Changing Place Toilet and Changing Room
Located within the ground floor poolside changing village, we have a changing places toilet and shower available. Changing places toilets are larger accessible facilities, including a changing bench and a hoist, designed to support disabled people. The features include an adjustable bench. and a full coverage hoist.
Inclusive Swimming
This open session is designed for people with disabilities and their carers and family members in a friendly and safe environment. Pool hoist assisted entry to the pool and easy access steps available.
It is a dementia-friendly session with no music for people with sensory sensitivities.
The session has a reduced capacity and includes access to all swimming pools, Main Pool, Learner Pool and Splash Pad.
Ages: All ages, under 8's must be accompanied by an adult. Carers can attend for free and do not need to book in.
Times: Thursday 11.50am-12.40pm
Sports hall activities
Working with local partners, we deliver inclusive sports-hall activities throughout the week. These are suitable for all abilities and are desigined to encourage physical, social and mental wellness.
Boccia: Tuesday 9.00am–11.00am, Wednesday 6.30pm–7.30pm
Wheelchair Pickleball: Sunday 9am-11am
Wheelchair Basketball: Saturday 9am-12pm
Inclusive gym
Our Inclusive Gym sessions aim to reduce the sensory load for people who want to come to the gym but find the normal noise and lighting associated with a fitness environment overstimulating or off-putting.
During our Inclusive Gym sessions they will have:
Reduced capacity to avoid the area being crowded
A member of staff in the gym available to guide participants
The music will be of for the duration of the session
Carers can enter free if not using the gym
Gym equipment
Working with the Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI), The Sands Leisure Centre has a number of IFI-accredited pieces of fitness equipment within the gym. IFI Equipment is fully inclusive enabling both disabled and non-disabled people to benefit from a full body, cardiovascular and resistance-based workout. Equipment includes IFI bikes, arm bikes and inclusive resistance machines.
The Well Communities
We partner with The Well Communities to enable them to deliver their 12-step rehabilitation programme.
Better provides health and fitness space for the programme to enable participants to develop their physical well-being.
Bee Unique
Alongside our partners at Bee Unique, we provide inclusive pool sessions in our 20m pool with a movable floor. This sessions is designed to reduce the sensory load as much as posisble and with the movable floor the sessions can be tailored to the needs of the group.