Issue - meetings

To provide members with an annual update report and presentation on the performance of Hinckley Leisure Centre for the period April 2021 – March 2022, under the operation of Places Leisure.

Members were updated on the annual report and presentation on the performance of Hinckley Leisure Centre for the period April 2021 – March 2022 under the operation of Places Leisure. During presentation and discussion the following points were raised:

·         The Leisure Centre had been used as a vaccination site for the residents of the Borough

·         Places Leisure were trialling health & wellbeing programmes across the Borough

·         A Covid recovery programme had been created addressing the health implications and impacts of Covid

Councillor Hollick entered the meeting at 18.43.

Members congratulated the team and thanked them for their invaluable work that had been carried out throughout the pandemic.

In response to a question from members around the cost of living crisis and how it had impacted on attendance figures and budgets, it was confirmed that it was an ongoing concern for the Leisure Centre.

In response to a question from members around activities in the community using satellite venues to encourage people that wouldn’t normally come into Hinckley to take part, it was confirmed that outreach work was ongoing working with parish councils and village halls to get the classes out to the wider community.

Members noted the report.