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Improving the health & wellbeing of our community
Firstly, we would like to thank our friends, families, members and regular customers that have sent us kind words of support throughout the lockdown period. It has been a very difficult time for all businesses and we along with other organisations have had to make very hard and challenging decisions. As a charity we operate large leisure facilities with small reserves, reinvesting back into services locally.
Over 300 of our staff were furloughed over the closure period to protect their income and the Trust’s position. Just a handful of 12 or so core staff remained, all of whom have worked tirelessly to secure all available support to the Trust, ensuring we remained in a good position until we could reopen our community facilities again.
We welcome the government announcement that all indoor fitness and swimming facilities can start to reopen from 25th July.
COVID safety plans and risk assessments have been developed to protect staff and customer at all times and our teams will now start to prepare for our phased reopening.
Specific plans, signage and protocols will be further developed for each site over the coming weeks with staff returning to invite you back into our facilities as soon as we can. There will be some significant changes to how you use our facilities, including pre booking, one-way systems and a phased return of activities. Our priority in everything we do is keeping staff and customers safe, whilst providing the same level of service you expect from us.
We will communicate with you directly via our member app, social media and other platforms regarding specific reopening plans, timelines and processes for each facility over the coming weeks.
Please continue to bear with us as staffing will be minimal through to our reopening, as we begin to understand fully new behaviors and customer’s needs.
We will be in touch but until then, stay safe and we look forward to seeing you again very soon.
Claire Henwood - CEO SLT Group & Sentinel Leisure Trust
After the prime minister today announced the enforced closure of pubs, restaurants, theatres and other social venues including gyms and leisure centres, the following centres have closed:
We will update this page with the latest updates along with the trust's / SLT Group's main social media accounts @SentinelLeisure.
Direct Debit Members (Fitness, Squash, Climbing, Football Academy and Swim School) at all sites above will have their DD frozen (£0) during the time of closure until the sites reopen. Members who have paid cash up front at the closed sites will also have membership frozen, which will be reactivated upon each site reopening.
Customers with pre-booked activities such as borthday parties will be contacted directly over the next few days with the options available to them.
The trust would like to thank all customers for their forebearance at this time, and wish everyone a safe time ahead.
Here at Sentinel Leisure Trust we provide access to high quality sport, leisure facilities and services. We are a local charity that provides services across the district of Waveney and Great Yarmouth, re-investing back into sport and leisure to continually improve the lives and opportunities of local residents and visitors to the area.
Sentinel operates 16 facilities including leisure centres, water sports centre, beach huts, football centres to and delivers direct services such as Physical Activity & Health, Sports Development, Play Development and Consultancy servcies to other local authroities and trusts. Sentinel Leisure Trust also provides 16-18yr education (BTEC and A Level) adapted for especially through the Football Industry College.
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