Quadrant Leisure (Quadrant) was founded as a community interest company in November 2013.
Description
We work across the North East to engage with children, young people, adults & families to provide access to physical, social and mental well being events and activities. We operate our own Qfit Gym facility, group classes activities and events from our base here in the John Willie Sams Centre, Market St, Dudley, Cramlington NE23 7HS.
Our Vision
A healthy, caring and socially vibrant community, where everyone thrives.
- Healthy: Access to improve physical health and wellbeing.
- Caring: Experience a sense of common understanding, and encouragement.
- Vibrant: Engagement across a variety of community events and activities.
- Thrive: Everyone is included, has a voice, and the opportunity to grow and develop.
Guiding Principles
The following principles inspire us and guide our planning, our decision-making, and our daily work.
Diversity: Everyone has a voice. We are inclusive, respectful and fair.
Integrity: We are accountable, honest and compassionate.
Resourcefulness: We are creative, flexible and innovative.
Collaboration: We work collaboratively as partners and teams within the organization and wider community.
Excellence: We go above and beyond ordinary and strive towards the exceptional and extraordinary.
History
Launched in 2013 to start delivering football coaching to children aged 2-10, we simply focused on sports coaching, moving on in 2016 to offering Zumba classes at various venues. In 2017 we took over the community gym from the council at the John Willie Sams Centre. The gym enabled us to start working with Age UK, Parkinsons UK, LDNE and other organsiations. Just prior to the pandemic in 2020, we established a provision to engage with children and young people most in need and hard to reach including those with disabilities or additional needs. This is now further enhanced since 2022 with our work within local communities and schools offering after school clubs, holiday clubs, and personal development programs. We also delivered a number of kitchen workshops to young people with additional needs, the success of which has seen the launch of our Pretendy Chef Workshops, offering children, families and school groups food education, cookery and nutritional workshops and masterclasses.
