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LA Fitness backs down on children’s swimming prices


From June, children under four will be allowed to go swimming for free, with their parents, at LA Fitness clubs and a new national pay structure will be introduced. The gym chain was pulled up by the


Observer, which claimed it was breach- ing the terms of its own contracts when it introduced a fee of £8 per month for children, in January. Many members who had joined because they could bring their children free were unimpressed at the new charge. Details: http://lei.sr?a=P6C9G


Asda Sports Leaders launches


Ukactive has facilitated a new partnership between supermarket chain Asda and community sports organi- sation Sports Leaders UK to improve the health and employment prospects of young people. Launched at the House of


Commons, the Asda Active Sports Leaders scheme will receive the Inspired by 2012 brand, unveiled by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in April. Te scheme will support 150,000 people annually to get qualifi- cations in sports leadership. Chief executive of ukactive David Stalker


said: “ukactive exists for one reason and one reason only – to get more people, more active, more oſten. We’re delighted that we’ve been able to play such a role in bringing the two organisations together.”


Te planned leisure centre for Coleshill School


Community leisure centre approved for Coleshill


Planning approval has been granted for a community sports centre to be built at Coleshill School in North Warwickshire. The facility will replace the ageing


Coleshill Leisure Centre, which according to planning documents would be costly and time-consuming to refurbish. Te planning document also stated the facility’s popu- larity had dropped 14.5 per cent between 2008/09 and 2010/11. Te new facility will have a four-court sports hall, two squash courts, a 40-station gym and dance studio. Details: http://lei.sr?a=8M4l6


Construction to start on Haltemprice Leisure Centre


A contractor has been appointed to begin work on Haltemprice Leisure Centre, in Anlaby, Yorkshire. Local construction company Hobson &


Porter will lead the build, which will begin in late April and is set to be complete by autumn 2014. It will take place in a phased approach, beginning with the transforma- tion of the rear of the building into the main entrance and refurbishment of out- door pitches and the addition of parking spaces. Details: http://lei.sr?a=N6i3E


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Asda Active Sports Leaders will deliver 150,000 qualifications annually Asda said it saw the potential in the scheme


following a survey of more than 5,000 moth- ers in 2012 that found their two biggest concerns were about their children’s health and prospects for employment. Details: http://lei.sr?a=q6Y2k


Surrey leisure centre approved by council


Reigate & Banstead Borough Council has approved plans for an £8.7m leisure, com- munity and youth centre for a site at Preston, Surrey. The development would


include a 25m six-lane swim- ming pool, teaching pool, 50-station gym, dance and exercise studios, four-court sports hall, football pitches, café, crèche and wet and dry changing studios. Construction is expected to


start in autumn and be com- plete within a year. Approval was also granted


Te £8.7m leisure centre is scheduled to be finished by autumn 2014


for 130 new homes on the site of the existing Banstead Leisure Centre, which will remain open until the replacement facilities open. Councillor Adam De Save said: “It is fantastic news for local residents that the


exciting new leisure facilities and much needed new and affordable homes that local people have been promised are moving closer to becoming a reality.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=z0v7c


Leicester GPs to prescribe patients physical activity


Leicester GPs can now prescribe free exercise programmes to residents, under the city’s new Active Lifestyle Scheme. Te sessions, including walking and aqua


aerobics, will include a referral to a qualified fitness instructor for patients suffering medical


Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital


conditions such as heart problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity. Deputy city mayor Rory Palmer said: “Tis


scheme will help people get some exercise on a regular basis, with support from qualified instructors.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=V4i6x


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