ACCESSIBILITY IN THE GYM

All our leisure centres are accessible for all customers, if you are unsure on the equipment that is suitable for your needs then please just ask a member of the team.

The instructors are on hand to offer support and guidance on the ways to adapt exercises to suit your needs.

Examples of equipment available:

  • Technogym Sci-fit (accessible to wheelchair users)
  • Dual Action Pully (DAP) Machines

 

Low Sensory Gym Sessions

Active Leeds offer low sensory gym sessions across some of its gyms in Leeds. The sessions are designed to offer a safe and inclusive space for individuals with autism, ADHD and other neurodiverse conditions. Loud music and bright lights can be a trigger for neurodivergent people, making activity in a gym environment very challenging; the aim of the low sensory sessions is to remove these barriers and make the gym space more accessible.

The low sensory gym sessions started at Pudsey Leisure Centre after learning from people with neurodiversity conditions what would support them to access the gym and after excellent feedback received from customers, they have now been expanded to the John Charles Centre for Sport, Middleton, and Pudsey. Session times across all centres will be Wednesday, 18:30 – 20:00 and Sunday, 13:00 – 14:30.

Customers visiting during those hours that would like to listen to music are encouraged to bring headphones.


 

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