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South Gloucestershire Leisure Trust renamed Circadian Trust

Local sport and leisure centre operator South Gloucestershire Leisure Trust has rebranded itself  Circadian Trust as part of a strategy aimed at helping the organisation grow over the coming years. The new brand was officially launched at a breakfast briefing event on Friday 8th July and comes five years after the organisation was appointed by South Gloucestershire Council to operate

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Improvements to disabled facilities at leisure centres

A programme of modernising facilities for people with disabilities has been completed at three leisure centres in South Gloucestershire. Longwell Green, Yate and Bradley Stoke leisure centres have all had their disabled toilets improved and new equipment installed, including the introduction of hoists. The council has been working closely with South Gloucestershire Leisure, and the investment from the council is

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Free swimming scheme for over-60s scrapped

South Gloucestershire Leisure has announced that its Government-funded free swimming scheme for the over-60s is to end on 30th July. The move follows an announcement by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, in which the scheme is described as a “luxury we can no longer afford”. The scheme was originally introduced in 2008, when the then Labour Government said

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