APSE Sports and Leisure Seminar 2022

About the event

Last year saw the sector begin to emerge from two years of Covid and we looked to secure the future of public sport and leisure services. The last 12 months have not  provided the recovery we had hoped with multiple issues continuing to impinge the ability to operate freely. Labour shortages continue to impede opening and the energy crisis threatens to make pool heating astronomic and an inflationary squeeze on wages may well impact discretionary spend on leisure. Contracts with external providers are in some cases no longer fit for purpose and many authorities are looking at bringing the service back in-house.

The seminar will explore the state of the market, staffing and options to move to renewable energy along with presentations from those on the front-line and the challenges they are negotiating.

We will be looking at the challenges of refocussing a service and asking some fundamental questions about the nature of service provision in the future.

We are joined by leading industry speakers to address the issues and possible solutions.

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Presentations

State of the Leisure Market 2022
Rob Bailey, APSE & Mark Allman, APSE Associate

‘Uniting The Movement’
Joel Brookfield, Sport England

Enthusing the workforce
Spencer Moore, Director of Strategy, CIMSPA

Insourcing Leisure
Peter Appleton, First Point Management & Consultancy Limited

Adapting to change
Theresa Hodgkinson, Chief Executive, Ashfield District Council

Leisure Energy Audits
Alan Barber, Salvis Group Ltd

Zero Carbon Heating Salt Ayre
Elliott Grimshaw, Lancaster City Council

Inspiring Women through Physical Activity
Naseem Akhtar BEM, Saheli Hub

Building Healthy Communities
John Leaver, TA6 powered by Alliance Leisure