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Friends for Leisure are one of the 2 chosen charities to benefit from the Congleton Rotary Swimathon. We will have a team on the day-Saturday 21st March at 3pm at Congleton Leisure Centre. Please follow the link to donate, if you are able to and feel free to come and support us on the day! […]

Friends for Leisure have a vacancy for a fundraiser.   Salary £28,000 per annum (pro rata) FFL Fundraiser vacancy information Expected to work a minimum of 21 hours a week. For more information about the charity or the role, please contact the charity manager. Please send your CV to info@friendsforlesiure.org.uk The closing date for applications is […]

Following the lifting of restrictions on Monday 19th July, we wanted to give you a little update on Friends for Leisure’s expectations: -If any member of your family has Covid-19 symptoms, you must not attend. Please let us know in advance of the session if you can. -We appreciate that some people are exempt from […]

  Friends for Leisure have now had our funding arrangements confirmed with Cheshire East Council which means that there will be a few changes to our activities from June onwards. We are pleased to say that most of our activities will stay the same and they will not cost anything to attend (apart from drama […]

Hello everyone, We are excited to announce that we are taking part in the #captaintom100 challenge to celebrate his amazing achievements whilst raising much needed funds for Friends for Leisure. Will you join us? What does it involve? By teaming up with Captain Tom Moore’s family to do the ‘100 Challenge’ with the catchphrase ‘Do […]

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ALL OF US AT FRIENDS FOR LEISURE.              BRING ON 2021!                             We’ve had our last zoom session of the year this week and what a year of change it has been for all of […]

                                                                          Hello, I’m Cameron. Thursday 17th September was my final Friends For Leisure activity before I go back to […]

Arlan, aged 19: “I have joined Friends for Leisure for a good few years now. the charity helps support many, many children and young person with complex needs ranging from mild to severe. in my case I have emotional and social needs, but I’m a high functioning individual with many aspirations for university, and continuing […]

Looking back on your journey with FFL-can you remember what your social life/confidence etc was like when you first registered and how it may have changed? Josh was much quieter and shy and didn’t really have many friends to chat to and do activities with.  He loves attending the clubs and has made some really […]

Annabelle joined us towards the end of the interview once she had finished some schoolwork. Looking back to when you first registered with FFL and Lisa came to visit you at home, can you remember what Annabelle’s social life and confidence was like and how that may have changed? Yes dramatically. Very very nervous, very […]