Lordswood Leisure Centre - Centre Information & History


History

LLordswood Leisure Centre first opened its doors in 1982 to the general public, first as an extension to Lordswood Sports and Social club run as a sports hall with changing rooms.
In the early 90s we were approached to have an extension built bringing the centre upto the size it is today.

We run the centre as a partnership controlling all staff, management accounts and sporting activities until 2003,
from here on the council policy was to put it out to Compulsory Competitive Tendering.
There was no firm commitment from this and we put a proposal to the council to carry on running the centre on a 20 year lease with no payment, this was later in the year then agreed.

Lordswood Leisure Centre was formed as a charitable trust in October 2004, and is now managed by members of the local community on behalf of Medway Council.

The Centre operates on a non profit basis with any profits earned being invested back into the centre for improvement works. Since 2004 the centre has undergone major refurbishments in various areas to enhance the site, such as the new Martin Grove Suite and our Acorns Health & Fitness suite, which were previously a viewing gallery and squash courts.

Further years have resulted in further redevelopments such as the Main Sports hall which was completely transformed in 2008, the whole room was stripped and re-worked; the walls had new bricks, the paint and plaster was all refreshed and even a brand new floor installed.

In 2010 the introduction of the Quee Suite was announced, and our smaller ancillary hall was transformed again, acting as a smaller sports hall and a fully functional indoor marquee for functions when needed.

Your Centre & Our Centre

As the centre continues to grow, we continue to improve the centre day by day, all profits go back into the centre to generate a more pleasurable visit for you.

The board comprises of six board members, it has an excellent mix of talents from various areas in the community and includes representatives from the Centres Management Team.

Our main objective is to serve the residents of Lordswood and its surrounding areas to the highest standards we can. A large amount of our organisations that use the Centre run on a voluntary basis.
Our objectives are always straight forward, to encourage youths and adults of allages, religions and backgrounds to enjoy leisure facilities and we are very proud to say that some of our members are way into their 80s and still enjoying their Leisure Centre.

Lordswood Leisure Centre - Leisure for the community by the community-