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 Armley, John Charles Centre for Sport, Middleton, and Pudsey.
Session times for John Charles Centre for Sport, Middleton, and Pudsey will be Wednesday, 18:30-20:00 and Sunday, 13:00-14:30.
Session times for Aireborough will be Friday, 18:30-20:00 and Sunday, 14:00-16:00
Session times for Armley will be Friday, 19:30-21:00 and Saturday, 14:00-15:30
Session times for John Smeaton will be Wednesday, 19:30-21:00
Session times for Rothwell will be Wednesday, 09:00-10:00
Customers visiting during those hours that would like to listen to music are encouraged to bring headphones.
Accessercise App
Leeds City Council’s leisure centres have partnered with a Paralympian-founded fitness app to make fitness and physical activity more inclusive across the city.
The first ever disability-focused fitness app, Accessercise provides users with exercises and tailored guidance for their disability. It shows bespoke content and videos are presented by a person with the same impairment as the user.
Accessercise was built by and for the disabled community, developed in collaboration with disabled users from across the UK and researched by Loughborough University. The app offers adapted exercise videos, a supportive online community, and an accessibility rating scale for gyms, all designed to empower users to stay active on their own terms.
It currently has seven main categories of impairments but this will be expanded to cover more in future.
Find out more and download the app HERE.
