Save Golden Lane

SEN children. Elderly swimmers. GP-referred patients. One community. One leisure centre. Closing 30 April. We’re fighting it. #SaveGoldenLane #GoldenLaneLC #EC1

[Save Golden Lane @SaveGolden_Lane]

We marched on Guildhall last Wednesday. ITV London News were there. The centre closes Thursday.

Today is the day the City has committed to respond. Make noise. 💙

#SaveGoldenLane #GoldenLane #CityOfLondon #EC1 @itvlondon

[Josef Steen @JSLondonLDR]

If you're familiar with Hackney's housing crisis, you might recognise the people of Fellows Court, aka 'Faulty Towers'. As leaks, fire risks and hot water outages continue to plague the block, occupants have given an ultimatum to the borough's new Mayor 👇https://t.co/DJogByRvjD

[Ben Lynch @benlynch07]

Parents with kids at The Aldgate School are petitioning the City of London Corporation not to remove the 0-2 childcare subsidy, a decision on which is expected this month https://t.co/qN5vDIlI16

[Ben Lynch @benlynch07]

Green Party peer and ex-leader Natalie Bennett asks if City of London Corporation should be abolished in new survey https://t.co/8nSB4xbbvH

[Paul Nowak @nowak_paul]

When someone shows you who they really are, take notice.

[Save Golden Lane @SaveGolden_Lane]

‘The last ‘rotten borough’: The City of London Corporation, is it time for reform?’

by Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

May 29, 2026

‘Residents, the people who actually live within the Square Mile, are routinely outvoted by commercial interests. This is not a minor historical quirk. It is a significant departure from the standard of democratic representation we would expect anywhere else in British public life.’

https://t.co/FnoVquPM41

[Save Golden Lane @SaveGolden_Lane]

Tonight, 6pm: we found the Golden Lane Leisure Centre User Forum.

A constituted, democratic body to represent City residents and users in dealings with the City of London Corporation - one month before the 30 June decision on our only public leisure centre.

Golden Lane Community Centre, EC1Y 0SH. Be there. 💪

#SaveGoldenLane

[Ben Lynch @benlynch07]

Yesterday City of London members voted overwhelmingly to debate Andrew MBW's Freedom in private, despite an attempt to bring it into public. A motion of censure was eventually agreed, though with the arguments for and against hidden from public eyes. https://t.co/BKqXUPSBvO

[Ben Lynch @benlynch07]

Parliament Hill Lido had to close yesterday after an 'altercation' broke out at the popular swimming spot. The City of London Corporation said it will reopen the site "as soon as it is safe to do so". https://t.co/Twk5TMVUgG

[Ben Lynch @benlynch07]

The City of London has been accused of preventing "democratic debate" after rejecting a proposed motion on the Golden Lane Leisure Centre. The motion as written was deemed to be unlawful, though this has been contested by a number of Corporation members. https://t.co/fE2W1IN9uW

[Save Golden Lane @SaveGolden_Lane]

“We are disappointed but not surprised by Helen Fentimen’s position. What is striking is that it is not shared by several of her Cripplegate ward colleagues - several of whom have privately expressed support for keeping the sports hall open ahead of the refurbishment. The Chair of the CCS Committee does not speak for every local councillor or CCS Committee member, and she certainly does not speak for the residents who rely on this facility.”

https://t.co/d4WxKFz3sh

[Save Golden Lane @SaveGolden_Lane]

This is Sarah.

She used to come to Golden Lane Leisure Centre to play table tennis with our Young at Heart group. She hasn’t been very well recently. She came for the sport. She stayed for the hug.
That’s something you can’t get through alternative provision. Not ten minutes away. Not anywhere.

This was filmed on 30 April - the day the City of London closed the centre. The only Fusion Lifestyle facility in the country not to keep its doors open.
Last week they blocked their own elected members from even debating whether to reopen it.

Sarah is why we are fighting.

