Issue - meetings

To receive a report informing and updating that One Leisure and the Council have either completed, are in the process of completing, or have deferred some of the actions due to Local Government Reorganisation, providing Councillor’s an opportunity to review, consider and respond on One Leisure’s and the Council’s progress since the 12-month update (July 2025) of the One Leisure Independent Review recommendations, and seeking approval of the newly created One Leisure Vision, Customer Charter, and the new structure of One Leisure’s 3-year business plan

The Cabinet has

(1)  agreed and approved that all outstanding actions from the 12-month update report (July 2025) have been concluded;

(2)  acknowledged and accepted the 7 new actions from within the Year 1 – Transformation Progress Report of Actions & Recommendations from the Long-Term Operating Model for One Leisure undertaken by First Point Management;

(3)  accepted and approved the completion or on-going nature of the 7 actions identified within the Transformation Progress Report of Actions & Recommendations from the Long-Term Operating Model for One Leisure undertaken by First Point Management;

(4)  approved the One Leisure Vision, Customer Charter, and the new structure of the One Leisure 3-year business plan; and

(5)  delegated authority to the Head of Leisure, Health and Environment in consultation with Portfolio Holder for Leisure & Health, to undertake all necessary actions required to implement the aforementioned strategies and embed the vision for One Leisure and its continuous improvement.

A report by the One Leisure Business and Operations Manager was submitted (a copy of which is appended to the Minute Book) providing confirmation that One Leisure and the Council had either completed, were in the process of completing, or had deferred due to Local Government Reorganisation actions arising from the One Leisure Independent Review. The report provided Cabinet with an opportunity to review, consider and respond on One Leisure’s and the Council’s progress since the 12-month update in July 2025 and sought approval of the newly created One Leisure Vision, Customer Charter, and the new structure of One Leisure’s 3-year business plan.

The Executive Councillor for Communities, Leisure and Health introduced the report and invited the One Leisure Business and Operations Manager, Leigh Allaker to deliver a presentation to the Cabinet.

The Cabinet paid tribute to the work that officers had undertaken, and commended the projects at Sawtry Leisure Centre and Huntingdon Sport and Health Hub, which were important to communities.

In response to a question from the Cabinet regarding securing the partnership arrangement with National Health Service Integrated Care Board (NHS ICB) for Huntingdon Sport & Health Hub, the Head of Leisure, Health and Environment advised that there had been a number of meetings with the NHS ICB in the last 12 months, with the discussion now moving away from a long-term lease. A meeting was scheduled the following day with NHS England to discuss the powers they had around longer-term funding, so progress would be made over the next few months. Officers were also working with a number of other stakeholders to conclude legalities. Whereupon, it was

RESOLVED

that

(1)  the conclusion of all outstanding actions from the 12-month update report (July 2025) be agreed;

(2)  the 7 new actions from within the Year 1 – Transformation Progress Report of Actions & Recommendations from the Long-Term Operating Model for One Leisure undertaken by First Point Management, be noted;

(3)  the completion or on-going nature of the 7 actions identified within the Transformation Progress Report of Actions & Recommendations from the Long-Term Operating Model for One Leisure undertaken by First Point Management, be noted;

(4)  the One Leisure Vision, Customer Charter and the new structure of the One Leisure 3-year business plan, be approved; and

(5)  authority be delegated to the Head of Leisure, Health and Environment in consultation with Portfolio Holder for Leisure & Health, to undertake all necessary actions required to implement the aforementioned strategies; and embed the vision for One Leisure and its continuous improvement