Agenda item

Committee is asked to:

1.    Consider and approve Option 1 as set out in Section 3 of this report relating to the teaching pool viewing area; and

2.    Consider and approve Option 4 as set out in Section 3 of this report in relation to the Leisure Centre operating contract relating to the availability of showers.

Committee resolved to:

1.     Recognize that Places Leisure have comprehensive safeguarding policies and procedures in place to keep children and adults at risk safe. Further physical access restrictions are not required. The policies and procedures will be kept under periodic review; and

2.     Not to vary the Places Leisure contract so that street homeless housing clients can continue to be referred by Council Housing Team to the Leisure Centre for a shower.

The Community Development Manager advised the Committee that concerns had been raised by committee members at the last meeting around the teaching pool viewing area.

Work was undertaken to review all the safeguarding procedures that Places Leisure currently had in place. Officers were satisfied that the procedures complied with safeguarding legislation and good practice. It was noted that a number of Leisure Centres throughout Surrey had public viewing areas that allowed sight of the teaching pools and that within the Eclipse Leisure Centre the viewing areas allowed sight of both the teaching pool.

The Committee were advised that under the current operator contract, Places Leisure should allow free access to the showers within the Leisure Centre for those rough sleepers that were referred by the Housing Team. The Group Head Community and Wellbeing advised that only 2 people had been referred in the last year.

Committee resolved to:

1.    Recognize that Places Leisure have comprehensive safeguarding policies and procedures in place to keep children and adults at risk safe. Further physical access restrictions are not required. The policies and procedures will be kept under periodic review; and

2.    Not to vary the Places Leisure contract so that street homeless housing clients can continue to be referred by Council Housing Team to the Leisure Centre for a shower.