Gareth Kirk - GLL Director "Through the Barricades"

“View from the Pool” is a distinctive series of conversation podcasts between Poolview’s Robin McGloughlin and his guests, who uniquely have all been Lifeguards at some point in their career. 

This weeks podcast features Gareth Kirk  who is the North of England and Northern Ireland Regional Director for GLL, the charitable social enterprise that operate leisure facilities and then some across the UK.

We discuss Gareth’s day job where he oversees teams across Manchester, York, Newcastle, Cumbria, Preston and Belfast and the fun, games and frustrations he has around his   interactions with local authority partners on both a officer and elected representative level on a daily basis.

Charting his rise from Lifeguard to Chair of the Board, this is a breathless and faced paced conversation, which for obvious reasons centres around the rebirth of Belfast leisure thanks to a £105million investment from the City Council.

If you are looking for a little inspiration in life to work hard and chase the dream - lock and load this one in and listen to Northern Irelands latest adopted son regale his story!