Gravesham Community Leisure Limited (GCLL) was established in 1999 as a staff-owned Industrial and Provident Society and is now registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014. The organisation holds charitable status and operates on a not-for-profit basis, reinvesting surplus back into the services and facilities it manages for the benefit of the local communities it serves.
Today the company manages three publicly owned leisure centres on behalf of Gravesham Borough Council and Swanscombe & Greenhithe Town Council, working in partnership to improve the health, wellbeing and quality of life.
From the start as a small, staff-owned organisation with limited resources but limitless determination, GCLL has grown into a trusted community partner, welcoming hundreds of thousands of visits each year.
Chief Executive Officer Stephen Wren said: “Our people and our community are our greatest strength.
“When GCLL was established 25 years ago, it was built on a simple but powerful idea, that leisure and wellbeing should sit at the heart of every thriving community. What makes me most proud is not just the growth of the organisation, but the lives we have touched along the way.
“Our legacy is written in the confidence of a child learning to swim, in the resilience of someone improving their health and in the friendships formed across our centres. The past 25 years have been remarkable and the best is still to come.”
