WHAT’S YOUR REASON?
SUCCESS STARTS WITH FINDING YOUR REASON
Knowing why you want to start leading a healthier lifestyle is the first step to achieving your goals.
Our reason for doing what we do, is to provide our communities with quality facilities, services and opportunities to lead a healthier, active lifestyle.
We all start somewhere – so find your reason and join the Abbeycroft community!
Read some of the stories from our members about their reasons to get active and stay active.
We Are Abbeycroft – we make a difference
When choosing Abbeycroft, not only are you investing in your own health, but you’re helping to support your local community too.
This really makes a difference!
As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we reinvest our profits back into the business to help provide quality facilities and opportunities for the whole community to lead healthier, active lives.
We’re here to serve everyone, whatever your age, gender or physical capability. Whether you are looking to be more active, make friends, enjoy fun, family time or community programmes, our aim is to support you to improve or maintain your overall health and wellbeing.
As well as managing 13 excellent leisure facilities on behalf of West Suffolk and Babergh District Council, we work tirelessly with our health partners to deliver a range of programmes and initiatives to inspire healthier, active lifestyles for the community, such as:-
- Fit and Fed
- Exercise on Referral
- Family Park Cooking
- Active Mums
- Just Play (SEND) sessions
- Move More Outdoors
Bury St Edmunds residents to receive free activities in new initiative
All residents living in the catchment area of Bury St Edmunds Town Council, will be able to access free activities at Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre this summer, thanks to a new initiative starting...
Funded swimming lessons for children in Bury St Edmunds affected by the pandemic
Every child should have the opportunity to learn to swim as part of their national curriculum requirements, however, during the pandemic young people in year groups five and six , didn't get this...
One hundred free places available for the Festival of Suffolk Community Games
With two weeks to go until the Festival of Suffolk Community Games, organisers are excited to announce that 100 FREE places have been made available for general admission, inviting Suffolk families...
Drowning Prevention Week
This week is national Drowning Prevention Week and we're urging parents to make sure their children know how to stay safe and enjoy the water this summer. With many of us opting for staycations once...
Initiative to help reduce isolation in Bury St Edmunds expands
An initiative to help tackle isolation in Bury St Edmunds was recently expanded, following the success of the pilot project in 2021. Reducing Isolation with Food (RIF) was originally launched in...
Women’s Tour back in Bury St Edmunds
Abbeycroft was very proud to be involved in yesterday's Women's Tour event in Bury St Edmunds. (June 6) Despite the wet conditions - the turnout in Bury St Edmunds was good with lots of people...