Organised by Careers Wales, a group of students were given a behind the scenes tour of Waterworld, helping to give them the confidence to visit the centre in their own leisure time to experience the wealth of fitness and wellness activities available. On top of this they were able to discuss the wide range of job opportunities in leisure with colleagues from the centre who were on hand to answer any questions.
Waterworld in Wrexham is operated in partnership with Wrexham Borough Council by Freedom Leisure who are a not-for-profit leisure trust operating nine leisure centres across Wrexham including Gwyn Evans, Chirk and Queensway Stadium.
Ysgol St Christopher’s provides education for pupils aged 6-19 who have a range of complex learning and development needs including profound and complex needs, autism, severe learning difficulties and moderate learning difficulties.
Lesley Lloyd from Careers Wales said:
“Thank you to Freedom Leisure for giving pupils from St Christopher’s School the opportunity of the careers talk and behind the scenes tour of Waterworld. Young people really benefit from visits such as this, in terms of developing their confidence, their communication skills and their awareness of the world of work”
Richard Milne, Freedom Leisure’s Area Manager for Wrexham said; “It was fantastic to welcome students from St Christopher’s to Waterworld, it was great to be able to show them around the iconic building in Wrexham and answer their questions, we look forward to welcoming them back very soon.”
Across Wrexham there are over a million visits every year to the centres with our diverse community enjoying a variety of fitness classes, swimming and gym sessions ensuring the local community in Wrexham stay active to improve both their physical and mental health and wellbeing.