Freedom Leisure to manage Southend council’s facilities

Southend-on-Sea City Council has appointed Freedom Leisure as its new provider for leisure services. The management contract will see the leisure trust operate three leisure centres on behalf of the council – Belfairs Swim Centre, Shoeburyness Leisure Centre and Southend Leisure & Tennis Centre.

The three-year deal will also see improvement works being carried out across all three facilities.

Ivan Horsfall-Turner, Freedom Leisure CEO, says: “It’s an exciting time for Southend as we can now start to work towards delivering inclusive, accessible and efficient leisure services across the city.

“We look forward to working with the council, new colleagues, customers and stakeholders to evolve and improve Southend’s leisure offer and help residents to have healthy, active lifestyles.”