Sport and Leisure

It doesn't matter whether you're a fitness fanatic or completely new to sport and exercise. There are plenty of activities in Charnwood, organised by the Sport & Active Recreation Team, to help you gain or maintain a healthy lifestyle.

The key aims of the Sport & Active Recreation Team  are:

• To co-ordinate, develop and increase opportunities for all Charnwood residents to participate in positive sport, leisure, health and physical activity initiatives.

• To work in partnership with other sport, leisure and health related agencies and key community groups to address local sporting issues and needs.

Information available in this section.

The Green Navigation Panel on the left of this page provides a number of links related to sport & leisure.   The activities, initiatives and programmes specifically covered by this section can be accessed using these links but are also detailed in brief below.  

Early Years Physical Activity:

This section includes information on the physical activity opportunities for families and children aged between 0 and 5 years.

Leisure Centres:

This section includes information and links to the three leisure centres in Charnwood.

Physical Activity:

This section includes information on  the following topics: Active Lifestyle Exercise Referrals; Active Together; Charnwood Health Forum, Charnwood Sports and Active Recreation Alliance; Heart Smart Scheme; Walking for Health 

Play Rangers:

This section includes information on the work of the Play Rangers.

Service Improvements & Customer Feedback

Details of Customer feedback and the service improvements made.

Sports:

This section includes information on the following topics:  Area Youth Games; Clubs, Coaches and Volunteers, Children's Holiday Activity Programmes, Local Sports Alliance, Olympics 2012, Sports & Leisure Grants, Children's Term Time Activities, Useful Sports Links

Wild Card:

This section provides information about the Charnwood Leisure Pass which entitles members to enjoy reduced charges at various places in and around Charnwood all year round.

Events Calendar

 Find out What's On!  Where it's on!  When it's on!  Visit Happening in Charnwood, our comprehensive searchable site of events in and around Charnwood. It is the first site to bring all events together in one place

Service Standards

As part of Charnwood Borough Council's Customer Service Strategy we have set service standards for the services we provide which are published as fact sheets. These Standards detail how our customers will be treated when they contact us and the minimum standards they can expect to receive from each of the individual service areas. We need and value your feedback so if you would like to comment please get in touch using the appropriate contact details provided at the bottom of this page.