A partnership between V4 Services and Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigabon Borough Council (ABC), South Lake Leisure Centre is Northern Ireland’s new flagship leisure facility.
The new state-of-the-art facility offers a 50-metre pool, the largest gym in Northern Ireland, an 8-court sports hall, multiple studios, a health and wellbeing suite, a children’s leisure pool, a soft play zone and Café IncredABLE, a social enterprise that creates meaningful opportunities for people with a learning or intellectual disability, including those with autism.
As specialists in the leisure sector, the consultancy was selected by ABC council in 2015 to provide consultancy advice and support throughout the entire project lifecycle, from preliminary concept and master planning to design, implementation, and aftercare.
Mark Parkinson, Strategic Director People at ABC council, said: “We’ve worked with V4 Services for many years and it has been a pleasure to work with them on this project. ABC council’s vision was very ambitious and required a major cultural change and transformation programme, as well as an investment programme. We appointed V4S as our trusted advisors in 2015 and they have been our business partners throughout the lifecycle of the project, culminating in the opening of the South Lake Leisure Centre.”
