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Impact Report 2025/26

Luton faces health, wellbeing and inequality challenges.

We create opportunities for people to move more,improve their wellbeing and connect with others.

Contents

1. Supporting the Wellbeing of our Community

2. Helping people move more

3. Developing skills and lifelong learning

4. Shaping the Future

5. Our Team

What do we do?

We run libraries, wellbeing programmes, leisure facilities and a wellbeing hub, and we provide sport and physical education support for teachers and schools.

Our Strategic Priorities:Supporting children in our communities to get the best start in life

Supporting the wellbeing of our community

Developing skills and lifelong learning

Developing further as a great place to work

Strengthening financial viability and sustainability

Conducting our business in an environmentally sustainable manner

Look out for this symbol to link to our priorities 

Working with Luton Council, we run the Holiday Activity and Food Programme.

Community programmes such as Healthy Ageing enable us to reach more people.

Our Total Wellbeing programmes, funded by Luton Council support people to live healthier, more fulfilled lives. They also help to relieve pressures on other support services like the NHS.

Launch of The Wellbeing Hub

What started as a Stop Smoking Hub quickly became a Wellbeing Hub, providing access to blood pressure checks and mini health checks in the heart of Luton’s shopping mall.

2,500

Mini health checksdelivered betweenOctober 2025and March 2026

In partnership with

Holiday Activity and Food Camps

7,208

87%

92%

1,011

children accessed a camp

average attendance rate

of children were eligible for Free School Meals

SEND children accessed camps

Did you know…?

Social Prescription

2,000

New locations inDallow allowed usto expand our reach

Maternal Social Prescription

176

enabled

families

referrals receivedwith a

to access community-based care with significant improvements in mental health, reduced levels of risk and no clients remaining in the severe category post-intervention.

78%

client engagement rate

How did this impact Meena?

Weight Management

We look to reach both adults and children with our weight management programmes,recognising that early education can influence obesity rates in later life.

OVER

saw a waistcircumferencereduction

305

85%

increase inphysical activity

80%

programmes completed

We’ve been delivering Cook & Eat programmes in schools, getting children interested and excited about creating healthy meals for themselves

We now use state-of-the-art new body composition scanning technology to help adults understand their bodies and see the results for themselves

What did the primary school teacher think?

Stop Smoking

1,299

2,430

Smoking prevalence isnow at an all-time low of

10%

QUITS

quit dates set

Partnerships include the Luton Borough Council Housing Team andBeds & Luton Fire and Rescue Service help us to connect with harder-to-reach groups.

Read Bhavs story here

Long Term Conditions

of people accessing our Long Term Conditions programmes increased their physical activity levels

OVER

90%

Our programmes empower people to managetheir health more effectively, thereby reducing pressure on NHS services.

of people reduced GP visits

improved their health condition

OVER

See how we support people

98%

95%

Exercise on Referral

The programme involves 12 weeks of support with an exercise specialist. This includes 1:1 and group based gym sessions, tailored exercise programmes, exclusive activities such as Tai Chi, walking football, Hydra health, bowls and many more.

78%

89%

86%

improvedphysicalactivity

improvedemotionalwellbeing

930

reducedGP visits

referrals

High Intensity Use

Helping to reduce frequent use of urgent and emergency care, when a person’s needs may be better met elsewhere.

62%

increase of wellbeing scores

decrease invisits to A&E

58%

Creating opportunities and investing to makephysical activity more accessible and appealing.

Our Leisure Facilities

4,000+

5,818

people learnedto swim eachmonth acrossour three pools

people benefitted fromsignificant reductions onactivity prices, thanks tofunding from Luton Rising

We offer

1,491,655

FREE

taster sessionsfor ourdiving lessons

people attended Active Luton sites across the year

Investment in our Leisure Facilities

Lewsey Sports Park

High Town Gym & Wellbeing Centre

£180,000

£330,000

Our gym saw us significantly increase memberships

refurbishment of the

Our gym and a virtual studio enabled us to reach new people in the heart of High Town

investment into a new

Our gym saw us significantly increase memberships

Our gym and a virtual studio enabled us to reach new people in the heart of High Town

Investment in our Leisure Facilities

Lea Manor Recreation Centre

Stockwood ParkAthletics Centre

£20,000

Working in partnership with Luton Council, the lighting at Stockwood Park Athletics Track was replaced and upgraded, enabling us to reduce energy consumption, reduce maintenance waste and lower carbon emissions.

