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63 Gym Memberships The table below sets out the number of health and fitness memberships in the borough; this excludes the school sites which don’t allow public access. Only 6 of the 15 sites allow the general public to use the facilities on a pay and play basis. 4 of the sites are owned by Brent and one facility is owned by the City of Westminster, giving in total 5 local authority sites. This is important as the National Audit of Fitness consumers identified that nationally the lower income groups are underrepresented as users of health and fitness facilities. However, there is a large majority of people on lower incomes who use local authority owned health and fitness facilities rather than the commercial / registered membership facilities. Table 18: Gym memberships In total there are 22,105 health and fitness members within the borough and the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has stated that nationally, 12% of the population currently have a health and fitness membership. This is set to continue to grow and has increased 3% over the last year alone. Currently in Brent only 8% of the population have memberships at these facilities. This means that to get to the national average, there would need to be another 11,399 memberships within the borough. Brent currently has 1,209 stations available to the public, the estimated demand converts to an additional 652 fitness stations. This is calculated by using England penetration rates and it is stated by the FIA that London penetration rates are on average 33% higher than the rest of England, meaning that there would be even more scope to increase health and fitness facilities. The increase of the borough’s population will only Facility Current registered members Type of public accessibility Bridge Park Community Leisure Centre 270 Pay and Play and Registered Membership Cannons Health Club 3300 Registered Membership Charteris Sports Centre 300 Pay and Play and Registered Membership Energie Fitness Club 350 Registered Membership Fitness First Health Club (Alperton) 3000 Registered Membership Fitness First Health Club (Kilburn) 2000 Registered Membership Fitness First Health Club (Kingsbury) 2000 Registered Membership Genesis Gym and Fitness Studio 750 Registered Membership Livingwell Health Club 700 Registered Membership Manor Health and Leisure Club 1000 Registered Membership Moberly Sports and Education Centre 1500 Pay and Play and Registered Membership Uniq Health and Fitness 900 Registered Membership University of Westminster 650 Pay and Play and Registered Membership Vale Farm Sports Centre 1050 Pay and Play and Registered Membership Willesden Sports Centre 4335 Pay and Play and Registered Membership Total Members 22105 6 pay and play, 9 Registered Membership Average Number of members 1474
Chapter Six Indoor Sports Facility Provision increase the demand for more health and fitness facilities and by 2016 an additional 14,543 memberships are expected with population growth. This would require an additional 827 fitness stations. These calculations should take precedence over the capacity ratios as they assess local capacity against local demand, therefore giving more accurate future requirements. Indoor Athletics Quantity There is currently 1 indoor athletics facility in the borough, located in the south of the borough at the local authority owned Willesden Sports Centre. The facility offers an 80 metre indoor 8 lane straight running track with indoor facilities for some field events. The indoor track provides flexible space allowing it to be used for a variety of different activities such as fitness classes, mini tennis, judo and children’s activities. Accessibility The indoor athletics facility at Willesden is illustrated on map 36 with a 1.6km catchment. Although most of the borough is not within a 20 minute walk time of this facility, users of specialist facilities are willing to travel further and there are two other indoor tracks in North and West London at Brunel University (Uxbridge) and Lea Valley (Enfield) Map 36: Catchment map – indoor athletics Indoor Athletics Legend Supply and Demand The one indoor facility within the Borough would cover demand according to the UK Athletics target of one indoor training centre per 500,000 people living within 30 minutes drive. Quality Willesden sports centre where the indoor track is located, was opened in November 2006 and is therefore in excellent condition. In addition to the indoor track, the facility also provides an outdoor six lane, synthetic, floodlit, athletics track with full track and field event facilities, changing accommodation. Indoor Bowls Quantity The borough hosts one private indoor bowls centre providing 6 rinks for bowls. The Bowls club is located in Preston ward North West of the borough and is open to people who join the club. It is not available on a pay and play basis. The capacity ratio table shows that Brent is slightly above the London average in terms of capacity ratio, with 0.023 rinks in Brent per 1000 population compared to a London average of 0.02 rinks per 1000, meaning there is 0.7 of a rink more in Brent compared to the London average. Pay & Play Indoor Athletics 1.6km Buffer of Pay & Play Athletics Ward Boundaries Brent Borough Boundary Chapter Six - Indoor Sports Facility Provision 64
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