Leisure review - consultation analysis report for north Wiltshire

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• Salisbury
• Downton
• Tisbury
• Amesbury

Community Area View – Salisbury

A total of 112 responses were received, which is 4% of the total received responses. Of these responses 100% were completed questionnaires.

Of the total responses received 45% were male and 54% were female and 5% considered themselves to have a disability. A total of 5% of respondents were aged under 18, 2% aged 18 to 24, 14% were aged 25 to 34, 21% were aged 35 to 44, 16% were aged 45 to 54, 17% were aged 55 to 64, 20% were aged 65 to 74 and 5% were aged 75 and over.

Of the respondents 29% indicated an interest in being involved or running their leisure centre. A total of 65% of respondents visited a leisure centre weekly, with 21% daily, 5% monthly, 3% less often and 5% have never used a leisure centre.

In specific response to the questions

• 83% 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 45% of respondents strongly agreed
• 77% agreed that local communities should be able to directly influence and / or manage their local services and only 3% of respondents disagreed
• 90% agreed that the price of using leisure facilities can be a barrier to taking part
• 72% of respondents felt that pricing should be reflective of the size and quality of facility whereas 60% disagreed that a standard pricing policy across all facilities, irrespective of the size and quality would work for Wiltshire
• 64% of respondents agreed that the council should try to provide multi-purpose indoor leisure facilities within 20 minutes travel time from home
• 84% 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 (25%), using the gym (13%), fitness classes (10%), badminton (6%) and squash (5%). Other facilities within leisure centres also proved popular with the inclusion of café facilities (10%), meeting spaces (5%) and crèches (3%).

There were 191 comments made, which is 4% 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 – 15%
• Greater/more variety of classes/courses/exercise options/timings – 9%
• Happy with facilities/staff – 9%
• Improved changing facilities – 5%
• Improve administration/staffing/standard of service – 5%

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

• 4% of respondents wanted to see improved facilities
• 5% of respondents were interesting in climbing activities

Community Area View – Downton

A total of 80 responses were received, which is 3% of the total received responses. Of these responses 96% were completed questionnaires and 4% were letters or emails.

Of the total responses received 35% were male and 61% were female and 1% considered themselves to have a disability. A total of 4% of respondents were aged 18 to 24, 3% were aged 25 to 34, 9% were aged 35 to 44, 20% were aged 45 to 54, 20% were aged 55 to 64, 37% were aged 65 to 74 and 7% were aged 75 and over. Downton had the highest response rate for 65 to 74 year olds.

Of the respondents 21% indicated an interest in being involved or running their leisure centre. A total of 59% of respondents visited a leisure centre weekly, with 29% daily, 4% monthly and 8% less often.

In specific response to the questions

• 87% 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 48% of respondents strongly agreed
• 83% agreed that local communities should be able to directly influence and / or manage their local services and only 4% of respondents disagreed
• 89% agreed that the price of using leisure facilities can be a barrier to taking part
• 85% of respondents felt that pricing should be reflective of the size and quality of facility whereas 65% disagreed that a standard pricing policy across all facilities, irrespective of the size and quality would work for Wiltshire. The disagreement with a standard pricing policy was the highest response from any community area
• 90% of respondents agreed that the council should try to provide multi-purpose indoor leisure facilities within 20 minutes travel time from home
• 92% 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 (20%), using the gym (18%), fitness classes (17%), badminton (7%) and squash (5%). Other facilities within leisure centres also proved popular with the inclusion of café facilities (10%), meeting spaces (6%) and crèches (3%).

There were 111 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

• Keep the centre open – 13%
• Happy with facilities/staff – 9%
• Improved facilities/ equipment (additional stuff 6 lane pool, squash etc) – 9%
• Swimming pool/gym included in existing facility – 8%
• Greater/more variety of classes/courses/exercise options/timings – 7%

Community Area View – Tisbury

A total of 113 responses were received, which is 4% of the total received responses. Of these responses 91% were completed questionnaires and 9% were letters or emails.

Of the total responses received 45% were male and 52% were female and 3% considered themselves to have a disability. A total of 1% of respondents were under the age of 18, 4% were aged 18 to 24, 6% were aged 25 to 34, 14% were aged 35 to 44, 14% were aged 45 to 54, 21% were aged 55 to 64, 27% were aged 65 to 74 and 10% were aged 75 and over. Tisbury had the highest response rate for 75 and over.

Of the respondents 9% indicated an interest in being involved or running their leisure centre. A total of 68% of respondents visited a leisure centre weekly, with 8% daily, 11% monthly and 13% less often. Tisbury had the highest response rate from monthly users of the leisure centre.

In specific response to the questions

• 91% agreed with the principle that providing high quality, modern facilities with a variety of activities will encourage more people to become more active
• 63% agreed that local communities should be able to directly influence and / or manage their local services and only 18% of respondents disagreed
• 78% agreed that the price of using leisure facilities can be a barrier to taking part
• 85% of respondents felt that pricing should be reflective of the size and quality of facility whereas 65% disagreed that a standard pricing policy across all facilities, irrespective of the size and quality would work for Wiltshire. The agreement with a pricing policy that reflects the size and quality of the facility was the highest response from any community area
• 79% of respondents agreed that the council should try to provide multi-purpose indoor leisure facilities within 20 minutes travel time from home
• 91% 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 using the gym (21%), swimming (18%), fitness classes (17%), and badminton (10%). Other facilities within leisure centres also proved popular with the inclusion of meeting spaces (5%), café facilities (4%), and crèches (3%).

There were 149 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 – 19%
• Happy with facilities/staff – 10%
• Improved facilities/equipment (additional stuff 6 lane pool, squash etc) – 7%
• Swimming pool/gym included in existing facility – 7%
• All leisure facilities should stay in control of the council/have support from the council – 6%

Community Area View – Amesbury

A total of 103 responses were received, which is 3% of the total received responses. Of these responses 99% were completed questionnaires and 1% were letters or emails.

Of the total responses received 37% were male and 63% were female and 5% considered themselves to have a disability. A total of 4% of respondents were under the age of 18, 3% were aged 18 to 24, 16% were aged 25 to 34, 25% were aged 35 to 44, 12% were aged 45 to 54, 23% were aged 55 to 64, 14% were aged 65 to 74 and 5% were aged 75 and over.

Of the respondents 18% indicated an interest in being involved or running their leisure centre. A total of 57% of respondents visited a leisure centre weekly, with 32% daily, 1% monthly, 7% less often and 2% 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 54% of respondents strongly agreed
• 86% agreed that local communities should be able to directly influence and / or manage their local services and only 1% of respondents disagreed
• 94% agreed that the price of using leisure facilities can be a barrier to taking part
• 78% 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
• 88% of respondents agreed that the council should try to provide multi-purpose indoor leisure facilities within 20 minutes travel time from home
• 91% 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%), fitness classes (13%), using the gym (12%), badminton (6%) and squash (4%). Other facilities within leisure centres also proved popular with the inclusion of café facilities (9%), meeting spaces (6%) and crèches (3%).

There were 112 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

• Improved facilities/ equipment (additional stuff 6 lane pool, squash etc) – 17%
• Lower/ affordable prices/cost/value for money – 9%
• Keep the centre open – 7%
• Happy with facilities/staff – 6%
• Centre should be convenient, town centre, walking distance – 5%

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

• 4% indicated that they wished to see both Amesbury and Durrington continue as separate sites with the inclusion of other facilities i.e. swimming pools, sports hall
• 2% mentioned they wished to see the inclusion of other services within the facilities i.e. libraries

Last updated: 20 January 2011