Our partners
By working together we believe we can create more powerful partnerships and outcomes. Through collaboration we can increase participation, tackle inequality and help people lead healthier, happier lives.
Working in collaboration
NHS "Check You Out"
We’ve joined forces with NHS England to reflect an important NHS reminder on mirrors in over 240 gyms and leisure centres and 76 libraries in England. The stickers will feature the message 'Check You Out' urging people to look out for the potential signs of cancer, to ‘Be Body Aware’, and ‘Know What’s Normal’, for them.
The scheme is the latest push by the NHS to find cancers at an earlier stage and is the first time the NHS has partnered with a leisure operator in this way - joining several other partners, such as supermarkets and washroom hygiene specialists, to highlight cancer messages to the public in relevant everyday situations.
In a survey of more than 2,000 people, we found that only 55% of respondents check their bodies for physical changes regularly (at least once a month), and one in ten (12%) don’t check at all.
“I would advise other people going through cancer treatment to stay positive. Eat well and go out and talk to people. If someone makes a fuss about what you’re going through and makes you feel bad, just ignore them!”
“I would advise other people to know what’s normal for your own body and get yourself checked if something doesn’t seem right. Get a second opinion if necessary and don’t be afraid to keep chasing doctors so that you get answers in a timely manner.”
Act now, age better with Age UK
We’re delighted to announce that we are supporting Age UK’s Act Now, Age Better campaign to get all of us thinking, talking and taking actions that are going to help us age in the best way possible.
We're all living longer, and with the right choices, we can all live better. There are a number of simple things you can do to protect your future health: moving regularly, taking part in team sports, increasing your daily steps. A move towards a more active life will help us all age better.
Our partners
We partnered with Diabetes UK, to support two of the charity’s fundraising initiatives – Swim22 and the One Million Step challenge – by helping to raise awareness, encourage participation and improve the health and fitness of those taking part.
Coram is the UK’s first and longest-serving children’s charity, working for over 280 years to improve the lives of children and young people. As a leading adoption agency and advocate for children with care experience, Coram supports families before, during and after adoption, and works nationally to influence policy and practice. Our partnership with Coram helps ensure adoptive families and care-experienced children have access to opportunities that support physical and mental wellbeing.
Founded in 2015, Change Please is an award-winning social enterprise tackling homelessness through the power of social enterprise and great tasting coffee. Providing coffee for all of GLL’s cafés with 100% of our profits help people experiencing homelessness through our Barista Training Programme. We train people experiencing homelessness to become baristas and support them with everything they need to turn their lives around – a living wage job, support with housing, therapy, bank account and onward employment opportunities.
