THE charity that delivers culture, leisure and sport across Renfrewshire has a new name.

OneRen was formerly known as Renfrewshire Leisure but has been rebranded to complete “unfinished business” after the organisation was given responsibility for cultural services in 2015.

The change will be rolled out to signage and marketing materials over the coming weeks.

Victoria Hollows, chief executive of OneRen, told The Gazette: “This is a natural and long overdue consequence of the addition of cultural and sport responsibilities to our original leisure remit. 

“The OneRen name allows us to draw together every part of our charity, with our mission to improve our community’s health and wellbeing by working in partnership to design and deliver a range of life-enhancing and accessible cultural, leisure and sporting opportunities that meet local needsand improve life chances across the population. 

“The last eighteen months have shown that we are OneRen - our community and staff drawing together like never before. With major future cultural investment, this is a change for the better, at just the right time.”

Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes, chair of OneRen, said the change marked an exciting new phase for the charity.

She added: “This is a new identity that draws us together as one team, and emphasises our core purpose of working together to help everyone locally live lives which are healthy, happy and fulfilled. 

“It comes at a time when we have had to pull together like never before as we look to the future and provide innovative new ways to help rebuild our community’s mental and physical wellbeing from the pandemic.

“We are proud of the difference we can make: building healthy, happy and fulfilled lives for everyone living in or visiting Renfrewshire.”