{"id":175151,"date":"2025-06-11T08:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/175151\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:17:15","slug":"edinburgh-leisure-celebrates-its-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/175151\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Leisure celebrates its volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edinburgh Leisure has paid tribute to the vital role of its volunteers with a special\u00a0Volunteer Thank You Day, held during of the UK\u2019s annual\u00a0Volunteer Week\u00a0celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Around 60 of the organisation\u2019s 190 volunteers\u00a0got together for a day when the impact of their contributions was highlighted. Hosted at Meadowbank Sports Centre, the gathering recognised the essential role volunteers play in supporting health and wellbeing in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Hughes, Volunteer Development Manager at Edinburgh Leisure said: \u201cOur volunteers are the heartbeat of many of our community programmes. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey help us reach more people, deliver more services, and ultimately improve lives through physical activity. This event was a small way to say a big thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers at Edinburgh Leisure support a wide range of initiatives, from health walks and inclusive fitness sessions to youth engagement and wellbeing programmes. Their efforts help reduce barriers to physical activity and promote healthier, more connected communities.<br \/>The celebration also offered volunteers the opportunity to share their experiences, learn more about Edinburgh Leisure\u2019s services, and connect with fellow volunteers and staff. Many spoke of the personal rewards of volunteering, including meeting new people, supporting others, and seeing participants grow in confidence and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in volunteering then<a href=\"http:\/\/edinburghleisure.co.uk\/careers\/volunteer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <strong>click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Volunteer-Event-June-2025-41.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-601106\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Two-Volunteers-Are-Recognised-for-thei-Outstanding-Contribution_June-2025-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-601107\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/06\/edinburgh-leisure-celebrates-its-volunteers\/?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749629834_537_pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/06\/edinburgh-leisure-celebrates-its-volunteers\/?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749629834_31_print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/author\/phyllis-stephen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749629835_865_Phyllis-Summer-2022-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-100x100 size-100x100\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Founding Editor of The Edinburgh Reporter.<br \/>Edinburgh-born multimedia journalist and iPhoneographer.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Leisure has paid tribute to the vital role of its volunteers with a special\u00a0Volunteer Thank You Day,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,22220,4154,4155,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-175151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-edinburgh-leisure","11":"tag-edinburgh-local-news","12":"tag-edinburgh-news","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114663748170811022","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}