Passionate members of the Dunston community have had their say at a public drop-in session as the potential closure of an at risk leisure centre looms.
Dunston Leisure Centre faces the possibility of closing its doors for good after council bosses warned that services had become “unaffordable”. Along with Gateshead Leisure Centre in Saltwell, and other local centres, the Dunston premises faces closure amid a funding crisis.
Last month, councillors were told that Gateshead Council had wanted to make its leisure centres and pools self-sufficient by 2020 but that such an aim was “no longer realistic” and they are “unaffordable” in their current state. The decisions had to be made due to of the impact of Covid-19, the cost of living crisis, escalating maintenance and repair bills, problems with staffing, and ongoing economic uncertainty.
