June 2011

Pools Roll Out New Swim Software After Successful Trial

Wednesday, 29 June 2011 Leisure and cultural trust BH Live has introduced swimming lesson software CoursePro at a second leisure centre following a successful pilot phase at another of its pools. CoursePro, developed by leisure trust and social enterprise Tone and software specialist Cap2 Solutions, has this month [June] been fully launched at Stokewood Leisure Centre in Bournemouth with the aim of significantly reducing the amount of time the centre spends on swimming lesson organisation and administration. It...
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Policy agreed on the use of social media

Thursday, 23 June 2011 Tone has now agreed a policy for staff on the use of social media: Social Media Policy KEY MESSAGES Issued May 2011 Employees are advised to read the full social media policy available on J Drive, however the following summary provides the key messages: Tone Leisure recognises that social media can be a very positive marketing and communication tool and we actively encourage colleagues to interact with both existing and potential customers and positively promote Tone...
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Churchill Leisure Centre building update and highlights

Monday, 13 June 2011 Building Update At Churchill Leisure Centre We are pleased to announce that building works at Churchill Sports Centre are due to commence on Monday 13th June and run until Friday 9th September. £1 million is being jointly invested by North Somerset and Tone in this period. It will be an exciting time and we welcome you to come and visit our Marketing Suite which will be open in July and August. Some Highlights of the New Churchill Sports Centre ...
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New Wellington Walking Programme to be launched

Monday, 6 June 2011 People in Wellington are being encouraged to walk themselves well with a twice-weekly health walks programme, which will be launched on 4th July.  The programme, which is being backed by Tone with the support of volunteers from the local community, is for adults who currently do little or no physical activity and want to get a bit fitter with something simple like walking, in the company of other like-minded people.  Melissa McCarthy, Scheme Coordinator said “these walks are...
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Tone partners with Your PT to expand training services

Thursday, 2 June 2011 Leisure trust and social enterprise Tone has announced a new partnership with personal training management company Your PT, which will facilitate the expansion of Tone’s personal training services. From June 2011, Your PT will provide personal trainers in five of Tone’s leisure facilities across Devon and Somerset. The trainers will offer free advice and inductions as well as personal and group training sessions. Although the extra Your PT training sessions will not be...
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