THE FIRM which operates eight leisure centres across South Gloucestershire, including ones in Yate and Thornbury is to be used by the Department of Health as a national example for improving public health.

Public health specialist, Kathryn Kavanagh nominated the Circadian Trust as a best case example for its development of high levels of inclusive participation in sport and physical activity to improve public health in South Gloucestershire.

The Trust offers a variety of activities including junior judo and adult swimming to offer a range of services which is appealing to as much of the community as possible.

Circadian Trust’s success will be used as a case study on the Department of Health to ‘inspire’ leisure organisations across the UK.

The social enterprise’s efforts were rewarded with a personal message of thanks from the public health minister, Jane Ellison.

Mark Crutchley, CEO of the Circadian Trust said: “We should be extremely proud of our organisation in achieving recognition from the Department of Health. Being used as a national case study is testament to the hard work and commitment of the whole team.

“I would like to personally thank Jane Ellison and Kathryn Kavanagh for their kind words and the commendation from the Department of Health.

“This recognition is a great achievement and will inspire the team to continue making improvements to the health and wellbeing of our local communities.”

Circadian Trust was also, recently, awarded the Investors in People Silver standard as well as achieving the ISO 14001 accreditation for their environmental sustainability initiatives.