- Letter claims more than 2,800 facilities are at risk
- ‘The loss would be catastrophic to communities’
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has written to Boris Johnson warning that public health may be harmed for a generation if leisure facilities continue to stay closed following the coronavirus pandemic.
The intervention, in her role as chair of the leisure industry body Ukactive, comes as a backlash continues to grow against the government’s decision not to include gyms and indoor leisure facilities in the relaxing of lockdown measures in England scheduled for 4 July. Grey-Thompson’s words were echoed by the head of UK Coaching, Mark Gannon, who argued delays will have an immediate impact on health outcomes for the most disadvantaged in society.
Written by Paul MacInnes
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