Portway Lifestyle Centre is a new leisure facility for Sandwell, “a vibrant, unique sports, health and well-being centre for the whole community”.

Sandwell Council in partnership with Sandwell Leisure Trust, Sandwell Primary Care Trust, and Sandwell Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) Company plan to re-develop the existing Oldbury Leisure Centre into a new health, well being and leisure facility.

Sandwell LIFT Company is a public private partneship set up to modernise health, social care and community premises across Sandwell. This project aims to provide choice, increase opportunities, and so will provide improved health and social well being for the community of Sandwell.

This brand new facility will be called Portway Lifestyle Centre and will include a sports hall, hydrotherapy pool, gym and weight area, dance studio, climbing wall, and cafeteria as well as a purpose-built site for a GP surgery, Tividale Family Practice. It will be open to everyone in the community and will also be a centre of excellence for people with disabilities and is currently due to open in early 2013.

Vision - “Offering a vibrant, unique sports, health and well-being centre for the whole community”

The link below provides an exciting preview, 3D walkthrough, of this new facility, hosted by YouTube, featured on the Sandwell Council website.

Video of the new Portway Lifestyle Centre

Download an information brochure with details as featured on this page at the link below.

Brochure about the new Portway Lifestyle Centre

Latest News about the project

Find links to latest news and press releases about this project.

Sandwell Council - £15m leisure, health and social care centre gets Government go ahead
CPC News - Sandwell PCT embarking on a new Health Centre
BBC News - Sandwell leisure and social care centre approved

Key Project Partners

Here are links for the key delivery partners; Sandwell Adult Social Care, Sandwell Primary Care Trust, Sandwell Leisure Trust and Sandwell LIFT.

Get involved, ask questions and have your say

We welcome your views on our Chat Sandwell discussion forum or email further enquiries to; leisure@sandwell.gov.uk

You can also find out further details on the Reference Group and a list of organisations that have an interest in this exciting project here.