LEISURE, EVENTS AND CULTURE
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“Investment into our leisure services is important to us in order to continue to offer first class facilities for residents today and future generations.” Councillor Angela McClements Telford & Wrekin Council Cabinet Member for Leisure, Tourism, Culture & the Arts
A Good Boost
A new session introduced in 2024 specifically for people with musculoskeletal conditions which effects joints, bones, muscles and can affect nerves has proved to be a great success with residents. The pool-based Good Boost sessions provide an exercise class that can be followed at your own pace on individual I-Pads. Sessions take place at Abraham Darby Sports and Leisure Centre and can be booked without any need for a medical referral. They are being delivered in partnership with Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin NHS. Sue has been a regular participant and says: “I joined the Good Boost Aqua programme at the start to help build strength and mobility following a total hip replacement. It’s made a big difference to my recovery with a notable improvement after just four sessions. I’m now eight months post-op, but still attend as there’s such a variety of exercises to help develop strength, balance, and flexibility. It’s a tailored programme that fits alongside physiotherapy advice.”
2025 marks the 150th anniversary of Captain Matthew Webb becoming the first man to swim the English Channel and Dawley’s local hero is the inspiration for the naming of the proposed new swimming pool to be built at Dawley – the Captain Matthew Webb Swimming Pool. At Telford & Wrekin Council the value of swimming to residents is well recognised – bringing both physical and mental health benefits and creating opportunities for people to access leisure facilities. From investing in a new pool to free swimming for residents aged under 25 plus a range of concessionary rates including discounted swimming for the over 50s Telford & Wrekin Council continues to provide opportunities to access facilities to support health and wellbeing. And more than 1,500 children under ten years old have enjoyed free swimming lessons under the 10 by 10 programme over the last two years providing essential swimming skills to young people. Investing in leisure facilities continues in 2025 with a scheduled reopening date of summer 2025 for the swimming pool at Wellington Civic and Leisure Centre currently undergoing major refurbishment works to improve the facilities for users and reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions including the installation of an air source heat pump, roof and wall insulation and a new hot water system. The fitness suite and fitness classes have remained open and this centre continues to be a popular site for residents.
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