July 2010
Tone Celebrates Mark of Social Enterprise Success
Wednesday, 21 July 2010 Tone Leisure, the charitable trust that operates sports and leisure facilities on behalf of South Hams District Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council, has become the first leisure trust in the south west to be awarded the Social Enterprise Mark. The Mark is administered by a joint venture set up between the Social Enterprise Coalition, the national body for social enterprise, and RISE, the social enterprise regional network for the south west. It is awarded to businesses that meet...Read more...
Tone Helps Taunton Walk Its Way To Fitness
Wednesday, 21 July 2010 A Taunton walking scheme is celebrating its fifth birthday with the news that the total number of yearly participants recorded has increased by over 3,000 since the scheme began in 2005 – and it is now launching a new-look programme of walks for summer 2010 to encourage even more people to take part. The Walk Well in Taunton project is run by Tone Leisure as part of a Department of Health-funded scheme by Natural England, designed to quadruple the number of people who take part in...Read more...
Learner Pool Improvements at St James Street
Wednesday, 21 July 2010 THE popular learner pool at St James Street Baths in Taunton is to close on Sunday July 25 to allow vital remedial work to be carried out. The pool, owned by Taunton Deane Borough Council and operated by charitable trust Tone Leisure on behalf of the Council, is used by thousands of schoolchildren each year and for swimming lessons. It is not open to the wider public. This work is aimed at reducing the amount of time it take for the water to circulate through the filtration system as...Read more...
New Results Show MEND Programme Can Successfully Combat Growing Problem Of Childhood Obesity
Thursday, 8 July 2010 Results from a family-focused treatment and prevention programme for children who are over a healthy weight indicate the effectiveness of the initiative as a key tool to tackle the growing problem of childhood obesity, claims charitable trust Tone Leisure. One in three children aged five to 13 in the UK are obese or overweight according to the new figures which were recently revealed by independent research company Datamonitor*, with this proportion expected to rise to 40% by 2014. ...Read more...
Website Maintenance 6th July from 10pm
Tuesday, 6 July 2010 Due to scheduled maintenance the online bookings facility will be unavailable from 10pm Tuesday 6th July to 2am Wednesday 7th July. We apologise for any inconvenience.Read more...