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ActiveLife
ActiveLife is Orkney's great value leisure membership, giving you access to a wide range of activities at the Pickaquoy Centre and 11 council-owned leisure facilities across Orkney.
ActiveLife is a partnership between the Pickaquoy Centre Trust and Orkney Islands Council. Membership also includes LeisureLink, giving you free access to leisure facilities in 4 other areas across Scotland.
What's included
Depending on what's available at each venue, membership includes:
- swimming
- health suite access - sauna, steam room and spa pool
- group exercise classes
- 50+ club activities
- use of gym, weights and exercise equipment, including a free initial induction
- body composition analysis
- racket sports - squash, badminton, short tennis, table tennis
- soft play
- kids' inflatable sessions
- athletics track
- climbing wall and bouldering cave
- 20% discount at the Phoenix Cinema
- LeisureLink partnership access
Where you can use your membership
- The Pickaquoy Centre
- Kirkwall Grammar School (KGS) Sports Centre
- Stromness Swimming Pool and Fitness Centre
- The Dounby Centre
- Our 7 Healthy Living Centres, based at community schools in North Walls, Rousay, Sanday, Shapinsay, St Margaret's Hope, Westray and Stronsay Junior High
Prices
- ActiveLife Individual: £30.25 per month
- ActiveLife Family: £42.35 per month
- ActiveIslands Individual: £15 per month
- ActiveIslands Family: £20 per month
- Budget membership: £1 per activity
ActiveIslands gives islanders access to gym facilities and fitness classes on their own island.
Budget membership gives access to any activity, including Learn2Swim blocks, for £1, terms and conditions apply.
How to apply
Apply at the Pickaquoy Centre, or at KGS Sports Centre, Stromness Swimming Pool and Fitness Centre, or the Dounby Centre.
Related resources
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ActiveLife application form
This document contains an ActiveLife membership application for The Pickaquoy Centre, with options for individual, family and budget memberships, including prices and eligibility rules. It collects member and family details, provides a Direct Debit instruction and explains payment, cancellation, membership use, activity access and other conditions. It also includes permission to receive centre updates and explains how the Pickaquoy Centre Trust and Orkney Islands Council use and protect personal information.
Please be aware that this summary has been generated using AI.
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ActiveIslands application form
This document contains the ActiveIslands membership form for individuals, families and people receiving certain benefits. It explains prices, access to facilities, payment by direct debit and the information needed to apply. The form also covers data protection, proof of benefit eligibility, membership rules, cancellations, refunds and other conditions of use.
Please be aware that this summary has been generated using AI.
What's not included in an ActiveLife membership?
What's not included in an ActiveLife membership?
Cinema tickets, exercise classes paid for in a block, and personalised gym programmes after your initial sign-up session.
Is there a limit on family membership?
Is there a limit on family membership?
A family membership covers 2 adults living at the same address, and any number of children under 18.
Who's eligible for Budget membership?
Who's eligible for Budget membership?
You're eligible if you receive a means-tested benefit, such as Income Support, Pension Guarantee Credit, Jobseeker's Allowance, or Employment and Support Allowance. Since these benefits are based on household income, anyone living at your address can also access activities at the Budget rate.
You're also eligible if you receive a War Disability Pension, Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment, Attendance Allowance, or Carer's Allowance, though in this case the Budget rate applies to you only, not the wider household.
I don't want to take up a membership, what are my options?
I don't want to take up a membership, what are my options?
You don't need to be a member to use our facilities. You can pay as you go at the standard Pay and Play rate at individual centres.
What is LeisureLink?
What is LeisureLink?
LeisureLink lets members of participating fitness schemes across Highland, Moray, Orkney, Shetland, the Western Isles, Aberdeen, the Borders and Argyll and Bute access gym, swimming and fitness classes at each other's facilities at no extra cost. It's useful if you're working away from home or on holiday in a participating area.