Leisure review - consultation analysis report for east Wiltshire

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• Devizes
• Marlborough
• Pewsey
• Tidworth

Community Area View – Devizes

A total of 124 responses were received, which is 4% of the total received responses. Of these responses 99% were completed questionnaires and 1% were letters or emails.

Of the total responses received 36% were male and 61% were female and 2% considered themselves to have a disability. A total of 2% of respondents were aged under 18, 4% aged 18 to 24, 8% were aged 25 to 34, 20% were aged 35 to 44, 17% were aged 45 to 54, 26% were aged 55 to 64, 18% were aged 65 to 74 and 2% were aged 75 and over.

Of the respondents 13% indicated an interest in being involved or running their leisure centre. A total of 68% of respondents visited a leisure centre weekly, with 23% daily, 1% monthly and 8% less often.

In specific response to the questions

• 89% agreed with the principle that providing high quality, modern facilities with a variety of activities will encourage more people to become more active
• 76% agreed that local communities should be able to directly influence and / or manage their local services and only 4% of respondents disagreed
• 86% agreed that the price of using leisure facilities can be a barrier to taking part
• 54% of respondents felt that pricing should be reflective of the size and quality of facility whereas 38% disagreed that a standard pricing policy across all facilities, irrespective of the size and quality would work for Wiltshire
• 79% of respondents agreed that the council should try to provide multi-purpose indoor leisure facilities within 20 minutes travel time from home
• 86% agreed that introducing car parking charges at leisure facilities could be a barrier to stop people taking part

In terms of activities the most popular are swimming (32%), using the gym (16%), fitness classes (14%) and badminton (7%). Other facilities within leisure centres also proved popular with the inclusion of café facilities (9%), meeting spaces (5%) and crèches (3%).

There were 163 comments made, which is 3% of the total comments received with reference to the leisure review, with the following comments being the most highly stated

• Improved changing facilities – 12%
• Improved facilities/equipment (additional stuff 6 lane pool, squash etc) – 10%
• Cafe on site (better quality) – 10%
• Greater/more variety of classes/courses/exercise options/timings – 9%
• Happy with facilities/staff – 7%

Community Area View – Marlborough

A total of 96 responses were received, which is 3% of the total received responses. Of these responses 100% were completed questionnaires.

Of the total responses received 31% were male and 67% were female and 3% considered themselves to have a disability. A total of 4% of respondents were aged under 18, 5% were aged 25 to 34, 21% were aged 35 to 44, 27% were aged 45 to 54, 15% were aged 55 to 64, 22% were aged 65 to 74 and 5% were aged 75 and over. Marlborough had the highest response rate for 45 to 54 year olds.

Of the respondents 14% indicated an interest in being involved or running their leisure centre. A total of 78% of respondents visited a leisure centre weekly, with 19% daily, 2% monthly and 2% less often. Marlborough had the highest response rate from weekly users of the leisure centre.

In specific response to the questions

• 93% agreed with the principle that providing high quality, modern facilities with a variety of activities will encourage more people to become more active and furthermore 58% of respondents strongly agreed
• 93% agreed that local communities should be able to directly influence and / or manage their local services, this was the highest response from any community area and only 4% of respondents disagreed
• 93% agreed that the price of using leisure facilities can be a barrier to taking part
• 70% of respondents felt that pricing should be reflective of the size and quality of facility whereas 58% disagreed that a standard pricing policy across all facilities, irrespective of the size and quality would work for Wiltshire
• 81% of respondents agreed that the council should try to provide multi-purpose indoor leisure facilities within 20 minutes travel time from home
• 95% agreed that introducing car parking charges at leisure facilities could be a barrier to stop people taking part, this was the highest response from any community area

In terms of activities the most popular are swimming (26%), using the gym (16%), fitness classes (15%) and badminton (5%). Other facilities within leisure centres also proved popular with the inclusion of café facilities (9%), meeting spaces (4%) and crèches (3%).

There were 118 comments made, which is 2% of the total comments received with reference to the leisure review, with the following comments being the most highly stated

• Lower/affordable prices/cost, value for money – 13%
• Improved facilities/equipment (additional stuff 6 lane pool, squash etc) – 10%
• Improved changing facilities – 10%
• Greater/more variety of classes/courses/exercise options/timings – 9%
• Improve administration/staffing/standard of service – 7%

Community Area View – Pewsey

A total of 75 responses were received, which is 2% of the total received responses. Of these responses 99% were completed questionnaires and 1% were letters or emails.

