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Martin Sheppard Title: Managing Director Interests: Olympic Memorabilia Collector Passion: “To make a difference.” If he could he would: “Convince the government to fund more projects with people and organisations who want to encourage more people to be more active, more often and in more places.” Martin has worked in the sport, recreation and leisure industry for over 30 years, managing a diverse portfolio of facilities including; leisure centres, sports facilities, museums, arts centres, theatres, parks, cemeteries and crematorium, ice rink, golf courses and tourism destinations. In addition, Martin has had a strong focus on program development and delivery for … Read More…

The interest from local government in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the UK continues to grow as more governments can appreciate the benefits. In the last three weeks I’ve presented to 70 plus local government people in Dubbo (NSW), to 60 Victorian and 19 New Zealanders in Melbourne and 40 plus international guests in Hong Kong. Apart from the jet lag and Velocity points what have a really learned? There are a few aspects to share: Synthetic turf is having a stronger drive for multi-sport allowing the likes of soccer, rugby, touch, AFL and cricket to be played on the … Read More…

Today we read about the success of mystery customer visits in fitness centres, how open public space reduces television time for children, the benefits of a gym located close to home, one million pounds to an Active at 60 program, swimming on referral programs, and a project to promote sexual and gender diversity in hockey.   A mystery customer visit has resulted in Inverness Leisure receiving two new accolades following the secret inspection by Scotland’s tourism organisation. Over two days the mystery customer visited the centre. The first milestone saw its visitor attraction rating increase to four stars, classing it as … Read More…