In a bid to help people beat the winter blues and motivate them to try something new in 2025.The Fairer Stockton team organised the Something New for You event, with the lead being Karen Jessop who utilised the Forum Theatre Hospitality area and function room to house over 40 organisations who were able to promote their services and activities. These varied from carving clubs to free financial advice.
A CHARITABLE leisure trust has been awarded a national accreditation for enabling people with long-term health conditions to access four swimming pools on Teesside. Tees Active, which manages leisure venues and activities in partnership with Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, has become the latest organisation to achieve Swim England’s ‘Water Wellbeing’ standard.
Over 200 children, parents and carers attended the Christmas HAF Celebration party at Billingham Forum Ice Arena. The party goers had exclusive use of the Ice rink and special guests Snow White, Elsa, Captain America and Spiderman joined in the fun to keep everybody entertained whilst being mobbed by children for selfies and photos.
The children of Treetops Nursery at Thornaby Pavilion had a special guest visitor bearing gifts. Santa Claus took a break from his very busy schedule when he surprised the children to join them during their Christmas party.
A PIONEERING initiative to promote careers in the leisure industry has marked its first year of success by being presented with a national award by an Olympic legend. The Future Workforce Academy, launched by Tees Active, was named as the winner of the Employment and Skills category at the inaugural Seriously Social Awards staged by Community Leisure UK.
A COMMUNITY trust managing leisure venues and activities on Teesside has retained its rating for outstanding customer service. Tees Active has again been awarded the Customer Service Excellence (CSE) standard by Government inspectors following a comprehensive two-day assessment.
Thornaby Pavilion played host to the second annual Stockton on Tees Health and Wellbeing Festival. The festival enabled visitors to gather information on health support, volunteering opportunities, creative activities, wellbeing services, social groups and opportunities to stay active. Over 70 organisations attended the festival to provide valuable advice to the public on a large variety of topics.
Stockton Care Home residents have been getting into the festive spirit as they visited Billingham Forum and were treated to a Christmas themed performance from ARCulele a group of local ukulele players who hold weekly ukulele sessions at Arc, Stockton.
Stockton school children were definitely put in the festive mood when 240 primary school pupils from 10 schools attended the Stockton Festival of Ice at Billingham Forum Ice Arena. Pupils from St Joseph’s Billingham, Norton Primary School, Harewood Primary Schools St Bedes, St Marks’s, St Gregorys, Roseberry Primary School, Oakdene Primary School, Bewley Primary School and St Joseph’s Norton had exclusive use of the ice, so they were able to tackle the ice and improve their skating skills.
Tees Active were delighted to take part in the national Restart a Heart initiative on 15th – 17th October across our venues. Short 15-minute sessions running at peak times across the day invited passers by to take part and learn essential lifesaving CPR skills and practice the fundamentals of resuscitation, chest compressions and defibrillation.
Find out more about how Tees Active are working with partners to drive positive change in the community.
