Adam Peaty says the Government owes it to the nation’s children and the vulnerable in society to save crisis-hit pools and leisure centres.
Better Leisure, which runs 268 centres across the UK, this week reduced its opening hours due to spiralling energy costs. The move follows Freedom Leisure, a charitable and not-for-profit leisure trust which teaches thousands of children to swim on a weekly basis, announcing the temporary closure of some of its pools after seeing its annual energy bill nearly triple.
Swim England fears 40 per cent of local authorities will see closures or service reductions in the coming months, with 100 pools or more shutting.
