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Link Centre trampoline park on schedule despite objections

Plans to change the Link Centre “Closing the sports hall will not
sports hall into a trampoline encourage the community to
park are still going ahead despite participate and be involved in
objections and calls on Swindon improving their health and fitness.
Council to stop the proposal. Link Centre does an enormous
GLL which took over management amount to bring together men,
of Swindon Council leisure facilities women and children of all ages,
are to open a 1,200 square metre cultures and backgrounds.”
trampoline park. It means closure GLL were unavailable for comment.
of the region’s largest climbing • A 3,200 square metre trampoline
wall and relocation of community park at Kembrey Park employment
recreation groups and activities by area is to open in July - subject
the end of June. to final approval. See details on
Sports hall users and climbers page 31 about this project and the
started petitions and residents Members of Swindon Badminton Club, unhappy at losing Link Centre Rockstar bouldering and climbing
pressed Swindon councillors at the centre that is due to open in the
West Swindon Forum on 8 June to continuing with leisure related viable. We have to be realistic; if Autumn.
explain their position on the closure. activities, planning is not required. they had not taken on the lease the
At the forum Shaw councillor As an independent charitable borough would now be looking at
Mary Martin said the borough trust it’s up to them to find ways which centres would have to close.”
council in 2013/2014 had to reduce to increase the income to meet Suresh Bangalore who started the
the cost of running and subsidising the subsidy and to reinvest in the ‘Stop Closure of sports hall at Link
leisure facilities. “We were faced facilities. Centre, Swindon’ petition said: “Our
with closing leisure centres or “As a long term user of Link group has been playing badminton
finding a way of keeping them Centre sports facilities I was also at Link Centre for the last 10 years,
open because they are essential to disappointed with the speed of the every weekend, during the week
communities across the town.” change. I have a lot of sympathy and Bank Holidays.
“We negotiated a 25 year lease with the loss of the climbing wall “Apart from our group, there Cliffhangers junior climbers raised
with GLL which included a 10 year and the sports hall, but there is a are activities for children, indoor over £160 for the Nepal Earthquake
keep open agreement whereby GLL less formal climbing centre opening football, roller skating, lots of appeal by scaling Link Centre’s
took over the £1.5million annual in the town and GLL is finding other families bring their kids for basket- climbing wall 150 times in early
subsidy for running leisure services. locations for clubs and classes. ball, badminton and table tennis. June. Members will attend a
“The are no specific clauses to “GLL are working to their business Other communities use the hall for goodbye to the wall climbing party
keep particular parts of a leisure plan to make the overall package of cultural events and meetings. on Saturday 28 June.
centre open and as GLL are leisure centres across the borough
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