The High Peak Borough Council Community Select Committee virtually met to discuss a range of community issues. These included updates on the Culture Strategy, the Move More Strategy, and leisure provisions in the High Peak. The committee was also scheduled to discuss an update from Alliance Leisure Ltd in Part II of the meeting, from which the press and public were excluded.

Leisure Provision in the High Peak

The committee was scheduled to discuss a report providing an overview of leisure facilities available for community use across the High Peak, including formal leisure centres and other community venues.

The report noted that High Peak Borough Council supports a wide range of leisure facilities that promote health, wellbeing and community activity, including the council's own leisure offer at MyActive Buxton, MyActive Glossop and MyActive New Mills, as well as working with other community-based organisations and sports clubs. It also noted that the council's parks, open spaces and sports areas provide accessible environments to partake in informal leisure opportunities and facilities, aligned closely to the Move More High Peak Strategy.

The report included a list of indoor and outdoor leisure facilities across the High Peak for community use, including:

• Buxton: Buxton Community School, St Thomas More School, Harpur Hill Sports Centre, New Bodies Gym, Fairfield Sports Centre, Buxton Tennis and Cricket Club, Buxton FC, The Palace Hotel, Burbage Bowling Club, Cote Heath Bowling Club, Ashwood Park Croquet Club, High Peak Pétanque Club, Cote Heath Playing Pitch, Haslin Playing Pitches (Harpur Hill), Sterndale Moor Grass Pitch, Peak Dale Playing Pitch
• Central Area: Chapel Leisure Centre, Chapel High School, Rowton Park Grass Pitch, Chapel Cricket Club, Chapel Park Bowling Club
• New Mills: New Bodies Gym, Youth Matters New Mills, New Mills FC, Ollersett Playing Field, Newtown Playing Pitches, Quarry Road Playing Pitches, Whaley Bridge ATP, Whaley Bridge Memorial Park Playing Pitches, Whaley Bridge Cricket Club, Chinley Community Centre, Chinley Sports Court, Chinley Grass Pitches, Buxworth Cricket Club, Western Lane Playing Pitch, Hayfield Cricket Club, Bank Vale Playing Pitches, Furness Vale COGS, Furness Vale Playing Pitch
• Glossopdale: The Place – Glossopdale Community School, Gamesley Community Centre, Cemetery Road Community Hub, Pure Gym, Pyegrove Tennis Club, Glossop Cricket Club, Old Glossop Cricket Club, St Andrews Cricket Club (Hadfield), Manor Park Bowling Club, Tintwistle Bowling Club, Gamesley Bowling Club, Pyegrove Playing Pitches, Newshaw Lane Playing Pitch, West Drive Playing Pitches
• Hope Valley: Hope Valley College, Hope Sports Club, Edale Tennis Club, Edale Playing Pitch, Hathersage Cricket Club, Hathersage Outdoor Swimming Pool, Hathersage Bowling Club, Castleton Playing Pitches

Move More Strategy

The committee was scheduled to receive a presentation on the Move More Strategy.

The Move More Strategy includes the following priorities:

• A collective message to empower, enable, and support communities; educate, myth-bust and inspire; and support behaviour change.
• The Move More Better Health Campaign 2025/26, which will emphasise that it is safer to exercise with long-term conditions than to remain inactive. The campaign is being designed to show relatable people, bust myths and normalise everyday movement.
• Neighbourhood working, focusing efforts on communities experiencing the greatest health inequalities. Key developments include Buxton Neighbourhood Group Formation, New Mills targeted on Ollersett, Hope Valley Focus on Rural Inclusion, and Green Spaces and Active Environments.
• Active Environments, guided by the Move More High Peak Strategy, the High Peak Parks Strategy and Active Derbyshire's Making Our Move . Key principles include accessibility, inclusivity, physical and mental wellbeing, and community ownership.
• Children and Young People, strengthening the service with cross team working, initiating and completing sustainable legacy projects, and replicating collaborative design models like the Manor Park Sports Courts project.

Culture Strategy Update

The committee was scheduled to receive an update on the Culture Strategy. At the previous meeting, Diana Hamilton of the Hamilton Project gave a presentation to the committee on the work carried out so far, including creative forums consultation with the creative community and a public survey consultation with communities.