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The Cheltenham Trust is a
registered charity A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definition of a ch ...
that manages several cultural and leisure venues in the spa town of
Cheltenham Cheltenham (), also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort, following the discovery of mineral s ...
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Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of ...
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England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
. It manages
Cheltenham Town Hall Cheltenham Town Hall is an early-20th century assembly rooms in Cheltenham, England. Unlike most town halls, it is a public venue and not the seat of the borough council, which is housed in the nearby Municipal Offices. It is a Grade II listed ...
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The Wilson (Cheltenham) The Wilson, formerly known as Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was opened in 1899. It offers free admission, and has a programme of special exhibitions. It was renamed The Wilson in honour of polar explorer Edwar ...
the town's Art Gallery and Museum, Pittville Pump Room and Prince of Wales Stadium and the Leisure @ sports centre and swimming complex. It also runs the town's Tourist Information Centre. Former director of the National Football Museum and director of museums, galleries and archives at Bristol, Julie Finch, was appointed CEO. Founded in 2014 by Cheltenham Borough Council to secure the future of these venues in an era of spending cuts, the Trust also has a trading subsidiary which aims to create revenue to support the venues. The Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees made up of unpaid local volunteers. In February 2017 media entrepreneur
Peter Harkness Peter Martin Harkness (born May 1949) is a British media entrepreneur and investor. Formerly a journalist, he is a director of the business data specialist GlobalData plc. Early life and childhood Born in Hoylake, Wirral, he attended grammar sc ...
was appointed chairman and Cheltenham's former mayor, Duncan Smith, vice-chairman. In March 2017 the Trust announced its first major improvement project for one of its venues - a £1.5m refurbishment of Leisure @ Cheltenham with debt funding provided by Cheltenham Borough Council.


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*{{official website, http://www.cheltenhamtrust.org.uk Organisations based in Cheltenham Charities based in Gloucestershire