better, link centre - swindon
London
Established in 1993, GLL is the largest UK-based charitable social enterprise
delivering leisure, health and community services. Under the consumer facing
brand Better, we operate 258 public Sports and Leisure facilities, 88 libraries,
10 children’s centres and 5 adventure playgrounds in partnership with 50 local
councils, public agencies and sporting organisations. Better leisure facilities
enjoy 46 million visitors a year and have more than 650,000 members. GLL exists
to make community services and spaces better for everyone. In practice, that
means investing all surpluses back into providing quality leisure, health and
library facilities for the good of the communities where we operate. Alongside
our core leisure and library divisions, GLL runs sport and legacy development,
health intervention and education, as well as offering the GLL Sports
Foundation, one of the largest independent support programmes for talented young
athletes in the UK. We are always looking at ways in which to improve the
services and facilities we offer and ways in which it can contribute positively
to the local community. GLL has come a long way since we started 25 years ago
with one centre in Woolwich. We are now a national organisation with centres
from Carlisle to Cornwall plus a presence in Belfast and Cardiff. The growth
journey has allowed us to become one of the most diverse, inclusive and
accessible leisure providers. GLL’s £274m forecast turnover is part of the UK’s
£23bn social economy and is challenging private sector providers in the leisure
market – showing that a charity can compete successfully at scale.
