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Charitable trust to run Yeovil leisure centre
South Somerset District Council (SSDC) has announced that charitable trust LED is to run Goldenstones Pools and Leisure Centre in Yeovil.
The local authority-owned complex will be transferred to the trust after a number of options for its operation were considered in a bid to reduce the burden on local taxpayers. A non-profit charitable trust was preferred by SSDC following the success of trust-operated venues in Crewkerne and Wincanton.
The move is expected to save the council around £2.1m over a ten-year period, with the trust able to claim up to 85 per cent relief from national domestic rates. SSDC revealed that LED had been named as its preferred bidder for the management of the venue following a procurement process.
Councillor Sylvia Seal said: "This step will enable the council to maintain this important and highly valued community facility, whilst at the same time saving £210,000 a year."
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