Halo Leisure Services Limited has successfully operated the Lady Hawkins Community Leisure Centre in Kington on behalf of Herefordshire Council since 2016 and are considered specialists in the field of delivering affordable and accessible leisure facilities.

The Community Leisure Centre is situated within Lady Hawkins School and the facilities can be accessed by the school and the community. The leisure offer has been well received by community of Kington.

Halo Leisure Services Limited is a charity and social enterprise which means that any profit from traded activities is reinvested into services. Halo Leisure Services Limited are able to offer a range of discounted and concessionary memberships enabling individuals living on low incomes to access the facilities and become members. Data indicates that people on low incomes suffer from significant health inequalities.

There is already a Joint Use Agreement between Halo Leisure Services Limited and Lady Hawkins School in place, which outlines the use of the facilities and both parties have confirmed that they want the partnership to continue.

Maintaining support for this community based leisure facility supports the ambitions of the Council’s Physical Activity Strategy which aims to increase physical activity levels and build community resilience. It also support priorities 3 (increase quality of life) and 5 (increase active lifestyle) of the Council’s Health and Wellbeing strategy.