Issue - meetings

The Leisure Manager introduced the report and explained that the focus groups would identify priority projects for each service centre. Separate focus groups would be held for schools to facilitate participation, and the relevant education teams at Kent County Council would also be consulted.

In response to questions, the Leisure Manager explained that the improvements to the leisure centre would have a greater impact on those living closer to the town centre, and so as part of the Making Maidstone More Active project, the areas furthest away had been prioritised. Projects would then be identified in other parts of Maidstone, working from the outer areas of the Borough towards the centre.

RESOLVED: That focus groups be undertaken in the five rural service centres identified.