SIZE does matter, when it’s our Leisure Centre that’s concerned.

It’s not just a sports centre, it’s a hub for the community, old and young alike, where health and wellbeing can be improved and maintained.

There are still many users of this vital facility who have no idea of what they are going to lose on 1 April because there has been no communication with the members or any information on display at the Leisure Centre. Without The Advertiser we would all be in the dark.

What hasn’t been fully appreciated is the reduction of studio class space. There are currently four studios, so it will be cut by 50 per cent. Studio four is a quiet space set away from the general music and noise of the centre.

It will cease to exist when the pool building is demolished.

The proposed plans show no provision for any equivalent space.

The classes that currently occupy it are: yoga (eight classes per week), body balance (six classes per week), pilates (four classes per week) and specialist classes for the elderly and people living with dementia. All of these classes are consistently full with long waiting lists.

No one appears to know if all, or any, of these classes will continue after 1 April.

They are of benefit to the widest range of people. In this case, less is definitely not more.

There are a number of us who (although we practise yoga) are not willing to take this (oversight) lying down.

We are trying to start a conversation with the relevant parties in the hope that they will give us a fair hearing and some answers.

Debby Mayne, Bere Hill Crescent, Andover