List of council-funded women-only swimming sessions

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Dear Cherwell District Council,
1. Please list all council-funded public swimming pools that provide 'women only' or 'ladies only' (or similarly described) swimming sessions in your local authority.

2. Which of the listed facilities that advertise 'women only' or 'ladies only' (or similarly described) swimming sessions, provide an environment that is exclusively single sex, i.e., for females only, and which facilities provide a session that is mixed sex, i.e., do not exclude males who identify as a woman?

3. Please send me a copy of the council policy or policies that cover the provision of 'women only' or 'ladies only' (or similarly described) swimming sessions.

4. Please tell me, do the council-funded leisure centres and sports facilities provide single sex changing rooms and showers in your local authority?

Yours faithfully,
Mrs F. McGinty

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Cherwell District Council

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Dear Freedom of Information,
Mrs Faye McGinty

Yours sincerely,
F. McGinty

Freedom of Information, Cherwell District Council

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Re: Freedom of Information request

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Cherwell District Council

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Dear Faye McGinty,

 

Please find attached response to your recent request for information.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Adeleke Jayeola

Information Governance Officer (Locum)

Cherwell District Council

 

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Sent: Friday, July 7, 2023 1:52 PM
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·  Your request 1. Please list all council-funded public swimming pools
that provide 'women only' or 'ladies only' (or similarly described)
swimming sessions in your local authority. 2. Which of the listed
facilities that advertise 'women only' or 'ladies only' (or similarly
described) swimming sessions, provide an environment that is exclusively
single sex, i.e., for females only, and which facilities provide a session
that is mixed sex, i.e., do not exclude males who identify as a woman? 3.
Please send me a copy of the council policy or policies that cover the
provision of 'women only' or 'ladies only' (or similarly described)
swimming sessions. 4. Please tell me, do the council-funded leisure
centres and sports facilities provide single sex changing rooms and
showers in your local authority?

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