leisure facilities - Research library - 'We can move' insight2024-03-28T10:49:08Zhttps://www.wecanmoveinsight.net/articles/feed/tag/leisure+facilitiesSector leaders call for urgent action from Government as energy costs put leisure facilities and pools at risk of closure within six monthshttps://www.wecanmoveinsight.net/articles/sector-leaders-call-for-urgent-action-from-government-as-energy-c2022-06-14T10:32:18.000Z2022-06-14T10:32:18.000ZLouise Silverhttps://www.wecanmoveinsight.net/members/LouiseSilver<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10568104057?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Source: UK Active 02.06.22</p>
<p><a href="https://www.ukactive.com/news/sector-leaders-call-for-urgent-action-from-government-as-energy-costs-put-leisure-facilities-and-pools-at-risk-of-closure-within-six-months/" target="_blank">https://www.ukactive.com/news/sector-leaders-call-for-urgent-action-from-government-as-energy-costs-put-leisure-facilities-and-pools-at-risk-of-closure-within-six-months/</a></p>
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<p>A coalition of leading bodies in the physical activity sector has written to the Government calling for urgent support to save leisure facilities from going under as they face a rise in energy costs of up to 150% on last year.</p>
<p>ukactive, the Local Government Association, the Chief Cultural and Leisure Officers Association (CLOA), Swim England, the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA), the District Councils’ Network (DCN) and Community Leisure UK (CLUK), sent a letter on Monday to Michael Gove and Nadine Dorries – the Secretaries of State for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport respectively.</p>
<p>In the letter the organisations issue a stark warning about the consequences if facilities do not receive urgent relief from the Government.</p>
<p>In a survey of ukactive members, public leisure operators were asked about the impact on their facilities if there is no financial support to mitigate against the increases and projected increases to energy costs over the coming months.</p>
<p>Up to 79% of public leisure facilities say that without support they are ‘likely’ or ‘extremely likely’ to cease operations within the next six months.</p></div>ukactive raises concerns with Government as energy costs double for gyms, pools and leisure centreshttps://www.wecanmoveinsight.net/articles/ukactive-raises-concerns-with-government-as-energy-costs-double-f2022-03-22T15:51:01.000Z2022-03-22T15:51:01.000ZLouise Silverhttps://www.wecanmoveinsight.net/members/LouiseSilver<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10229422484?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Source: uk active 19.03.22</p>
<p><a href="https://www.ukactive.com/news/ukactive-raises-concerns-with-government-as-energy-costs-double-for-gyms-pools-and-leisure-centres-threatening-services-and-levelling-up-ambitions/" target="_blank">https://www.ukactive.com/news/ukactive-raises-concerns-with-government-as-energy-costs-double-for-gyms-pools-and-leisure-centres-threatening-services-and-levelling-up-ambitions/</a></p>
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<p>ukactive has raised concerns with Government about the threat to the nation’s health and wellbeing as gyms, pools and leisure facilities report facing an energy bill hike of up to 150%. The energy crisis has hit the fitness and leisure sector at a time when facilities are still recovering from major losses incurred during forced closures and reduced footfall caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
<p>Using evidence gathered from operators across the public and private sectors, ukactive estimates that combined gas and electricity costs for 2022 will increase by 100% compared to 2019 (the last full operating year, pre-pandemic).</p>
<p>The findings show that larger operators, such as facilities with swimming pools, will face an increase of up to 150%. ukactive estimates that the total financial cost of rising energy bills for the whole sector this financial year will reach between £1 billion and £1.25 billion – up from around £500m in 2019.</p></div>