Everyone Active secures contract to run leisure centres in Cumbria

Everyone Active has secured a contract to manage Cumberland Council’s leisure facilities in the West of Cumberland.

The new 10-year contract will start in April 2026 and includes: Workington Leisure Centre; Maryport Activity Centre; Cockermouth Leisure Centre; Keswick Leisure Centre; Whitehaven Sports Centre; Copeland Pools and Fitness Centre; Cleator Moor Activity Centre (redeveloped facility) and Millom Leisure Centre (new facility under development).

A key part of the new contract is the delivery of an Active Wellbeing programme and to support a new Cumberland wide Active Wellbeing Partnership. The programme targets health inequalities and will work in partnership with health and social care providers to support community groups.

Leisure sites in Carlisle – including The Sands Centre – do not form part of the new contract and will continue being managed on the council’s behalf by Greenwich Leisure (GLL), trading as Better.

Councillor Anne Quilter, Cumberland Council’s Executive Member for Vibrant and Healthy Places, said: “We want to provide the best possible leisure facilities with the aim of supporting the health and wellbeing of our residents. The new approach puts them at the heart of the service and makes leisure more accessible and more inclusive.

“The 10-year approach makes the service more sustainable and aligns with our approach to active wellbeing.”

The Active Wellbeing Programme will include targeted programmes designed to deliver social prescribing and GP referral schemes, take an age-friendly approach and ensure programming for all by providing a responsive programme of activities. They will meet the needs of all sections of the community and promote the physical, social and emotional wellbeing of residents.