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Dear F McGinty

Thank you for your enquiry 11674.

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Email: [1][FOI #998006 email]

Dear Mrs F. McGinty

Thank you for your FOI request find response as follows:-

Colwyn Leisure Centre:

We dropped female only sessions as attendances were low and we didn’t have
the demand.

Abergele, Llanrwst and Llandudno Provide Ladies Only Session:

Abergele Monday 7.45 – 9.00pm

Llanrwst Monday 6.30 – 7.30pm

Llandudno Tuesday 7.30 – 9.30pm

Changing Areas:

Abergele, Llandudno and Colwyn – Village Changing areas all these have a
group changing for male and female.

Abergele Showers – on poolside open and cubicles in shower / toilet area
and a disability room

Colwyn Bay – showers in village are all open area and in group changing
cubicles and a disability room

Llandudno – open showers in village area and cubicles in group and a
disability room

Llanrwst is single sex but all cubicles for changing with open plan for
showers.

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Commissioner’s Office – Wales, 2nd Floor, Churchill House, Churchill Way,
Cardiff, CF10 2HH.

Yn gywir / Yours sincerely

Sarah Ecob

Pennaeth Gwasanaeth / Head of Service

Economi a Diwylliant / Economy and Culture

Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol CONWY County Borough Council

Request for information is as follows:
**
Dear Conwy County Borough 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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Dear F. McGinty

Thank you for your enquiry 13044.

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Dear F. McGinty

Thank you for your enquiry 13044.

Your internal review request or information complaint is acknowledged. It
will be dealt with and a response issued shortly.

If you have any queries about your request, do not hesitate to contact us,
remembering to quote the reference number above in any future
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[Conwy Council request email] email address

Uned Llywodreathu Gwybodaeth / Information Governance Unit

Cyngor Bwrdeistef Sirol CONWY County Borough Council

E-Bost / E-Mail: [Conwy Council request email]

Dear Mrs F. McGinty,

Please see the answers below as requested:

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?

The following centres currently provide Ladies only sessions; Abergele,
Llandudno and Llanrwst. Details of the changing facilities are below:

Leisure Facility Changing Facilities
Abergele Leisure Centre Village changing areas; a mixed group changing
area for male and female. There are open showers
on poolside and cubicles in the shower / toilet
area with an additional accessible changing
room.
Llandudno Swimming Centre Village changing areas; a mixed group changing
area for male and female. There are open showers
in the village area and cubicles, with an
additional accessible changing room.
Llanrwst Leisure Centre Single sex changing areas; but all cubicles for
changing with open plan for showers.

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.

Whilst we have no specific policy around ladies only swimming sessions we
have made positive actions to help address areas of inequality. The Ladies
only sessions align with Sport Wales’ Equality Actions which reference
being person centred and supporting priority groups such as women and
girls. Actif North Wales 10 year strategy (2023-2033) also references
gender identity and addressing inequality. There are National Survey for
Wales statistics that state physical activity rates are lower for women
and the Wales Activity Tracker (survey 4) states that women (18%) are more
likely than their counterparts to report no physical activity.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of this response and
should be sent to the Council’s Information Governance Unit.  Please
ensure all correspondence is sent to [1][Conwy Council request email]

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, or if you
are unhappy with this response you may appeal to the Information
Commissioner’s Office – Wales, 2nd Floor, Churchill House, Churchill Way,
Cardiff, CF10 2HH.

Yn gywir / Yours sincerely

Sarah Ecob

Pennaeth Gwasanaeth / Head of Service

Economi a Diwylliant / Economy and Culture

Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol CONWY County Borough Council

Request for information is as follows:
**
Dear Conwy County Borough Council, Please can you answer questions 2 and
3:

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.

Yours faithfully, Mrs F. McGinty
**

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