Ballooning energy and wage bills and a dip in user numbers since the pandemic struck have combined to leave the three facilities teetering on the brink
Chorley’s leisure centres have been given a £1.1m bailout by the borough council amid fears that they might not have survived the winter without emergency financial support.
A report presented to councillors revealed that since the onset of Covid, visitor numbers have shrunk – with membership of the centres standing at just 73 percent of pre-pandemic levels, presently around 3,500 users. However, the number of swimming lessons delivered has increased by four percent over the pandemic period.
“This gives us the time to get [a] plan in place as to how we really re-energise and refocus in terms of getting people using the leisure centres [and] what our plan is to raise income. The climate still remains exceptionally challenging for leisure centres. We can see that [in] Chorley [and]…everywhere else in the country,” Cllr Wilson added.
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