This report updates on the insourcing of the Be Well Leisure Service on 1^st May 2024. The report sets out the key activities for the coming year coordinated by the Leisure Programme Board to further develop the service over the next 12 months now it is in-house.

The Mayor noted and agreed the reasons for urgency as set out in the report.

DECISION

1.    Note the progress made to create and launch the Be Well Leisure Service.

2.    Endorse the approach to develop the Be Well Leisure Service in 2024/25.

3.    Authorise the Programme Director for Leisure to produce a revised programme budget for 2024/25 within the financial limit of the approved budget.

4.    Note the Be Well Leisure Service 10-year revenue financial model including projections for an operating revenue surplus from year four.

5.    Note the progress on the asset condition surveys, the building dilapidations work, repairs undertaken by GLL and the leisure assets capital investment requirements for the next 10-years and support officers to develop proposals as part of the MTFS.

6.    Note the £3.65 million Be Well leisure assets capital programme for 2024/25 and authorise the Programme Director for Leisure to implement and amend the programme as required.

7.    Note and comment on the key risks and mitigating actions to manage those risks.

8.    Support the Be Well Leisure Service to maximise benefits from synergies with other council teams including Public Health and Workpath to reflect the council’s strategic priorities.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR COMMUNITIES TITLE (S. BAXTER,)

Programme Director – Leisure (K. Townsend)