The Cheltenham Trust
It manages Cheltenham Town Hall, The Wilson (Cheltenham) the town's Art Gallery and Museum, Pittville Pump Room and Prince of Wales Stadium and the Leisure @ sports centre and swimming complex.[1] Founded in 2014 by Cheltenham Borough Council[2] 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 was appointed chairman and Cheltenham's former mayor, Duncan Smith, vice-chairman.[3] 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.