TEMPO LIVRE

A Tempo Livre It is a cooperative regime created on the initiative of the Guimarães City Council, on January 22, 1999.

In its strategic identity, its mission is to provide activities and projects that stimulate an active and healthy lifestyle, as well as moments of happiness, throughout all phases of the community's life cycle. Social commitment, innovation and creativity, passion and sustainability ensure the values ​​of the mission it sets out to achieve every day.

Over the past 25 years, the Tempo Livre helped to change the local sports system for the better, actively involved in the dissemination of several projects to promote physical activity for all. Relevant examples include the active ageing projects Vida Feliz and Walking Football, activities aimed at children and young people such as Liga Neno, Miúdos Ativos, D.Escolar, Recreios Ativos, Férias Desportivas de Verão or even projects for the adult population, such as A-Gym (gymnastics for adults), T-Gym (gymnastics in the workplace), Barriguinhas Desportistas (physical activity suitable for pregnant women) and Dar Vida à Vida (aimed at diabetic, oncological and cardiac rehabilitation patients).

It was also at the origin of highly innovative services linked to sport, health and knowledge, such as the most relevant cases of the Guimarães Sports Medicine Centre, the Sports Talent Detection Centre and the Sports Studies Centre, which has developed an intense training activity in sport in Guimarães with several courses and training for managers, coaches and other agents in this sector.

A Tempo Livre It has also established itself as a unique model for managing sports facilities, being responsible for the Guimarães, Moreira de Cónegos, Brito and Scorpio Swimming Pool Complexes (outdoor pools), the Gémeos Castro Athletics Track, the Guimarães Gymnastics Academy, the Inatel Pavilion – Almor Vaz and the Guimarães Multipurpose Hall, considered one of the best concert halls in the country.