Agenda - pdf - Selby District Council

Reason for Recommendations
To recognise the progress WLCT has made to date and the measures put in
place to develop the service and to ensure the future strategic objectives of
the service are in line with the Council’s priorities.
1. Introduction and Background
1.1 In September 2009, the Council entered into a ten year contract with
Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust (WLCT) to provide a leisure service across
the District. The contract requires that an Annual Review is carried out every
year in September. A formal review was not carried out in September 2010
due to the implementation and performance of the contract being in
continuous review during that first year of this new partnership. This report
therefore presents the findings of the first formal review of the contract for the
period 2010/11.
2. The Report
2.1 The Annual Review
2.2 This report presents the findings of the first formal review of the leisure
contract since it commenced in 2009 and highlights key strategic objectives
particularly around the Council’s ‘Living Well’ Corporate priority to be
developed with the Council going forward.
2.3 The review involved a series of workshops with representatives from
WLCT, Officers from the Council and Cllr Gillian Ivey to discuss and agree the
scope of the review and how it was to be carried out. These workshops were
facilitated by ASPE (Association for Public Service Excellence) which
provided an independent lead to the review. The workshops were very useful
and allowed both client and contractors to put their perspective in a
constructive environment.
2.4 It was agreed that the review would largely focus on a ‘self assessment’
being provided by WLCT which would then be reviewed by the stakeholder
group before a final report being submitted by WLCT.
2.5 WLCT have written an Annual Review for 2010-2011 (self assessment)
and this is attached as Appendix 1 (Annual Review). As part of the review
process they have also submitted an Annual Report 2010/11 which is their
own summary of their KPI performance. This is attached as Appendix 2.
These documents for the main body of the review.
2.6 Summary of Key Findings
2.7 The reports contain a wealth of information on the performance of the
contract together with identifying future areas for improvement. In summary,
the key findings from the review (summarised from the report and from the
stakeholder workshops) are:
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