The body behind a number of leisure centres has scooped an industry award for the seventh year in a row.

Everyone Active, which runs Harrow Leisure Centre and Hatch End Swimming Pool, was named ‘Facility Operator of the Year’ at the annual Swim England Awards.

Having made the category its own over the years, it has been recognised for increasing swimming participation levels and putting inclusivity at the forefront of the services it offers.

Jacqui Tilman, group swim development manager at Everyone Active, said: “We are thrilled to have won this prestigious award for the seventh time.

“We are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of all our communities and our swimming programme is a huge part of this.”

Over the past year, Harrow Leisure Centre and Hatch End have run a number of initiatives aiming to get more people active in water.

This has included participation in the ‘This Girl Can’ campaign, Swim 4 Confidence sessions and a Swimathon, which raised thousands of pounds for charity.

There are currently over 1030 customers enrolled on swimming lessons at Hatch End Swimming Pool, and over 2600 at Harrow Leisure Centre.