Association for Public Service Excellence

APSE Southern Region Sports and Leisure Services Seminar 2024

Thursday 6 June 2024

Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading

APSE Southern Region is pleased to announce the programme for this year’s Sports & Leisure Services Seminar.

Taking place at GLL’s flagship development in Reading, the seminar includes a tour of the newly built facilities, including a behind the scene first-look at the 8-lane competition pool and diving/teaching pool, before it’s official opening the following day.

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Presentations

The role of local councils in improving the quality of life for older adults.
Speaker: Justin Griggs, Head of Policy and Communications, National Association of Local Councils

Welcome from our hosts: Gary Starkey, Head of Service, GLL
Speakers: Gary Starkey, Head of Service, GLL, Craig Woodward, Partnership Manager, GLL and Donna Pentelow,
Assistant Director of Culture, Reading Borough Council

Designing Physical Activity into Health and Care
Speaker: Annie Holden, Strategic Lead for Health, Active Partnerships National Organisation

Everyday Active in Kent
Speaker: Andrea Murphy, Active Partnership Manager, Kent County Council.

Herefordshire’s ‘Community Well-being Hubs’

Speaker: Lesli Good, Service Director for Communities, Herefordshire Council

Alliance Leisure – A word from our Sponsors

Speaker: Tom Fairey, Alliance Leisure

This Girl Can: Stevenage Borough Council
Speaker: Lorna Wormald, Community Activator Leisure and Health, Stevenage Borough Council

Event Sponsor and Exhibitors:

Alliance Leisure | Innerva | Dyaco | Delta Computer Services

Promoting excellence in public services

APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) is a not for profit unincorporated association working with over 300 councils throughout the UK. Promoting excellence in public services, APSE is the foremost specialist in local authority frontline services, hosting a network for frontline service providers in areas such as waste and refuse collection, parks and environmental services, cemeteries and crematorium, environmental health, leisure, school meals, cleaning, housing and building maintenance.