Sentence examples for run leisure from inspiring English sources

They secured a shorter workweek (40 hours in November 1934), higher welfare benefits (such as family allowances, also introduced in 1934), and public works schemes, and they also helped run leisure and social activities.

Some councils in Wales are examining setting up charitable bodies to cut costs to run leisure centres and swimming pools.

One of the top athletics coaches in Wales hopes a new trust to run leisure services in Torfaen will mean a better future for troubled Cwmbran Stadium.

Participants allocated to the comparator group were sent vouchers for 12 free sessions at a local authority run leisure centre (a council run facility open to all members of the public and usually consisting of a swimming pool, fitness suite, and other sports halls or courts).

By way of examples of successful social enterprises, she cited the Eden Project environmental visitor attraction in Cornwall, the Bromley-by-Bow community regeneration initiative in East London, and Greenwich Leisure Ltd, which runs leisure centres in south London.

In January Martin was grilled by Westminster's powerful public accounts committee and asked to explain the trust's complex arrangements, including the school's relationship with GMG Educational Support (UK Ltdd, the management arm of private company Horizons London Ltd, which runs leisure centre facilities on the school's site.

Council-run leisure facilities in Torfaen have been handed over to a not-for-profit trust in an effort to create a more efficient service.

In Wirral some street lights have been turned off in a bid to save cash (though they are now back on); in Sefton charges for burials have gone up, and in Liverpool some council-run leisure centres are under threat.

A spokeswoman for Freedom Leisure, which operates 35 leisure centres in partnership with 11 local authorities, including Wealden District Council, said that while they have had to increase prices due to the "massive costs" involved in running leisure centres, they were "sensitive" to the situations of individual members and offered discounts for 14 to 18-year-olds, OAPs and people on benefits.

"They keep asking me why did my son run," Ms. Leisure said.

The plans mean finding volunteers to run some leisure centres and libraries so they can remain open.