Our Partners
Working in partnership is one of Kirklees Active Leisure's key priorities. The importance of our partnerships is paramount to the delivery of our services. Listed below are some of our key partners:
Kirklees Council is one of Kirklees Active Leisure's biggest partners, we work especially closely with the Council's Culture and Leisure Service.
Kirklees Passport - KAL offers discount prices for Kirklees Passport holders for most activities. Find out more about Kirklees Passport.
“Kirklees Council and Kirklees Active Leisure (KAL) have worked in close partnership to improve the sports and leisure centres across the Kirklees district. This has led to community sports facilities which are generally of a very high standard and has contributed to increased customer numbers and satisfaction. KAL also contribute effectively to the Council’s strategic priorities, including improving the health of older people and young people, addressing health inequalities and reducing carbon emissions.
"The return on investment for the Council has also increased considerably since KAL were established in 2002, with a clear reduction in the percentage of grant provided compared to the overall KAL turnover.”
Cllr Mehboob Khan
Leader of Kirklees Council August 2010
“Kirklees Council and the charitable trust, Kirklees Active Leisure, have a long established and successful partnership which achieves mutually agreed objectives to enhance the opportunities for Kirklees residents to enjoy sports and active lifestyles in sports centres across the district.
"Responding to the needs of local communities , providing value for money, with a comprehensive investment programme and a vision for the future, the partnership continues to go from strength to strength to improve the health and well-being of local people”.
Adrian Lythgo
Chief Executive Kirklees Council September 2010
“The creation of the KAL has enabled Leisure Services to make a significant contribution to the wider ambitions of Kirklees through a dynamic engagement of our local communities with sport and leisure Trusts.”
Cllr Robert Light
Leader of the Kirklees Conservative Group August 2010
Sport4Life - KAL works with Kirklees Council on projects such as Sport4Life which encourages adults back into sport.
NHS Kirklees is responsible for improving the health and well being of local people and making sure that NHS services are in place to meet their needs.
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
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"Healthy and well motivated staff provide the best possible patient care and as a healthcare provider, we are committed to supporting all our colleagues to be as healthy as they can. That is why our partnership with Kirklees Active Leisure to provide our colleagues with another opportunity to improve their health and wellbeing is so important." Jack Kershaw |
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Kirklees College puts the learner and our local communities at the heart of all they do.
University of Huddersfield is a modern, successful and innovative university with a long and proud tradition of teaching and research.
Huddersfield Town Football Club is at the heart of our community and by working in partnership with them we are able to promote the importance of an active lifestyle.
“Our football club is thrilled to be associated with Kirklees Active Leisure. We are both keen on improving sporting facilities and pathways to sporting excellence locally, as well as promoting Kirklees as a healthy, happy place to live.
“KAL sponsors our Academy and having the word Kirklees on the front of the kids’ shirts is superb and a great source of pride to staff, players and fans. KAL has considerable family knowledge and, as the Family Club of the Year, we share a lot of goals.
“KAL is introducing a new football coaching scheme “KAL Kickers” to encourage children to take part in the game and learn skills to enable to them become good players. We are happy to endorse this scheme and are confident it will help produce a new generation of more active adults and also soccer stars of tomorrow.”
Sean Jarvis
Commercial Director Huddersfield Town AFC
Deighton Into Sport Project - offers sport to young people within a 1.5 mile radius of its base at Deighton Sports Arena, including Deighton, Brackenhall, Sheepridge, Riddings, Bradley, Fartown and Dalton.
Kirklees Stadium Development Limited - its purpose is to design, fund and manage the stadium on behalf of it partners.
Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing Limited is a not-for-profit company set up by Kirklees Council to provide and manage housing services.
“We are extremely pleased that KAL have come on board to help us deliver our recognition and reward scheme, KNH Excel.
“The continued good work that KNH and our partners, such as KAL, do in our local communities, especially through the KNH Kids programme, go a long way in helping us deliver our mission statement of ‘quality homes and services in successful communities’.”
Simon Rogers
Chief Executive Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing
Social Enterprise Yorkshire and the Humber represents, promotes and connects social enterprise in the region.
"SEYH is delighted to partner with KAL as a shining example of what social enterprise can achieve in delivering vital services to local people and being a force for good in their communities."
Alex Sobel
General Manager, SEYH
Voluntary Action Kirklees supports and develops the voluntary and community sector in the area
“The Trust model is proving to be extremely successful in gaining support across all sectors to deliver KAL’s vision of a healthier lifestyle for all Kirklees residents.
"As Kirklees' largest charity, KAL is at the forefront of work to tackle inequalities in participation; promote volunteering in sport; and work with communities to develop high quality facilities. The flexibility of the Trust model combined with excellent working relationships across sectors and communities means that as well as being a key partner in addressing local priorities KAL is also well placed to respond quickly and effectively to new opportunities.”
Val Johnson
Director Voluntary Action Kirklees
Huddersfield Town Centre Partnership manages the marketing, development and promotion of Huddersfield in partnership with town centre businesses
Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MYCCI) protects the interests of businesses in Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield.
The West Yorkshire Forget Me Not Trust is one of Huddersfield's best-known charities, whose aim is to build and run a dedicated children's hospice in the town. KAL will be working closely with them over the coming months to support them in their aims.
“Kirklees Active Leisure has been working in partnership with The West Yorkshire Forget Me Not Trust for almost a year. The management team and individual sports centres have been incredibly supportive allowing us to display promotional banners, holding fundraising events in many of their sites, helping us raise funds and awareness in equal measure.
“The events KAL has organised have given us increased exposure in the local press and raised a substantial amount of money also. They have donated gym memberships for an auction prize at our flagship event, the Glitz and Glamour Ball.
“As a charity partner we have supported some of their marketing campaigns through our website and newsletter and we can honestly say that KAL are one of the most supportive partners we currently have.
“They acknowledge that there are lots of different ways to support us and their support has helped us get our logo and charity name recognised by the masses which is invaluable. Their staff are really enthusiastic and have some great ideas. We look forward to working with them into the future.”
Sarah Herrett
Head of Fundraising Forget Me Not Trust
Prince's Trust helps young people through training, skill building, business loans, grants, personal development and study support outside school.
Kirklees Sport and Recreation Partnership provide a wide range of expertise and opinion to ensure a balanced and equitable view is taken in the consultation and decision making processes relating to the development and provision of sport and recreation in Kirklees.
West Yorkshire Sport is a network of quality partnerships and key agencies committed to providing a single system for all people to benefit from sport and active recreation in West Yorkshire.
Sporta is the major organisation representing social enterprises within the cultural and leisure market in the United Kingdom.
ISRM (The Institute of Sports and Recreation Management) is the only national professional body for those involved exclusively in providing, managing, operating and developing sport and recreation services in the United Kingdom.
Sport England provides services and funding to sport in England.
Commercial Partners
Our commercial partners work with us helping to carry out our many projects across all our sites.
Technogym
SHOKK
Gladstones
QLM
Endsleigh Insurance
"Endsleigh are delighted to work in partnership with Kirklees Active Leisure and we look forward to developing a mutual beneficial long term relationship"
Kate Biggs, Dip CIIAccount Executive Sport and LeisureEndsleigh Business Insurance Services