Leisure for Free scheme

Do you live in the New Lodge, Whiterock, Blackstaff or Ballymacarrett areas of Belfast? Would you like free, unlimited access to your local leisure centre?

We've teamed up with the Public Health Agency to offer free annual Maximum Boost membership to 200 residents living in areas of Belfast with traditionally poor levels of health.

Maximum Boost gives users unlimited access to most leisure centre activities and facilities, including all our swimming pools, gyms and council-run activity classes, and money off many others.

A total of 50 people in each of the four areas listed above have already received a Maximum Boost membership at their local leisure centre. We have chosen these areas using the Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation figures.

Applications for the scheme are currently frozen, but you can still apply and we ill keep your details on a 'waiting list' for free membership. To apply, you must live in any of the following streets:

Download list of eligible streets (Excel - 39KB)

To take part, participants must commit to making good use of their membership by visiting their local leisure centre:

at least once a week during the first four months
six times a month over the next four months
eight times a month (or twice a week) in the last four months.

You can apply to take part in the scheme by filling in the online form below or by calling us on 028 9032 0202 (extension 3540).

Apply for Leisure for Free scheme

You must be over 16 to apply.

If you are chosen to take part in Leisure for Free, we will write to you and invite you to your local leisure centre to get started. A list of reserve names will also be drawn up in case participants do not complete their registration or have to withdraw for any reason.

For more information about the Leisure for Free scheme, call our Leisure Development Unit on 028 9032 0202.