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Home > Council & democracy > Council meetings > ePetition - Open ladies shower access via Women only gym at Mile End gym

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Open ladies shower access via Women only gym at Mile End gym

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We the undersigned petition the council to We would like the council and the management of Better gym to take into consideration about opening the access to ladies shower and toilet facilities via the Women only gym at Mile End Gym. This has always been open. Recently after the pandemic opening, this access has been blocked off. This has caused a lot of inconvenience for us as women to access the toilets and shower facilities. We have been told to walk across the corridor to the other side of the centre and or go to all the way around the mix changing rooms. This is very inconsiderate. Some ladies have to wear their outer garments in their sweats and carry their bags backwards and forwards. There has never been an issues before. Initially I raised with the manager and was told they will open. Recently I have been told they will never open it as some women ‘sneak’ through the shower room to the gym!

This is very bad management. Mile End Gym management have decided to close the ladies access to shower and toilets via the women only gym because they believe ‘some women sneak into the gym’. This is the comment/feed given to me by duty managers.

This is a very petty argument or excuses. Sure let there must be some other way of managing these issues. Having restricted access has and is causing me going into the gym. It means I can’t access the toilets and shower facilities as and when I need to via the gym. Some women have health issues such as incontinence, mobility problems and others. Going all the way across the hall and around the mix changing rooms is a lot of disruption and inconvenience for a lot of women.

This Petition ran from 26/11/2021 to 07/01/2022 and has now finished.

103 people signed this Petition.

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