Firstly I would like to thank all of the members who have supported the centre by donating this month’s membership fees and continued to attend our fitness classes online. We cannot thank you enough for your continued support and loyalty.
I would like to update you after the recent PM's announcement, we are pleased to say we will be reopening our doors on Wednesday 2nd December at 6am. It is with even better news that gyms and grass root sports can stay open and be played no matter what tier is being given to the local area.
As you will be aware from reopening in July after the first lockdown, the centre has and will continue to work hard providing you with a safe and clean environment to give you the confidence to return to our centre in all areas.
With this in mind the government will be releasing tier group information on Thursday which could make a couple of differences to your experience at the centre, from information already released from Sport England and UK Active.
I wanted to confirm group exercise classes can have more than 6 people in them in Tier 1 and 2, as we are able to operate classes within a Covid-19 secure environment with social distancing measures in place, as we did before the most recent lockdown. However if our area is placed in Tier 3 we will be unable along with all other gyms and health clubs be allowed to run indoor group exercise classes.
We know some of you are class only members and if we fall into Tier 3 you will be unable to use the centre until we have been placed into a the lower tier. With this in mind we will continue to run the online class timetable which will be emailed out to all members and would enable you to complete your favourite classes in the comfort of your own home.
If you feel this is not enough and would like to focus on training further in the centre or not attending the centre until we are in a suitable tier then here are a few membership options for you:
if you are a class only member we would like to give you the opportunity to upgrade your membership to a full unlimited gym and class membership to enable you to use the gym if we are placed in Tier three. To upgrade it will cost you £3 extra a month we will provide you with a free induction, matrix band and gym floor programme to enable you to continue your fitness without the availability of in-house group exercise classes.
You can suspend your membership until we are placed in a tier 2 region. The suspension will come into place in January where no fees will be taken until you can return.
On Thursday we will know our Tier and we can process membership changes from this point starting on the 2nd December 2020. Due to the date of announcement we are unable to stop any direct debits, please do not cancel your direct debit we would hate for any membership issues to arise.
If you would like to upgrade, suspend or cancel your membership please contact candace by 30th November 2020.
We are so happy to be welcoming you back to the centre, we will continue to aid in your fitness and mental wellbeing journey
If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to contact candace on criley@worle.org.uk,