Issue - meetings
To Follow- Future of parks tennis
Meeting: 21/07/2022 - Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee (Item 25)
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 - Active Wirral Strategy, item 25
PDF 6 MB
- appendix 3 - lta case studies, item 25
PDF 4 MB
- appendix 5 - lta - park tennis - making your courts work, item 25
PDF 10 MB
- Appendix 4 Operating Model Appraisal, item 25
PDF 253 KB
- appendix 6 - lta-environmental-sustainability-plan, item 25
PDF 5 MB
- Appendix 2 - Figure 1 Identified Park Tennis Courts information associated improvements and penetration numbers. _, item 25
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- Webcast for Future of Parks Tennis - Acceptance of grant from Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and implementation and procurement of the future operating model
Minutes:
The Leisure, Libraries and Engagement Modernisation Officer, introduced the report of the Director of Neighbourhood Services which proved the Committee with the Lawn Tennis Association’s (LTA) capital grant funding proposal for tennis court improvement works across Wirral, including operating models for the future management and maintenance of the courts.
The report also provided an overview of tennis provision across the Council’s parks and open spaces and proposed a sustainable way forward for tennis provision across Wirral’s Parks and Open Spaces in the future.
It was clarified to the committee that the funding would contribute to broadening the game of tennis to a wider audience and in turn work toward health benefits for the borough. Day to day maintenance would be the responsibility of the operator. The LTA had offered to increase funding to mirror the costs of building materials increasing. Trials were run previously to measure the effectiveness of the booking system, schools and libraries were also involved in order to facilitate the booking process for those without sufficient access.
On a motion moved by the Chair and seconded by Councillor Foulkes, it was,
Resolved – That the Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee
(1) Authorises the Director of Neighbourhoods to accept the grant funding from the Lawn Tennis Association in the sum of £300,000 to enable tennis court improvement for the Council parks courts.
(2) Requests that Director of Neighbourhoods develops a sustainable operating model and programmes of inclusive tennis activity that prevents low income from being an obstacle to participation in tennis across the borough and brings back a further report to the Committee which also includes detail as to how the model will support social inclusion and overall participation.
(3) Requests that the Director of Neighbourhoods continues to work with the NHS to develop social prescribing opportunities and a borough-wide referral programme.
The Committee also welcomes the provision of £40k funding from the LTA to deliver the LTA Serves Programme which takes tennis into the heart of local communities and encourages residents to become more physically active.