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01 March 2011

At the full Amber Valley Borough Council Meeting on 1st March the petition was debated. The decision to close the sports hall on 31st March was not altered.
Councillors Alan Longdon and Chis Emmas-Williams both resigned from the panel that overseas Leisure centres in the borough as they felt they had not been listened to with regard to the closure.
Read a report on the This is Derbyshire web site.

19 Feb 2011

Members of the campaign attended the Have your Say event held at the Wilmot Street Community Centre in Heanor on Wednesday 2nd February. There was an opportunity to put questions to councillors and the answers would be given in writing. Trevor Hallam put questions about the closure of the Charles Hill Sports Hall to Cabinet members and has received an email with the answers to his questions. To view the full email click Here.

15 Feb 2011

Mrs Janet Padgham, President of Loscoe Women's Institute received a letter from AVBC thanking her for submitting the petition. The letter states that the petition will be debated at the next meeting of the Full Council, on Tuesday 1st March at 7pm. To view the letter in full click Here.

14 Feb 2011

Issue of Customer Newsletter No. 3. It states that as the negotiations with those groups that expressed an interest in taking over Charles Hill are unlikely to be concluded before the end of March, the hall will close to the public on 31st March but demolision will be delayed.

Read the complete Newsletter here.

09 Feb 2011

The petition was presented by Councillor Bob Moon at the AVBC Meeting this evening at Ripley Town Hall.

09 Feb 2011

The petition was presented to Councillor Bob Moon at Charles Hill Sports Hall. The final total of names on the petition was 1,343. A fantastic achievement.

07 Feb 2011

The petition is now closed and contains over 1000 signatures. See forthcoming events for more details.

27 Nov 2010

The Save Charles Hill Sports Hall website is launched.

25 Nov 2010

Read the report in this week's Ripley & Heanor News about Loscoe Women's Institute launching the campaign to keep the sports hall open.

Forthcoming Events

This notice has been posted on the AVBC website. Although no longer on the AVBC home page you can still read the notice by clicking Here

1st March.AVBC Meeting.
As the petition carried over 1,200 signatures, county council policy states that it must now be the subject of debate and this will take place at the next full AVBC Meeting to be held on Tuesday 1st March at Ripley Town Hall

Past Events

9th February.

Presentation of petition containing 1,343 signature to Councillor Bob Moon at Charles Hill Sports Hall.
Handing over the petition to Councillor Bob Moon
The petition was then presented to the full AVBC Meeting that evening at Ripley Town Hall

2nd December. Meeting of Heanor & Loscoe Town Council at Heanor Town Hall. Whilst not an open meeting it will be possible to attend (but not to take part in) this meeting. However, three representatives of the campaign will be in attendance to put forward views on behalf of the users of the centre and the community.Meeting cancelled due to adverse weather.
17th November at 7pm. Meeting of Amber Valley Borough Council at Ripley Town Hall. This was not an open meeting.

Monday 15th November. A photographer from the Ripley and Heanor News visits the centre to take pictures of the centre, some of its users, and supporters of the campaign to save the sports hall. Interestingly, he was not allowed inside to take photographs of the hall itself.

Saturday 13th November 2010 saw many people gathering at the Charles Hill Sports Centre for one of the surgery sessions to "meet your town councillor".
Some heated discussions ensued. Read more...