Investment in Lea Manor Pool Cover which:Helps to reduce chemical consumptionSignificantly reduces heat consumption and costsHelps raise water temperature without additional heatingAssists in keeping out dirt and other external debrisSupports in the maintenance of the pool tiles

A message from Stopsley Striders

We were awarded a 25 year contract by Luton Council to run the golf centre

£450,000

investment to transform the practice ground into a state-of-the-art driving range.

This included Toptracer technology – increasing appeal to non-golfers and golfers

Empowering young people in sport

1,000

62,270

88%

children introduced toT1 rugby

children participatedin the annualSchool Games

of schools areproviding equal accessto football for girls

Key stats

We create spaces and services that bring people together.

342,775

412,482

7,479

visits to a Luton Library (+7.9% vs last year)

itemsborrowed

new library memberships

12,618

1,908

regular adults’ activities

attendancesat regular children’s activities

We took library services into the community and books to residents' homes, with the Pop-Up Library appearing at Pride, Picnic in the Park, Play Streets and other local events, while the Home Library Service connected with

We kept Book Nooks in leisure centres stocked with pre-loved library books to be taken home, kept, passed on or shared, with every book including an invitation to discover more of what the library has to offer.

We provided inclusive and supportive Holiday Activities and Food experiences for children and their families, creating opportunities to learn, play and connect.

Case study

Soft Play

We support children to develop skills enabling them to get the best start in life. We promote wellbeing through inclusive access to physical activity and play.

Our new soft play centres are one example of this.

The Giggles soft play centre launched December 2025 in Futures House,

Marsh Farm.

To further support our financial future and continuing to provide physical activity for children, we purchased Fun Junction soft play centre.

Be Active, housed by Active Luton, are Bedfordshire's Active Partnershipworking to address inequalities around access to physical activity.

Sport EnglandPlace Funding

School Games

Girls into Coaching

Coach 2 Coach

Sport England Movement Fund

Active environments /FacilitiesActive environments /Facilities

Safeguarding & Sport Welfare

Health & Housing

Active medicine

We are creating long-term stability and sustainability for Luton andensuring we create opportunities for young people to thrive.

Shaping the Future

193

We support confident teaching

We help teachers to excel. school staff have taken part in professional development through our Active Education CPD programme

students from educational establishments experienced work placements across our

173

We help teachers to excel. school staff have taken part in professional development through our Active Education CPD programme

students from educational establishments experienced work placements across our

Foxdell InfantsJunior School

We help teachers to excel. school staff have taken part in professional development through our Active Education CPD programme

Foxdell InfantsJunior School

and

Shaping the Future

With funding from Luton Council, we undertook a 2-year project with Barnfield College, offering students with SEND from Woodlands School learning opportunities and work experience.

We supported

schools with

We’ve trained lifeguards, now have employment

guidance on high-quality outdoor

We’ve trained lifeguards, now have employment

of whom,

learning and educational visits,

We’ve trained lifeguards, now have employment

5,361164,921

enabling

visits involving

Active Luton

with

5,361164,921

young people.

Shaping the Future

Conducting our business in an environmentally sustainable manner.

Working in partnership with Luton Council, the lighting at Stockwood Park Athletics Track was replaced and upgraded,enabling us to reduce energy consumption, reduce maintenance waste and lower carbon emissions.

Our solar panels at Inspire: Luton Sports Village have had a positive environmental impact since their installation in November –

we’ve saved 17k kilograms of CO2 emissions which is the equivalent of 1,050 trees planted.

The solar panels at High Town

generated 46,205kWh (46.20MWh) of power – That’s enough clean energy to power an average UK home for around 15 years!

Did you know…?

Our people are the engine behind our impact.

This year we published our Team Wellbeing Strategy, aimed at supporting our team’s own health & wellbeing.

Not only were we officially certified a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the second year in a row,we also earned a place on the 'UK's Best Workplaces in Charity & Not-for-profit' list.

We were national finalists in the ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ category of the UK Active Awards.

And because of our amazing team, we also achieved:

The Active Standard – a certification that allows fitness and leisure operators to demonstrate the safety and quality of their facilities.

Good Business Charter – meaning that we are committed to a fairer, more sustainable world, where

One of the ways we recognise our Team is through long-service awards and 'Going the Extra Mile' awards.

Our Luton Central Library Team were awarded a Silver Certification of Participationafter achieving over 88% in the Luton BID Mystery Shopper Awards.

…to our team...our board of Trustees…our core funders and stakeholders

…our partners…and of course our customers.

As one of the first organisations to sign up to the Luton Anchor’s Framework, we are proud to build on our long-standing relationships and look forward to continuing to serve the people of Luton.

…to our team...our board of Trustees…our core funders and stakeholders

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