Transforming Bedford Borough’s Leisure Centres

Utilising feedback and engagement the proposed refurbishments will provide a much improved customer experience modernising the village change and providing an improved health and fitness offer for the centre to modern standards.

Increasing financial pressures have meant a focus on the experience, modern design and core activity to help the continuous improvement.

Yes there will be a rolling programme of consultations which will be documented on this site. The Strategy includes options for future years as the strategy develops and opportunities and  wider developments are confirmed in the Borough Robinson Pool and other Facilities will be considered further.

We completed stake holder consultation with the project team to assist with the needs analysis and the works that were recommended for consideration by stakeholders. Consultation was conducted with a limited number of organisations to provide a focussed strategic view. This included.

       Council officers and members

       National Governing Bodies of Sport

       Sport England

       Be Active Beds

       GLL Bedford Borough Councils Leisure Operator

      Options were presented to Councillors.

      The preferred  options are now being consulted on.

Wider consultation on the indicative proposals and progress the concept through preconstruction stages

We will be consulting with both users and non-users of the centre and facilities.

You can have your say by completing the survey and raising any particular points for the facility or strategy.

We will work with construction and design to minimise disruption to the pool and Fitness areas along with Alternate changing provision to maintain business as normal where practical.

Questions can be asked during the consultation process and this dedicated microsite will be updated with relevant FAQs and provide project updates which you can follow.