Fusion Lifestyle

Council inspector hits Fusion Lifestyle with health and safety improvement notice

Fusion Lifestyle has been issued a health and safety improvement notice following an inspector’s visit to Bedford’s Oasis Beach Pool. Issues raised by the inspector in the notice included fire safety risks, a...

Goodbye Fusion: Council won’t extend controversial leisure operator’s Bedford contract

Bedford Borough Council has told Fusion Lifestyle they will not be extending their contract to manage and maintain leisure services on their behalf when it ends in January 2024. The operator has...

Company looking after Bedford leisure services refuses to comment despite being branded “dreadful”

Fusion Lifestyle is a “dreadful organisation” that has managed Bedford Borough Council’s leisure provision “extremely poorly”, a councillor has said. Councillor Graeme Coombes (Conservative, Wilshamstead...

Fusion offers free gym membership and soft play for young people

Young people leaving the care system and those who care for family members are among those being offered free sessions at leisure centres in Bedford Borough.

Kempston Pool trials autism-friendly gym sessions this January

Following feedback from its members, local charity Autism Bedfordshire has collaborated with Fusion Lifestyle to trial autism-friendly gym sessions. The sessions...

“I felt like I’d been profiled” says swimmer singled out for modest swimwear

A regular user of Robinson Pool has told the Bedford Independent that she felt victimised and racially profiled for wearing modest swimwear. Bushra Hai, who frequently uses the...

Bedford’s Oasis Beach Pool to close for repairs

Bedford's Oasis Beach Pool is closing for repairs next week but as some of the work will be "specialist work at high level" the weather may cause delays. In a post buried on Bedford Borough...

Fusion moans media are “unfair” when reporting on their running of Bedford’s leisure facilities

A representative of Fusion Lifestyle, the company that runs Bedford borough’s leisure facilities has moaned that media reports of how they run the facilities is “unfair”. Fusion Lifestyle Ltd...

Fusion under fire again – this time for “dirty” leisure facilities

Users of some leisure centres in Bedford are being faced with "dirty" facilities, a meeting heard. Bedford Borough Council’s portfolio holder for leisure and culture, councillor Doug McMurdo...

Oasis Beach Pool to reopen to the public but flumes to remain closed

After being closed for more than a year, Oasis Beach Pool will finally reopen to swimmers from tomorrow (Thursday). However, the unique flumes, wave machine and other water features won't be up and running...

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