Stuart Haw is currently studying for a PhD which is looking into clubs and community businesses in sport and investigating the capacity and capital that communities require to successfully undertake an asset transfer and manage and run a facility previously owned by a local authority. Stuart’s research has recently been put into practice within his hometown of Peterborough. Since lockdown, his academic findings have also been used to make the case for the importance of community leisure facilities as a space to help maintain peoples’ physical but also mental health. 

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