Trafford Council has renewed its operating agreement with Trafford Leisure CIC, a not-for-profit organization that manages the borough's leisure centres. This agreement comes after significant investment in the leisure estate, including the refurbishment of Urmston Leisure Centre and plans for new centres in Stretford, Sale, Partington, and Altrincham.
Leading councillors in Trafford have hailed the renewal of its new operating agreement with a not-for-profit provider which has overseen a multi-million pound investment into the borough’s leisure centres . The council’s executive have approved the new contract with Trafford Leisure CIC, which manages the authority’s leisure centres . Its success includes the £7.1m refurbishment of Urmston Leisure Centre which, following the Covid 19 pandemic - was fully reopened in March 2022.
Since then, further proposals for the development of new leisure centres in Stretford, Sale, Partington and Altrincham at a cost of £74.65m have been approved. This was boosted by a successful Levelling Up Fund bid for Partington and additional Sport England funding for Altrincham. In a report, the council’s deputy leader and executive member for leisure and arts Coun Catherine Hynes said the new operating agreement between the council and Trafford leisure had been developed with a ‘clear focus on health and wellbeing outcomes and addressing health inequalities’. “This is the first time that such a comprehensive agreement has been negotiated,” she said. “I think we should be really proud of our investment into the leisure estate and how we are protecting our leisure services for our communities.” Coun Hynes, who is registered blind, said that she was a user of Urmston Leisure Centre. “As a disabled person I was quite nervous about doing that,” she said. “When I arrived the team were so welcoming and incredibly supportive and helpful. “I think having the kind of community focus - you don’t get that every where in every gym that you go to, and I really love going.” And she added: “And of course we all excited about the reopening of Altrincham Leisure Centre which is coming in the new year. It’s going to be amazing. It’s going to have a spa, gymnastic provision in addition to the new and massively improved facilitie
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