TCT Impact report Cheltenham Trust Impact Report_WEB - 22nd June ver | Page 2

Who we are The Cheltenham Trust is an independent registered charity responsible for Cheltenham’s £300 million iconic cultural and leisure sites, including listed buildings. Established in 2014, the Trust engages audiences through the arts, heritage, performance, tourism, sport, and play and wellbeing opportunities.  Our historic and contemporary facilities across the town include: The Wilson - Gloucestershire’s premier Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham Town Hall, Pittville Pump Room, Leisure at Cheltenham and the Prince of Wales Stadium. Our teams provide outreach services across sport, play and arts development offering learning opportunities for all. We also run the town’s Tourist Information services. Our turnover in 2015/16 was £5.6 million: 10% publicly funded, with the remainder generated through commercial activity and fundraising. The money that we generate is solely directed at improving and developing the public offer. There are no shareholders or investors. As a charity, we create surpluses not profit, so that we can reinvest in and develop our venues, creating activity for public benefit. Trust highlights to date 750,000 visits to the VisitCheltenham website Over 450,000 tourists supported visiting the town Over £950k of external funding secured for projects and capital developments Over 930,000 customers engaged with annually and growing Over 31,000 volunteer hours to date Accessible Swimming 2.5m participants across activities with 25% year on year growth 18,061 school children given learning opportunities through wide-ranging programmes Leisure at Cheltenham has been working with a day centre in Prestbury to provide weekly swimming sessions for around 15 people of all ages with learning disabilities. The Trust secured a £55,000 grant from Gloucestershire County Council to improve disabled facilities. The Trust also provides 35,000 free swims annually for children. A Swim Local grant of £335k, funded by Sport England, will allow us to further improve facilities and broaden our reach.