Solutions · Local authorities

Evidence participation and social value with data that stands up to scrutiny.

Give residents an easy way to get active, make concessions fair and simple, and show funders exactly what your leisure services achieve.

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The challenge

What gets in the way for local authorities.

Proving impact

Funders and members want evidence of participation and social value, not estimates.

Fair access

Concessions and eligibility need proof, without turning reception into a checkpoint.

Public sector assurance

Security, accessibility and data protection have to stand up to procurement.

How OpenPlay helps

Everything you need, in one platform.

Participation data

Usage, bookings and membership data from the same source as every transaction.

Sector data feeds

Daily 4Global feeds for sector impact reporting, such as Sport England evidence.

Eligibility and concessions

Residents upload proof online, staff approve it, and reminders go out automatically.

Funder recognition

Show partner or funder statements at checkout, set once for the estate.

Accessible by design

Working to WCAG 2.2 AA across joining and booking.

Assured and secure

ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus, with UK or EEA data storage.

In practice

Reporting that finance, operations and public health can all use.

Build list and time-based reports, schedule them to stakeholders and send data securely by SFTP.

40+ data sources, from usage to aged debt

Scheduled reports by email or SFTP

Moves+ activity and survey data alongside Flow

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Screenshot: Flow reporting for a council estate

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Screenshot: Flow reporting for a council estate

The decision to switch to Flow was driven by its innovative and customer-first approach. The key highlight for us has been the team behind it.

Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles · Flow client

3.5m+

customers on the platform

55m+

visits powered every year

285

centres running Flow

Other solutions

From a single club to a national estate.

Leisure operators

Multi-site estates

Universities

Sport and student wellbeing

Private operators

Clubs, racquets and boutique

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See OpenPlay for local authorities.

Bring your sites, timetable and awkward edge cases. We’ll show you how it handles them.