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Emergency meeting called on Shankill Leisure Centre

NI gym reopens following major transformation and biggest-ever reinvestment

(L-R) GLL Sport Foundation ambassador and Olympian Aidan Walsh (boxing); Gareth Kirk; and GSF ambassador Lucy Mitchell (climbing)

Hundreds of children take part in Summer Sports Day

NI Chamber launches summer pop-up run club for members. Pictured is Stuart Anderson, director of Public Affairs, NI Chamber and Gareth Kirk, regional director, GLL

Business on the run: NI Chamber launches summer run club

The £85,000 gym refurbishment in Falls Leisure Centre follows on from a similar upgrade performed in Lisnasharragh, with a newly laid gym floor, an additional strength and functional training space and new LED light installed throughout. Pictured is users enjoy the new equipment at the refurbished Falls Leisure Centre gym

GLL reinvestment in Belfast reaches over £2m with gym refurbishment

Belfast’s Better leisure centres will open their doors to the public for a weekend of free family activities in celebration of 30 years of GLL. Pictured: A young boy tests out the Surf Simulator at Andersonstown Leisure Centre, Belfast

Belfast’s leisure centres to open for weekend of free family activities

GLL regional director Gareth Kirk, Belfast City Council chief executive John Walsh, Customer Service Centre manager at GLL Martine Gibson and councillor Gareth Spratt, deputy chair of Belfast City Council’s City growth and regeneration committee

Over 400,000 customer queries since Belfast call centre opened a year ago

Belfast City Council cannot stop ‘shocking’ leisure centre price rises

Pictured, front row, left to right, Belfast Giants netminder, Jackson Whistle and defenceman, Kevin Raine. Back row, left to right, Adam Keefe, head coach, Belfast Giants and Gareth Kirk, regional director, GLL at Better Gym Belfast. The Stena Line Belfast Giants have teamed up with Better as their official gym partner for the 2021/22 season. Better facilities are run by GLL, a not-for-profit charitable social enterprise committed to helping improve the health, wellbeing, and happiness of the whole community. Stephen Hamilton/Press Eye

Giants partner up with Better as official gym partner

Julie Bolton, general manager, Andersonstown Leisure Centre, Colin Thompson, catering manager, Orchardville, Oscar Gallagher, Orchardville participant and Adrian Walker, partnership manager, GLL

Social enterprise creates 21 new jobs as it wins hospitality contracts for two l...

Ava Burns, Fianna Fryers, Holly Holden, Grainne O’Brien and Mia Toal kickstart their summer at Andersonstown Leisure Centre

Summer of fun for under 16s as GLL launches free junior play cards

Belfast Lord Mayor Alderman Frank McCoubrey and Head of Service at GLL Jacqui Pope celebrate the launch of GLL’s Swim School

Time to get kids swimming again and build a vital life skill, says social enterp...

Users return to the gym at GLL’s Better Leisure Centres

‘Time to get people active again,’ says GLL as gyms reopen

Better Gyms

Return of outdoor sport in vain without dates for full leisure reopening says GL...

Gyms have been laid out to allow for two metres distancing between users

What to expect when Northern Ireland gyms reopen tomorrow

GLL employee and lifeguard, Devon Small

£25 million Andersonstown Leisure Centre development to open in April
Around 100 new jobs will be created with the opening of the new £25 million Andersonstown Leisure Centre in April.
Claire Cartmill

Belfast City Council CEO Suzanne Wylie, centre, with GLL NI regional director Gareth Kirk and Devon Small, GLL

GLL announces 75 new jobs for Belfast

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