Issue - meetings
Management Options for Shropshire Council Operated Leisure Facilities
Meeting: 18/10/2023 - Cabinet (Item 56)
56 Management Options for Shropshire Council Operated Leisure Facilities 
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Lead Member - Councillor Robert Macey - Portfolio Holder for Culture and Digital
Report of Mark Barrow, Executive Director of Place
Decision:
RESOLVED:
1. To approve the transfer of the operation of SpArC Leisure Centre in Bishop’s Castle to the Shropshire Community Leisure Trust, as part of the existing leisure contract, until 31 July 2027.
2. To delegate responsibility to the Executive Director of Place, in consultation with the Leader and the Portfolio Holder for Digital and Culture, for undertaking necessary due diligence and thereafter finalising negotiations and completing the transfer to the current leisure management contract with Shropshire Community Leisure Trust.
Minutes:
The Portfolio Holder for Culture and Digital introduced the report which recommended transferring the management of SpArC Leisure Centre in Bishop’s Castle to the Shropshire Community Leisure Trust, under their existing contract.
Members felt that this was a success story; demonstrating how community groups and the council can work together. Thanks were given to the Trustees, and it was acknowledged that this would protect the long running security of SpArC to enable it to grow and flourish.
RESOLVED:
1. To approve the transfer of the operation of SpArC Leisure Centre in Bishop’s Castle to the Shropshire Community Leisure Trust, as part of the existing leisure contract, until 31 July 2027.
2. To delegate responsibility to the Executive Director of Place, in consultation with the Leader and the Portfolio Holder for Digital and Culture, for undertaking necessary due diligence and thereafter finalising negotiations and completing the transfer to the current leisure management contract with Shropshire Community Leisure Trust.