ukactive is reconstituting its’ Membership Council and wider governance structure, and is inviting applications to join its Membership Council via a membership election.

The Council is elected to represent the ukactive membership and ensure that the views of the Membership are fed in to the strategy and operations of the organisation.

The purpose of the Membership Council is to provide the direct voice of ukactive members up to Board, and to share key updates from ukactive out to members. Board will also ask for Membership Council opinion on matters relating to the industry.

The opportunity is for those who work for ukactive members, across the whole physical activity sector. There are 14 seats available which are elected on an initial 3-year term. These positions are not remunerated.

The Chair of the Membership Council, who will be elected from one of the 14 seats, will also sit on the ukactive Board.

Further changes and the corresponding election processes to the other member sub-Committees will be announced in 2022.

Members are invited to apply for one of the seats below. Applications should be made based on the organisation which the applicant works for.

The breakdown of the 14 seats on the Membership Council are shown below: –

Public Sector Representation, based on market/site volume.

• Leisure Trust
• Management provider
• Director or Head of Service for in house
• Further education/Higher Education Director

Private Sector Representation, based on market/site volume

• Low cost operator
• Mid-Market/Franchise
• Premium operator
• Boutique (Multi Site) or Group Exercise based provision
• Spa/Hotel provision

 Independent Representation

• Independent (which will become Chair of the Independent Council)

 Wider Activity

• Outdoor Recreation/ National Governing body
• Wider Corporate / Children’s Activity Provider

 Supplier Council

• 2 x Suppliers (which will become Chair and Vice Chair of the Supplier Council)