Investment will make Brixton Rec the premier sports centre for young people in London

£2.85 million investment into Brixton Rec

Brixton Recreation Centre is to benefit from a major £2.85 million investment by Lambeth Council this summer that will make major improvement to facilities and turn it into the premier sports centre in London for young people.
Work will begin on April 1st on a package of improvements that will result in a greater range of facilities and make Brixton Rec a vibrant and family friendly centre, fit for the 21st century.
The improvements will include:
Level 1
• Refurbishment to tea bar and bowls viewing area

Level 2

Refurbished sports hall
Level 3

• Improvements to the entrance of the facility to make it more secure, lively, attractive and customer friendly.
• Refurbishment of the café seating area on level three.
• Creation of a new membership enquiries and online booking area.

• Extension and refurbishment of soft play area for 0-5s to include:
o Parents waiting and viewing area
o Specific areas for Under 5’s and Under 8’s
o Area dedicated to provision for Birthday Parties

• Dedicated Kidz and Active Childrens’ zone for 5-11 year olds to provide a range of new sporting activities integrated within the same hall.
o Sports zone to develop interaction between player and the game.
o Dedicated zone to provide excellent workout for children and gives them the opportunity for improvement, fun and social interaction.
o Sports Wall will provide multi-functional electronic device that has responsive panels that incorporates fitness, sport and physical activity.

Level 4-5
• Main Gym
o New state-of-the-art Technogym with latest equipment
o Including a dedicated Aerobike and crewing area
o Dedicated resistance area with an additional functional & stretch area, for swiss balls, medicine balls, core boards & free weights.

• Programmable Area
o To enable separate programmed usage as a group eg Women only sessions. Including new cardio vascular equipment and new resistance equipment - with an additional functional & stretch area for swiss balls, medicine balls, core boards & free weights.

• Studio Equipment -
Fully equipped for a successful exercise and aerobic range of classes

For health and safety reasons the centre will be closed for approximately three months from April 1 while the work is carried out, although school organised swimming classes will continue.

The council will be working with its new partner Greenwich Leisure Ltd on the improvements. Greenwich Leisure is recognised as an industry leader, managing more than 50 public leisure centres within the M25, and working partnership with a number of London local authorities, including Hammersmith and Fulham, Newham, Camden and Ealing.
Cllr Lib Peck, Cabinet member for environment and culture, said: “This work signals our commitment to making a step change in the standard of Lambeth’s sports facilities, and we believe it will turn Brixton Rec into the premier sports centre for young people in London. Brixton Rec is over 20 years old and anyone who has visited it will know that it is in desperate need of modernisation. With the Olympics on the horizon we want to give Lambeth residents the sports facilities they deserve and this investment will help to do that.
“Because of the extensive nature of the work, it will be necessary to close Brixton Rec for approximately three months. I ask that users bear with us while this work takes place, but I am sure people will agree that the temporary closure is a price well worth paying for the improvements.
“Greenwich Leisure has a proven track record of managing and improving leisure centres, and I am delighted that we will be working with them to make major improvements to our sports facilities. I’m determined that more people should start using our leisure centres, and that people’s experience of using our leisure facilities should be better, and Greenwich Leisure will help deliver those aims.

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