A cut of around 8.5 per cent in the contract between Powys County Council and Freedom Leisure which allows schools to use sports facilities and swimming pools could come is part of the 2024/2025 budget proposals. Freedom Leisure also needed to get back to the council to “come up with options” to help achieve the savings target, explained Ms Ashton. Cllr Roberts said: “I share officers’ confidence that this is an achievable saving, or we wouldn’t be looking at it. “We’re really unclear what’s being proposed, how it’s going to be achieved and the outcome for the child,” said Cllr Thomas. Not for profit company, Freedom Leisure runs 13 leisure, sports centres, and swimming pools across Powys and was awarded a 15-year council contract in 2015 to run the facilities.

Source: The Times February 03, 2024 12:00 UTC