Brickfields Sports Centre is significantly under-utilised, and operates currently under a significant subsidy provided by the Council to Plymouth Active Leisure (PAL). Significant investment is required to improve the services offered at Brickfields, as well as to make the whole site feel more of an asset to the community which surrounds it.
Following a period of community engagement, stakeholders have identified the opportunity to repurpose the facilities, expanding its use from a sports centre to a wider community physical activity and well-being hub, with enhanced external sports pitches including the provision of a covered all weather pitch, a first for the city.
The proposal includes the provision for PAFC’s Academy to be based at Brickfields. This would bring in significant investment, enabling the improvements required to produce a step change in the way and the extent to which the site is used by the local community.
The proposal will involve close collaboration between partners Argyle Community Trust, Plymouth Argyle Football Club, Albion Rugby Football Club, and Devonport Community Leisure LTD (who currently hold the lease to the Brickfields Sports Centre building).