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What we do
East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure is a charity with over 400 employees delivering sport, leisure,
arts and culture services in East Renfrewshire. We operate 10 libraries, 4 sports centres with gyms and
pools, a 330 seat theatre, 18 Community facilities incorporating a wide range of halls, social function
and events venues, community centres and pavilions. We also manage the letting of 35 schools in
the evenings and weekends.
We deliver a wide variety of programmes like sports development (including swimming lessons,
sports coaching, Active Schools Programme), arts development (including classes and events),
and library and literacy programmes (ranging from Bookbug to Book Week, authors’ talks to book
groups).
Our Community Facilities provide a vital network of centres across the authority and host a huge
range of community and commercial activities, helping a wide array of groups to deliver services
directly to the heart of communities in East Renfrewshire.
We exist to promote the health, fitness, personal development and wellbeing of the residents of East
Renfrewshire (and beyond) by:-
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encouraging the population of the East Renfrewshire area to be more active in promoting
and supporting the development of sporting and health and fitness opportunities that
are accessible for everyone
supporting people to be more creative and nurture potential for personal success and
wellbeing through the provision of cultural facilities and resources
helping individuals and community groups to benefit from social engagement, community
interaction and volunteering
promoting and making available lifelong learning opportunities, including the promotion
of literacy and digital inclusion and stemming from these opportunities make a social
and economic contribution to society
Tesco
Tesco Bank
Bank Football
Football Challenge
Challenge
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Muirend Playing
Playing Fields
Fields