LEISURE SERVICES UPDATE (01:25:00)
The Group to receive a verbal update regarding Leisure Services from the Head of Human Resources and Development.
Minutes:
The Exe Valley Leisure Centre Manager gave a presentation to the Group outlining the recent restructure of Leisure Services. He explained that managers for all three centres would be appointed and in position by the beginning of December. He informed the Group that each of those managers would take on specialisms for which they would work across the three sites. The specialisms included:
· Business development and performance;
· Dry-side and outside facilities;
· Front of house, sales and retention;
· Health and fitness;
· Operations, procedures and health and safety;
· Wet-side operation and swimming lesson programme.
Duty Managers would be appointed to look after the day to day running of the centres, allowing the centre managers to work more strategically. Some specialist assistance would be bought in, for areas such as marketing.
The officer informed the Group that the provision of leisure services currently cost the authority in the region of £600K. It was intended that the service be at zero cost to the authority by 2019/20.
Discussion took place regarding:
· Research had shown that social reasons and fun where a high priority to users and that the most common age group using the facilities was the over 45’s;
· Schemes for users on low incomes;
· Managers being given the opportunity to look at all options for improving income;
· Fitness staff being trained to give weight loss and diet advise.
The Chairman thanked the Officer for his presentation.