About Us

Established in April 2002 as a not for profit leisure trust Freedom ran four centres on behalf of Wealden District Council. Since then the company has enjoyed considerable growth and operates 2 brands, Freedom Leisure and Freedom Fitness.

Freedom Leisure is the UK’s third largest charitable leisure trust operating 75 centres across the South East, Wales and the West of England in line with our community ethos of providing affordable, accessible leisure, sport and community facilities for everyone.

Freedom Leisure will continue to deliver community focused leisure opportunities across all our partnerships to further increase the numbers of people accessing our facilities and positively impacting on their health and well being.

As a not for profit trust we have no share holders to pay and surplus income is reinvested directly into the centres and clubs to provide an improved leisure service for the communities in which we operate. We work together with our key partners including local authorities, Primary Care Trusts, schools, colleges, charities and other public, private and not-for-profit organisations.

We are committed to developing locally empowered and locally accountable partnerships. Our objective is to make a positive impact and contribute to local services and facilities.

We are all dedicated to working with our partners to deliver first class services and facilities and to encourage everyone to enjoy and participate regularly in a healthy and active lifestyle and have some fun doing it.

Our Vision

Maintain and improve its position as one of largest not for profit leisure trusts in the South East, operating sports, leisure and entertainment facilities for an expanding range of partners.

Benefits

Our staff recruitment and retention strategy will guarantee motivated and well trained teams to ensure our customers are the focal point of service delivery. Our people are at the heart of our business. From the top down we expect 100% commitment to providing excellent service to all our customers.

  • Staff membership
  • Pension
  • Childcare vouchers
  • In-house Training department
  • Excellent career opportunities
  • Cafe discount
  • Uniform

We are an equal opportunities employer and are glad to receive applications from anyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, gender or sexual orientation.

Apprenticeships and NVQ training
 
Freedom offers employees the opportunity to develop through our apprenticeship programme.
 
Existing staff can work towards obtaining a level 2 or 3 NVQ in one of our leisure related qualifications whist learning on the job. 
 
We know it’s difficult sometimes getting started out in your career, our In-house training team offer apprenticeships to give you the opportunity to learn and earn a wage whilst gaining a nationally recognised qualification in:

  • Customer Service
  • Fitness Instruction
  • Personal Training
  • Sales
  • Hospitality and Catering
  • Leisure Operations
  • Leisure Management

Please contact apprenticeships@freedom-leisure.co.uk for more details.