Directors of leisure services".
Council leisure services budgets are coping with unprecedented cuts.
"We have all kinds of parks that have hills on them," said Marie Ware, Dubuque's leisure services manager.
Alan Jones, director of cultural and leisure services at Highland council Liverpool "Liverpool has already chosen culture as its future.
Instead, I'd like to raise this question: when are British train companies going to start offering better on-board leisure services?
In an effort to shield the peaceable population, public housing, schools, hospitals and leisure services were kept afloat with public money.
In Northern Ireland leisure services, refuse collection and street cleaning were all hit, and flights from the municipally owned Derry city airport were disrupted.
But we have got cuts right across the board to every single service in the council – children's services, leisure services … everything has had to see a review".
Contributions earn credits which can be used to access training and leisure services, or trade time with neighbours with practical skills.
According to Cipfa, 45% of councils plan cuts of more than 10% to libraries and arts, museum and heritage services, and 28% plan similar cuts to leisure services.
This includes very specialist residential overnight stays, short breaks with foster families and care provided in families' homes, as well as social and leisure services.
