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Swimathon challenges in Cardiff raise £5776.80 for charities

Swimathon challenges in Cardiff raise £5776.80 for charities

Fundraising challenges have taken place in three Cardiff pools as part of Swimathon 2026.  Swimmers in Eastern, Fairwater and Maindy leisure centres raised £5776.80 for Cancer Research UK, Marie Curie and the Swimathon Foundation. In total, the UK’s foremost...

GLL Healthwatch: “Healthwise has helped change my life”

GLL Healthwatch: “Healthwise has helped change my life”

Anne is a spritely 72-year-old who is living life to the full thanks to Healthwise, a physical activity programme that not only keeps her moving but keeps her happy and focused on better health writes Sue Bradbury. Since moving to St Austell from the Midlands...

Swimathon challenges in Cornwall raise £2202.11 for charities

Swimathon challenges in Cornwall raise £2202.11 for charities

Fundraising challenges have taken place in three pools in Cornwall as part of Swimathon 2026.  Swimmers in Truro, Bodmin and Newquay leisure centres raised £2202.11 for Cancer Research UK, Marie Curie and the Swimathon Foundation. In total, the UK’s foremost...

Coseley Library launches Pokemon Club

Coseley Library launches Pokemon Club

To mark the thirtieth anniversary of Pokemon, Coseley Library in Dudley is launching a Pokemon Club on Thursday 9 April from 3.30 to 4.30pm. There will be a free Pokemon card giveaway and, with parental supervision, all ages are welcome. Light refreshments are...

Ministerial visit demonstrates importance of activity

Ministerial visit demonstrates importance of activity

Stephanie Peacock MP, Minister for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society and Youth, visited St Austell Leisure Centre as part of a local launch of Beat the Street – a game devised to encourage people to connect with where they live through walking, wheeling and cycling. The...

Camborne petition to Cornwall Council

Camborne petition to Cornwall Council

A petition to ensure a maximum of one road closure within a square mile of any Cornish  town at any one time is garnering significant support in Camborne. Organised by BID Camborne, the petition to Cornwall Council comes in response to significant disruption...

Stourbridge Library book sale

Stourbridge Library book sale

Stourbridge Library is holding a book sale from Saturday 28 March to Sunday 12 April. From children’s classics and thrillers to murder mysteries and romances, there’s something for everyone to enjoy at a bargain price. Audiobooks and large print versions are also...

Liskeard Leisure Centre Soft Play Opens

A Soft Play facility is opening at Liskeard Leisure Centre this weekend – part of an investment worth more than £455k that also includes a new café and relocated reception area. Slides, climbing frames, a crawl tunnel, revolving doors, ball pit and sensory play zones...

Zip the Zebra at Coseley

Zip the Zebra at Coseley

A Zip the Zebra children’s book reading with craft and wellbeing activities will take place at Coseley Library in Bilston at 2pm on Tuesday 7 April. Psychotherapist Shoshanna Clay has written and illustrated the book with the aim, she says, of helping “children...

Gornal Library book returned – to Australia

Gornal Library book returned – to Australia

When a book was handed to Jessica Berry, she assumed it belonged to the library she worked at in East Gippsland, Australia.  Looking more closely, she realised that wasn’t the case. The loan wasn’t overdue but the library it belonged to was 10,500 miles away in...

Free Easter holiday family fun in Dudley

Free Easter holiday family fun in Dudley

There are hundreds of free school holiday activities to choose from at Dudley Libraries this Easter. From making Easter bunnies, wooden windmills and chick masks to rubber duck decorating, dinosaur superhero craftmaking and games club, a wide range of activities will...

GLL Teams Up with Diabetes UK to Get Wales Moving in 2026

GLL Teams Up with Diabetes UK to Get Wales Moving in 2026

Social enterprise and leisure operator GLL is once again teaming up with leading health charity Diabetes UK to help people in Wales get active for a great cause in 2026. For the third-year running, GLL will support two of the charity’s flagship fundraising challenges...

GLL Teams Up with Diabetes UK to Get Cornwall Moving in 2026

GLL Teams Up with Diabetes UK to Get Cornwall Moving in 2026

Social enterprise and leisure operator GLL is once again teaming up with leading health charity Diabetes UK to help people in Cornwall get active for a great cause in 2026. For the third-year running, GLL will support two of the charity’s flagship fundraising...

Reading pools take part in Swimathon 2026

Rivermead, Palmer Park and Meadway leisure centres  in Reading are hosting fundraising challenges for Swimathon 2026.  The world’s biggest fundraising swim - which began 40 years ago - happens over the weekend of 20-22 March and sees...

Four pools in Cardiff take part in Swimathon 2026

Four pools in Cardiff take part in Swimathon 2026

Fairwater, Western, Eastern and Maindy leisure centres in Cardiff are hosting fundraising challenges for Swimathon 2026.  The world’s biggest fundraising swim - which began 40 years ago - happens over the weekend of 20-22 March and sees fundraisers’...

Bath Sports and Leisure Centre hosts Swimathon 2026

Bath Sports and Leisure Centre hosts Swimathon 2026

Bath Sports and Leisure Centre is hosting fundraising challenges for Swimathon 2026.  The world’s biggest fundraising swim - which began 40 years ago - happens over the weekend of 20-22 March and sees fundraisers’ proceeds going to Cancer Research UK,...

Four pools in Cornwall take part in Swimathon 2026

Helston, Bodmin, Newquay and Truro leisure centres are hosting fundraising challenges for Swimathon 2026.  The world’s biggest fundraising swim - which began 40 years ago - happens over the weekend of 20-22 March and sees fundraisers’ proceeds going to...