Free Off-Peak and Weekend Gym Membership for Wandsworth Residents

Available in Wandsworth starting 1 January 2024

We are happy to offer free off peak and weekend gym to adults and junior activities to Wandsworth residents to those eligible under the following categories:

· Free School Meals

· Asylum Seekers

· Universal Credit

· Jobseekers Allowance

· Housing Benefit

· Council Tax Support

· Disability Living Allowance*

· Incapacity Benefit / Severe Disablement Allowance

· Carer’s Allowance*

· Child and Working Tax Credit

· Income Support

· Pension Credit

· Eligible for but not in receipt of Pension Credit

· Employment Support Allowance (ESA)

· Foster carer.

*These benefits are not means tested.

Membership and junior activities options

Eligible group

Offer

Free School Meals

Foster Carer

Free off-peak sports bookings as presented in the table below

Free junior gym sessions and access to adult off-peak sessions if accompanied by an adult.

Commencing 1^st Jan 2024 including 17-18 yr olds.

Asylum Seekers

Universal Credit

Jobseekers Allowance

Housing Benefit

Council Tax Support

Disability Living Allowance*

Incapacity Benefit / Severe Disablement Allowance

Carer’s Allowance*

Child and Working Tax Credit

Income Support

Pension Credit

Eligible for but not in receipt of Pension Credit

Employment Support Allowance (ESA)

Free off-peak adult gym sessions

*These benefits are not means tested.

Please note:

Furzedown Recreation Centre is only available at weekends and during school holidays.
Off peak times: before 5.30 pm Monday to Friday and all day on the weekends.
Junior sports activities will depend on availability.

Junior activities

We are providing free off-peak sports bookings for Free School Meals and Foster Carers categories across various of our sports sites as presented below:

	Tennis	Badminton	Basketball	Beach Volleyball	Cricket Nets	Track	Football
Battersea Park Millennium Arena	X					X	X
Battersea Sports Centre		X	X				X
Barn Elms Sports Centre	X			X	X		X
Roehampton Playing Fields	X				X		X
Fishponds Playing Fields							X
Tooting Bec Athletics Track & Gym						X
Furzedown Rec Centre					X		X

Gyms

Free off-peak memberships are available at the following gyms. Please, follow the links to explore every site and choose your preferred one to sign up:

How to join

To sign up for the programme you can choose from the following options:

Visit a site of your choice from those presented above, and show proof of eligibility
Contact the site by phone
Email us at fitness@enablelc.org with proof of eligibility attached.

Proof of eligibility

Proof of eligibility check is required every 6 months for membership to continue, You will be contacted to confirm this.

Group	Proof of Eligibility	Link to Eligibility
Free School Meals	Text from Children’s Services	Text message from Children’s Services Or if attending an out of borough school: Free School Meal Eligibility Checker (lgfl.org.uk)
Asylum Seekers	Asylum Application Registration Card (ARC)	Application registration card (ARC) – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Universal Credit Jobseekers Allowance Housing Benefit Council Tax Support Disability Living Allowance* Incapacity Benefit / Severe Disablement Allowance Carer’s Allowance* Child and Working Tax Credit Income Support Pension Credit Eligible for but not in receipt of Pension Credit Employment Support Allowance (ESA)	Letter of eligibility or proof of payment to bank account	Request your personal information from the Department for Work and Pensions – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) If claiming Universal Credit and have an online account, you can save a copy of your universal credit payment

What proof of eligibility do I need to show?

You will receive a targeted letter from the local authority which you will need to show when registering at your preferred centre.

Contact us

If you still have questions about the programme, please, send us an email on fitness@enablelc.org with subject ‘Free memberships”.

Leisure & Sport