The Western Isles Council(WIIC)has chosen to prohibit the people of Lewis and Harris from using the sports centres on Sundays. Apparently this is not due to religious reasons. The sports centres in Uist and Barra have been open on Sunday for years.
The Western Isles has the highest incidence of premature death due to coronary heart disease, the highest obesity level and one of the highest levels of dental caries in Scotland.
This Council needs to be taken to task over this appalling prohibition of exercise facilities on Sundays (half the weekend) for the majority of the residents of the Western Isles.
We, the undersigned urge the Council to reconsider this ban and allow us the freedom to enjoy our free time in a way that we see fit.
The Western Isles Council continues to block our access while health statistics in our community plummet. We are nearly at one hundred signatures and need to force them to address this pathetic prohibition immediately.
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Angus Duncan
18 years ago
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JUST OPEN THE DOORS. tired of the council deciding how we spend our weekends.
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Morag Mwangi
18 years ago
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The health stats here are already awful so why limit our options?? let us go to the gym.
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Calum Gallagher
18 years ago
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Ridiculous that uist and barra get to use theirs but we dont. it makes zero sense and we need the exercise.
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Catriona Wells
18 years ago
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Really frustrating when you want to get a workout in and find everything closed for no good reason.
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Fiona Conway
18 years ago
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Sunday is the only day the whole family is free to go swimming together. stop blocking us from being healthy.
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Donald Greer
18 years ago
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Should have been done years ago. total waste of good facilities to keep them locked on a sunday.
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The Western Isles Council(WIIC)has chosen to prohibit the people of Lewis and Harris from using the sports centres on Sundays. Apparently this is not due to religious reasons. The sports centres in Uist and Barra have been open on Sunday for years.
The Western Isles has the highest incidence of premature death due to coronary heart disease, the highest obesity level and one of the highest levels of dental caries in Scotland.
This Council needs to be taken to task over this appalling prohibition of exercise facilities on Sundays (half the weekend) for the majority of the residents of the Western Isles.
We, the undersigned urge the Council to reconsider this ban and allow us the freedom to enjoy our free time in a way that we see fit.
The Western Isles Council continues to block our access while health statistics in our community plummet. We are nearly at one hundred signatures and need to force them to address this pathetic prohibition immediately.
6 Comments
A
Angus Duncan
18 years ago
Featured
JUST OPEN THE DOORS. tired of the council deciding how we spend our weekends.
M
Morag Mwangi
18 years ago
Featured
The health stats here are already awful so why limit our options?? let us go to the gym.
C
Calum Gallagher
18 years ago
Featured
Ridiculous that uist and barra get to use theirs but we dont. it makes zero sense and we need the exercise.
C
Catriona Wells
18 years ago
Featured
Really frustrating when you want to get a workout in and find everything closed for no good reason.
F
Fiona Conway
18 years ago
Featured
Sunday is the only day the whole family is free to go swimming together. stop blocking us from being healthy.
D
Donald Greer
18 years ago
Featured
Should have been done years ago. total waste of good facilities to keep them locked on a sunday.
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JUST OPEN THE DOORS. tired of the council deciding how we spend our weekends.