WOMEN only swimming sessions will be coming to Wokingham borough this spring.
Cllr Ian Shenton, executive member for environment, leisure and sports at Wokingham Borough Council, gave an update on the delayed scheme at a meeting of the council held on Thursday, January 19.
He was responding to a question from Cllr Shahid Younis (Con), who said the sessions were at the request of Wokingham’s equality forum, but no communications had been received as to why they had been put back from last autumn.
“The Forest School (where the sessions will be held) were carrying out emergency work to its pool, which needed to be completed before they could replace the flooring,” he said, adding that this work will start in February. He promised that updates would be given.
Cllr Younis asked if the council could commit to a date when female-only swimming classes could be provided, something dependent on completion of the works, Cllr Shenton said, adding that the Winnersh school had the only suitable venue in the borough that met the necessary privacy requirements.
