Cricklade lesiure secures £60,000 lifeline (From This Is Wiltshire)

Cricklade lesiure secures £60,000 lifeline

11:50am Tuesday 6th March 2007

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North Wiltshire District Council has made a decision on the future of Cricklade Leisure Centre and will hand over £60,000 to help run it.

Minutes ago councillors concluded a private meeting of the executive committee where the community-led business plan, prepared by the Keep Leisure in Cricklade action group, was assessed.

A council spokesperson said: "We have decided to give the Cricklade community group £60,000, subject to contractual negotiations, to help with the independent running of the centre.

Chairman of the campaign group, Gary Walker, said: "This is great news. Our future would have been broken if the council had not agreed to give us the £60,000 funding.

"We sit down together on Thursday and discuss the detail. This money will help us keep the centre running which the people of Cricklade will be happy about. It's very good news.

"The future has opened up now and we can start looking at what we do towards the end of the year. Our intention is to rebuild the centre.

"That's what our grand aim is and we'll fight to make it happen."

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