Powers and Duties of the Leisure Services Committee



1: To provide and promote formal sports facilities within the parks and open spaces for individuals, groups and clubs. To provide and promote public halls and indoor sporting facilities for the general public. To manage and promote the use of the Bulmershe Leisure Centre and Woodford Park Leisure Centre. To recommend the fees and charges for the use of facilities. To recommend the fees and charges for the use of facilities. To recommend conditions and regulations for the use of any of the facilities. To have authority to agree one - off applications for free use of facilities, and to approve exclusive use of agreed areas or facilities by other local authorities or voluntary organisations.

2. To provide informal recreation facilities for all residents and visitors to Woodley, and to recommend to the Council areas for development.

3.  To provide children's play equipment, promote recreational and leisure courses, both in-house and through agencies, with authority to progress schemes within approved estimates.

4.  To manage and maintain the Council's parks, recreation grounds and open spaces, encompassing all fixed and loose fixtures and fittings, and the day-to-day operation of public halls and indoor sports facilities.

5.  To promote arts and culture in Woodley through the work of the Committee and act as an enabler to develop and provide art and cultural activities.

6.  To co-operate and liaise with Wokingham District Council on recreational and associated matters and, where possible, and with adequate funding, to carry out the maintenance of facilities on an agency basis.

7.  To co-operate and liaise with statutory and voluntary bodies on the promotional development of recreational facilities, Youth & Community service and all voluntary groups working within the town to the benefit of Woodley residents.

8.  To develop new facilities in the Council's ownership or jointly with other statutory or voluntary bodies.

9.  To liaise and co-operate with other bodies who are developing facilities of benefit to the people of Woodley.

10. To recommend to the Strategy & Resources Committee the committee's requirements for revenue estimates, in accordance with the policies and format required by the Strategy & Resources Committee.

11. To be authorised to appoint sub-committees and/or working parties to deal with matters delegated to the committee, and to delegate such powers as vested in the committee.

12. To be authorised to transfer funds between each head within a location to meet unexpected expenditure within the powers delegated to the committee.

13. To consider, where appropriate, the environmental impact on decisions being made by the committee.

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