EveryoneActive Gym

[cella]

The gym now has a sign on the reception desk announcing the cutback in the provision of the free gym & swim schem, introduced by Southwark last year. The service may now only be used on Saturdays & Sundays for a specific allocated time. This seems to be a watering down of the Council's pledge to locals and was a condition agreed by EveryoneActive when they were awarded the contract. Can any of the 3 local Councillors confirm that they are aware of this and have sanctioned?

[sabrina79]

Also in Lewisham council thete is not anymore free swim and gym from last year...

Im a member in both Lewisham Fusion,Everyone active in Southwark plus Better in Greenwich.

We know very well free service does not last forever....the cut the disability benefit!!!!!Which is more important to support diisabled people and pepple in needs than have free swim and gym!

For me is fine People who training and swim for training will be able to.

Was mental in Dulwich pool!!!!I pay and i needed to leave the pool because of the free slow swimmers in the fast

lane!!!!

;)

[cella]

Apparently they have tried this on at some of their other gyms - the local Southwark councillors are on to them

[NewWave]

One thing I do find exasperating is the number of teenagers in the gym at weekends who just seem to 'hang around' and socialise or sit texting on the weights machines.

I'm all for free gym and swim for disabled and over 50's or those who need to lose weight for health issues but I must confess the gym was looking more like a pick up place for bored teens.sometimes playing music loud from their iPhones.

[cella]

Know what you mean. However it's down to the gym management to appropriately deal with this sort of thing. EveryoneActive, despite agreeing to the terms when they were awarded the contract, are now trying to wriggle out of providing these services and this amounts to a watering down of the election pledge by Southwark. Appalling that they have just put a sign on the reception desk of the ED, Camberwell & Elephant gyms with nothing on the website and not consulted the politicians. The local councillors are following up on this.

[cella]

I see they've put a sign up this morning advising customers to buy a padlock for their lockers. Lots of new equipment, which is great, but seemingly no plans to invest a comparatively low sum in security either for their women customers in the changing rooms or the lockers.

[NewWave]

My friend is a member at an exclusive members gym in Mayfair where everyone had permanent designated lockers. several lockers there got broken into my friend lost a load of stuff.

Sadly these things happen.

Even in posh Mayfair gyms costing over ?100 a month membership.

I don't know whether investing in new lockers would help..is there such a thing as a burglar proof locker?

Where I work ours are only activated by our staff cards- And none have been broken into since they switched to that system.

but then everyone has their own permenant locker.I know know how you'd do it at a council gym