Category Archives: Fusion

GLL lined up for libraries, as well as leisure and pools

Posted on November 23, 2017 by

GENE BRODIE, our bookish gyms correspondent, on an added twist to the tale of a 20-year leisure centre management contract GLL – Greenwich Leisure Ltd – could be lined up to take over the operation of Croydon’s library service. GLL … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Carillion, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Fusion, Greenwich Leisure, John Laing Integrated Services, Leisure services, Libraries, New Addington, Purley, Purley Pool, South Norwood, Sport, Thornton Heath, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

People Power wins battle of the paper cups in Thornton Heath

Posted on October 14, 2017 by

There’s been a (minor) victory for People Power in Thornton Heath, as the firm who manage the local pool and leisure centre have promised to reinstate drinking cups at the gym’s water coolers. “We got it wrong,” Fusion Lifestyle said … Continue reading →

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Public start the fightback over standards at Fusion centres

Posted on October 11, 2017 by

The cup of cheer is hardly overflowing for leisure centre users around the borough. Indeed, many don’t have even a paper cup, as KEN LEE reports The borough’s swimming pools and leisure centres are coming in for ever closer scrutiny … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Fusion, Jamie Audsley, Leisure services, Maggie Mansell, New Addington, South Norwood, Thornton Heath Community Action Team, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

POLL: Back our scheme to save Purley Pool – permanently

Posted on January 26, 2015 by

FLIP FLOP (Part 94): Purley Pool has been given a reprieve, of sorts. Following an announcement this morning by Tony Newman, the council leader, the only public swimming pool serving a vast catchment area in the south of the borough … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Emily Benn, Fusion, Leisure services, Mike Fisher, Planning, Purley Pool, Swimming, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Purley Pool to close as council Budget cuts begin to bite

Posted on December 10, 2014 by

Croydon Council is to close Purley Pool in a cost-cutting exercise aimed at avoiding having to spend at least £780,000 on urgently required repairs and renovations to the much-neglected swimming facility. Purley’s swimming pools’ fate was sealed once the council … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon South, Fusion, Leisure services, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Property, Purley, Purley Pool, Sport, Swimming | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Council set to bring pools, parks and library service in-house

Posted on November 12, 2014 by

Croydon school pupils denied desks to study in the borough’s public libraries, free swimming sessions going under-publicised, and our parks being locked up because of a lack of contractor staff could all be things of the past if outsourced services … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Carillion, Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Environment, Fusion, John Laing Integrated Services, Leisure services, Libraries, Refuse collection, Timothy Godfrey, Wandle Park, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Waddon pool’s service without a smile for £44 a month

Posted on March 21, 2014 by

WALTER CRONXITE, our intrepid reporter in the 32in waist Speedos who has a faint whiff of chlorine about him, reports from poolside at the over-priced and poorly finished Waddon Leisure Centre If you ignore the stinking pool of brown water … Continue reading →

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Leisure centre opens – and charges locals £44 per month

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

Olympic legacy? Not at the Waddon Leisure Centre, opened yesterday by Croydon Council inviting a Paralympic champion from… Sutton. The public facility – built at a cost of £15million, or one-tenth of the price we are paying for the Council … Continue reading →

Posted in Clare Hilley, Fusion, Leisure services, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Laings give up on URV schemes due to lack of interest

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

Croydon Council’s “innovative” £450 million urban regeneration vehicle will not be copied by any other local authority any time soon, as their partners in the scheme, John Laing, have announced that they will not be bidding for any more such … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Fusion, John Laing Integrated Services, Jon Rouse, Leisure services, Planning, Property, Purley Way, Sport, URV, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Croydon misses the starter’s gun for Olympic Weekend

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

Finally, Croydon admits the Olympics really are coming to London. It was 6.30 last night, six months after Boris and London’s Games organisers had set a deadline for local authorities throughout the capital to make submissions, and a month since … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Croydon Council, Fusion, Leisure services, Purley Pool, Sara Bashford, Sport | 1 Comment