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

International Women’s Day 2023
The theme of International Women's Day 2023 #EmbraceEquity Imagine a gender equal world.A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination.A world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive.A world...
Swimmers across West Suffolk and Babergh show their support for Big Swim Day
A national day to show support and celebrate local pools facing unprecedented pressures, was supported by Abbeycroft Leisure and their partners on Friday 24 February during Big Swim Day. The event,...
A national day of supporting local pools facing unprecedented pressure
Abbeycroft Leisure invites the whole community to demonstrate their support for much loved local swimming pools by coming along and joining them for #BigSwimDay. The event, on Friday 24th February,...
New community group tackling loneliness and isolation is launched in Mildenhall
Abbeycroft Leisure has launched another Sporting Memories Group, this time at The Mildenhall Hub, with the aim of reducing isolation, loneliness and tackling dementia. The Sporting Memories network...
Suffolk school plants a very special tree in their Healing Wood
Pupils from Howard Community Academy in Bury St Edmunds recently planted a very special Silver Birch tree in their Healing Wood which they received, as one of only four trees gifted to Suffolk, from...
58,500 meals provided to help tackle inequalities
Abbeycroft Leisure, together with partners, has delivered a staggering 58,500 meals since July 2020, to support families and individuals in financial hardship, tackle food poverty, isolation and...