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Leisure and Wellbeing: a Local Facilities Strategy Leisure and Wellbeing: A Local Facilities Strategy Alan Jones Associates - March 2016 Table of Contents 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................. 3 2 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 5 3 CONTEXT OF THE BRIEF ............................................................................................................................. 5 4 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................................. 6 5 COMMUNITY CONSULTATION ................................................................................................................... 8 5.1 CONSULTATION OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................... 8 5.2 CONSULTATION ONE: SURVEY OF INDIVIDUALS, SPORTS GROUPS AND ORGANISATION .................................... 9 5.3 CONSULTATION TWO: GOVERNING BODIES OF SPORT ............................................................................................. 19 5.4 CONSULTATION THREE: KEY STAKEHOLDERS ........................................................................................................... 19 6 AUDIT OF SUPPLY FACILITIES ............................................................................................................... 25 6.1 HUNTLY SWIMMING POOL .............................................................................................................................................. 26 6.2 THE RHYNIE HALL ............................................................................................................................................................ 29 6.3 THE HUNTLY NORDIC AND OUTDOOR CENTRE ......................................................................................................... 31 6.4 HUNTLY ALL WEATHER PITCH AND PAVILION .......................................................................................................... 33 6.5 COOPER PARK AND COOPER PARK PAVILION ............................................................................................................. 35 6.6 MARKET MUIR PITCHES AND PAVILION ...................................................................................................................... 37 6.7 YTHANWELLS VILLAGE HALL ......................................................................................................................................... 39 6.8 THE LINDEN CENTRE ....................................................................................................................................................... 41 6.9 THE GORDON PRIMARY SCHOOL ................................................................................................................................... 44 6.10 THE GORDON SECONDARY SCHOOL ........................................................................................................................... 46 6.11 SCHOOL PITCHES ............................................................................................................................................................ 48 6.12 HUNTLY GUIDE HALL .................................................................................................................................................... 49 6.13 GLASS HALL ..................................................................................................................................................................... 51 6.14 HUNTLY SCOUT HUT ...................................................................................................................................................... 52 6.15 HUNTLY CRICKET CLUB ................................................................................................................................................ 55 6.16 RIFLE RANGE ................................................................................................................................................................... 57 6.17 JESSIMAN DANCE STUDIO ............................................................................................................................................. 59 6.18 STEWART’S HALL ........................................................................................................................................................... 61 6.19 HUNTLY GOLF CLUB ...................................................................................................................................................... 63 6.20 MEADOWS PITCHES ....................................................................................................................................................... 65 6.21 CAIRNIE MEMORIAL HALL ........................................................................................................................................... 66 6.22 CHRISTIE PARK ............................................................................................................................................................... 68 7 SUMMARY OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY .................................................................................................. 70 8 LINKS TO WIDER POLICIES AND STRATEGIES .................................................................................. 71 8.1 ACTIVE SCOTLAND OUTCOMES ...................................................................................................................................... 71 8.2 LET’S MAKE SCOTLAND MORE ACTIVE........................................................................................................................ 73 8.3 SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT’S 2014 LEGACY PLAN ....................................................................................................... 73 8.4 REACHING HIGHER: BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF SPORT 21 ............................................................................. 73 8.5 PREVENTING OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN SCOTLAND: A ROUTE MAP TOWARDS HEALTHY WEIGHT... 74 8.6 START ACTIVE, STAY ACTIVE ......................................................................................................................................... 74 8.7 TAKE LIFE ON .................................................................................................................................................................... 74 9 THE CONCEPT OF WELLNESS ................................................................................................................. 75 10 INSPIRING EXAMPLES ............................................................................................................................ 77 10.1 MINTLAW AND CENTRAL BUCHAN INITIATIVE (MACBI) .................................................................................... 77 10.2 THE AXIS CENTRE NEWMACHAR ................................................................................................................................ 81 11 SITE CONSIDERATION ............................................................................................................................ 84 11.1 SITE OPTIONS .................................................................................................................................................................. 84 11.2 SITE OPTIONS APPRAISAL ............................................................................................................................................ 85 12 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 88 1 13 APPENDICES .............................................................................................................................................. 89 13.1 APPENDIX ONE: SCHOOL HALL USAGE TIMETABLE ............................................................................................... 89 13.2 APPENDIX TWO: CONSULTATION COMMENTS IN FULL ......................................................................................... 90 13.3 APPENDIX THREE: FURTHER GOVERNING BODY COMMENTS .............................................................................. 94 13.4 APPENDIX FOUR: EMAIL FROM SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE ........................................................................ 95 2 1 Executive summary and recommendations Huntly & District Development Trust’s (HDDT) mission is to work with others to build a resilient, inclusive enterprising community capable of dealing with ongoing change. Our community is defined by the AB54 postcode sector. A key deliverable within the Trust’s mission is the instigation of projects that support the improvement of the health and wellbeing of the AB54 population. In May 2014, HDDT hosted a successful consultation event to understand the community’s successes, failings and future needs with regard to Sport and physical facilities in the AB54 area. The principle action that came from this event was the need to establish the ongoing and future identifiable community requirements as well as a detailed assessment of the current physical facilities. HDDT applied to the Scottish Government’s Legacy 2014 programme for funding to support and carry out a detailed study into providing an evidence based approach to the development
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