Bosses at a sports centre in Bristol have agreed to offer cheaper charges for people who live locally, as well as a free pitch hire twice a week, after a campaign by local residents to get more from their local sports centre.
The Lockleaze Sports Centre is one of Bristol’s newest, after it opened in 2018. But the local branch of community union ACORN began a campaign to get it to connect more with people living on the estate - which is one of the more economically-deprived parts of the city - rather than act as a leisure centre for people from across north Bristol.
At a public meeting this week, centre bosses said they were keen to open up the facility to more local people, and announced a package of measures designed to do just that.
