local community facilities and we're proud to be not-for-profit.
We’re here to improve the health & wellbeing of our communities
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We improve lives through leisure
Freedom Leisure is one of the UK’s leading not-for-profit charitable leisure and cultural trusts. We operate over 100 leisure, cultural and entertainment venues across the UK. Our mission is to ‘improve lives through leisure’. We actively promote healthy lifestyles across the communities we serve. We provide high quality, affordable and accessible physical activity, mental health and social opportunities in local community facilities.
We care about our communities and their health
We want to support the health of the nation enabling people to live longer, happier and healthier lives. As a not-for-profit charitable leisure trust, supporting individuals and communities to be more active and healthier is at the heart of everything we do. We believe in ‘health at all ages’; we want the local communities we serve to have fun, feel welcome, included and empowered to live healthy lives.
We care for the environment
We are one of the first leisure trusts to have outlined our Environmental and Sustainability Commitments, targeting net zero across our operation by 2030. These commitments demonstrate the ongoing focus we have on our environmental performance and how we continue to build on our past successes.
We’re proud of our partnerships
We’re committed to working collaboratively with all our trusted partners to deliver an excellent leisure service that is vitally important for local people and their health and wellbeing.
We are hiring! Come and join the team
The leisure services we operate are highly valued and make a real difference to peoples' health and wellbeing on a very local level. Working for Freedom Leisure allows you to play a very positive, local role, improving lives through leisure and making a genuine difference in your community.