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Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are used at Horizon to upskill staff and present further learning opportunities to the wider team. They have specifically focused on apprenticeships in Business Administration and Management to develop, engage and retain staff.
Click on the link below to see how your business can use apprenticeships to upskill current staff or attract new talent.
Disability Confident Employers
As a disability-friendly employer Horizon proactively seeks ways to enable inclusion across its team. They are a community-based business who want to reflect the diversity of the community in their workforce.
An example of their work towards becoming disability confident includes seeking and gaining funding to install a new accessible reception desk for a team member making significant improvements to her working environment.
Click on the link below to explore how your business could be recognised as disability confident.
What does Horizon do for the community?
The leisure centre's brings in over £6million in social value to the local community through NHS cost savings, crime reduction, educational attainment and social and community development.
In June 2023, Horizon partnered with Havant Borough Council to open its first Wellbeing Hub in based in Meridian Shopping Centre. The Wellbeing Hub is designed to break down health and wellbeing barriers, encouraging members of the community to build confidence and start their health and wellbeing journey.
The Wellbeing Hub is an open-door space that can gently introduce people to improving health through supportive programmes, specific classes, and connections to GP surgeries and social prescribers. This includes weight management schemes, Falls Prevention classes and a Health Referral scheme to support those living with health conditions to be active. There are also sessions to support low-income families to access a range of discounts across services to support accessibility. For the last two summers Horizon have offered free swimming to children to encourage more than 13,000 children to access the pools without cost as a barrier.
What does Horizon do for local businesses?
There is an offer of corporate business memberships to groups of eight and over which can support businesses to encourage their staff to engage in activities to benefit health and wellbeing.
Horizon also recognises the time and finance lost in sick days to business and promote their services to allow employees to become active and improve health. Improvement of physical and mental health can align with improved performance in the workplace. Corporate health checks are a new offer from Horizon, with specialists offering businesses health checks including peak flow, glucose and cholesterol checks.
What comes next?
Recognising that approximately one third of the Borough is considered physically inactive, Horizon strives to get more people, more active more often. They recognise the burden and cost that poor health places upon the NHS, and by encouraging healthier and more active lifestyles, there is an opportunity to reduce a range of chronic health conditions from occurring.
Children and Young People
One of Horizon’s key priorities is to encourage more young people to stay active. Over 3,200 children across the Borough are learning to swim at a Horizon swimming pool, and there are plans to increase this number further. As a town close to the shoreline, It is critical that as many children as possible across the Borough learn this valuable life skill.
Horizon is also launching a new programme, THRIVE, aimed at children up to 16 and encouraging exercise and wellbeing for a younger age group. This programme will aim to increase participation by supporting accessibility for families through timetables where the parent and child can exercise together. With close to 1m visits across the centres each year, Horizon continues to connect with local people in the Borough encouraging happier healthier lifestyles.
Horizon continue to work on innovative ways to support all communities across Havant Borough. To find more information on their range of services visit the link below.
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Havant Business Partnership
Our next Havant Business Partnership will be hosted by Horizon Leisure Centre, Havant. To find out more about Horizon's offer to business and the community, please join us for an evening of networking.
Click on the link below to reserve your tickets.
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