Places Leisure to manage Elmbridge Leisure Services facilities

Places Leisure has been awarded the contract to manage Elmbridge Leisure Services’ Xcel Leisure Complex, Sports Hub and Hurst Pool for the next 10 years.

Elmbridge Borough Council has worked successfully in partnership with Places Leisure for the last 31 years. The leisure facilities have attracted 1m visits per year from residents who have taken part in the wide range of activities across the sites which include: the exercise referral scheme, the Saturday night youth project, cardio and cancer rehabilitation classes, walking football and netball and falls prevention sessions, as well as the more traditional gym, swim and fitness programmes.

Elmbridge Borough Council and Places Leisure plan to build on this success by further enhancing the facilities and expanding the existing health and wellbeing offer to reach all parts of the community. In the next few years, Places Leisure will invest £6m at the Xcel leisure complex to create a new health suite, immersive cycling studio, an extension to the existing exercise studios/fitness suite and a new soft play area – “all contributing towards achieving a thriving Elmbridge”, the Elmbridge council said.

As part of the procurement of this new leisure facilities contract, Elmbridge Borough Council specified the energy reduction expectations from its leisure partner. Elmbridge’s leisure facilities account for a significant amount of the council’s energy usage. To offer more energy efficient facilities, both Places Leisure and the council will invest in more energy efficient infrastructure. This will include new heating systems, hydrogen ready boilers, photovoltaics panels, LED lighting and electric car charging bays, collectively providing more sustainable leisure facilities.

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https://www.placesleisure.org/news/elmbridge-leisure-services/