Please share. Please support: https://t.co/kGHEqewPTb🏊

#SaveGoldenLane #CityOfLondon #CommunityMatters

[Save Golden Lane @SaveGolden_Lane]

This is Sarah.

She used to come to Golden Lane Leisure Centre to play table tennis with our Young at Heart group. She hasn’t been very well recently. She came for the sport. She stayed for the hug.
That’s something you can’t get through alternative provision. Not ten minutes away. Not anywhere.

This was filmed on 30 April - the day the City of London closed the centre. The only Fusion Lifestyle facility in the country not to keep its doors open.
Last week they blocked their own elected members from even debating whether to reopen it.

Sarah is why we are fighting.

Please share. Please support: https://t.co/kGHEqewPTb 🏊

#SaveGoldenLane #CityOfLondon #CommunityMatters

[Save Golden Lane @SaveGolden_Lane]

This is Sarah.

She used to come to Golden Lane Leisure Centre to play table tennis with our Young at Heart group. She hasn’t been very well recently. She came for the sport. She stayed for the hug.
That’s something you can’t get through alternative provision. Not ten minutes away. Not anywhere.

This was filmed on 30 April - the day the City of London closed the centre. The only Fusion Lifestyle facility in the country not to keep its doors open.
Last week they blocked their own elected members from even debating whether to reopen it.

Sarah is why we are fighting.

Please share. Please support: https://t.co/kGHEqewPTb 🏊

#SaveGoldenLane #CityOfLondon #CommunityMatters

[Save Golden Lane @SaveGolden_Lane]

We’ve hit 25 donors - unlocking the possibility of @SportEngland match funding.

Next target: 25% - £6,250.

Help us get there today. Every contribution counts. Every share reaches someone new.

👉 https://t.co/gTnk2Qom5t

#SaveGoldenLane #CommunityMatters

[Save Golden Lane @SaveGolden_Lane]

The City of London Corporation @cityoflondon blocked our motion from even being debated - calling it “unlawful” because it didn’t explain how reopening would be funded.

Their surplus this year: £30.4 million.

Alderwoman Martha Grekos: “It will prove to be a massive own goal.”

We’ll be at Guildhall this Thursday. Join us. 🏊

🔗 https://t.co/YxtFSPz5D2
#SaveGoldenLane #CityOfLondon

[Black Joan @sunpath2]

"The City of London Corporation holds £2.3 billion in assets and reported a £30.4 million surplus this year. The cost of keeping Golden Lane open for seven months while refurbishment was planned: £155,000 - 0.6% of this year's surplus." 😠🙄

[Save Golden Lane @SaveGolden_Lane]

2,500 people have signed our petition. In a city of 9,000 residents.

Now we need one more thing.
Back us: https://t.co/gTnk2Qom5t

Every pound. Every share. Every person you tell. It all matters. 🏊

[Save Golden Lane @SaveGolden_Lane]

We’ve launched our crowdfunder. Here’s why it matters right now. 🧵

https://t.co/GTpc7WEGsx

[Save Golden Lane @SaveGolden_Lane]

Legal challenge through Leigh Day. Community engagement preparation. Making sure cancer patients, SEND families, older residents and everyone who needs this place has their voice heard properly.

That’s what your money funds.

[Save Golden Lane @SaveGolden_Lane]

We’ve launched our crowdfunder. Here’s why it matters right now. 🧵

https://t.co/GTpc7WEGsx

[Save Golden Lane @SaveGolden_Lane]

We’re in @MyLondon.

The City of London Corporation blocked our motion from even being debated - calling it “unlawful” because it didn’t explain how reopening would be funded.

Their surplus this year: £30.4 million.
Alderwoman Martha Grekos: “It will prove to be a massive own goal.”

We’ll be outside Guildhall at midday on Thursday, ahead of the Court of Common Council at 1pm.

Join us.

🔗 https://t.co/tJC5N2zgy2
#SaveGoldenLane #CityOfLondon