Of the total responses received 39% were male and 57% were female and none considered themselves to have a disability. A total of 4% of respondents were under the age of 18, 4% were aged 25 to 34, 29% were aged 35 to 44, 18% were aged 45 to 54, 23% were aged 55 to 64, 16% were aged 65 to 74 and 3% were aged 75 and over.

Of the respondents 35% indicated an interest in being involved or running their leisure centre, which is the highest response rate for any community area. A total of 65% of respondents visited a leisure centre weekly, with 15% daily, 11% monthly, 8% less often and 1% have never used a leisure centre.

In specific response to the questions

• 92% agreed with the principle that providing high quality, modern facilities with a variety of activities will encourage more people to become more active
• 77% agreed that local communities should be able to directly influence and / or manage their local services and only 4% of respondents disagreed
• 80% agreed that the price of using leisure facilities can be a barrier to taking part
• 64% of respondents felt that pricing should be reflective of the size and quality of facility whereas 55% disagreed that a standard pricing policy across all facilities, irrespective of the size and quality would work for Wiltshire
• 81% of respondents agreed that the council should try to provide multi-purpose indoor leisure facilities within 20 minutes travel time from home
• 89% agreed that introducing car parking charges at leisure facilities could be a barrier to stop people taking part

In terms of activities the most popular are swimming (29%), fitness classes (14%), using the gym (12%) and badminton (7%). Other facilities within leisure centres also proved popular with the inclusion of café facilities (11%), meeting spaces (8%) and crèches (3%).

There were 132 comments made, which is 3% of the total comments received with reference to the leisure review, with the following comments being the most highly stated;

• Keep the centre open – 15%
• Greater/more variety of classes/courses/exercise options/timings – 9%
• Improved changing facilities – 8%
• Lower/ affordable prices/cost/value for money – 8%
• Happy with facilities/staff – 5%

Interesting points with regards the replacement, refurbishment and devolvement proposals were;

• Although 15% wanted to keep the centre open, only 3% believed the facility should remain in the control of the council/have support from the council
• However 2% questioned that leisure centres can not be run by unqualified personnel/can communities manage them

Community Area View – Tidworth

A total of 43 responses were received, which is 1% of the total received responses. Of these responses 100% were completed questionnaires.

Of the total responses received 37% were male and 61% were female and 7% considered themselves to have a disability. A total of 3% of respondents were under the age of 18, 10% were aged 25 to 34, 26% were aged 35 to 44, 23% were aged 45 to 54, 18% were aged 55 to 64 and 21% were aged 65 to 74.

Of the respondents 19% indicated an interest in being involved or running their leisure centre. A total of 51% of respondents visited a leisure centre weekly, with 30% daily, 5% monthly, 8% less often and 5% have never used a leisure centre.

In specific response to the questions

• 92% agreed with the principle that providing high quality, modern facilities with a variety of activities will encourage more people to become more active and furthermore 63% of respondents strongly agreed
• 84% agreed that local communities should be able to directly influence and / or manage their local services and only 3% of respondents disagreed
• 92% agreed that the price of using leisure facilities can be a barrier to taking part
• 53% of respondents felt that pricing should be reflective of the size and quality of facility whereas 42% disagreed that a standard pricing policy across all facilities, irrespective of the size and quality would work for Wiltshire
• 71% of respondents agreed that the council should try to provide multi-purpose indoor leisure facilities within 20 minutes travel time from home
• 87% agreed that introducing car parking charges at leisure facilities could be a barrier to stop people taking part

In terms of activities the most popular are swimming (27%), using the gym (17%), fitness classes (14%) and squash (6%). Other facilities within leisure centres also proved popular with the inclusion of café facilities (10%), meeting spaces (4%) and crèches (3%).

There were 66 comments made, which is 1% of the total comments received with reference to the leisure review, with the following comments being the most highly stated

• Improved facilities/ equipment (additional stuff 6 lane pool, squash etc) – 14%
• Greater/more variety of classes/courses/exercise options/timings – 12%
• Lower/ affordable prices/cost/value for money – 12%
• Improve administration/staffing/standard of service – 8%
• Better maintenance – 8%

Last updated: 20 January 2011