Freedom Day?

Thank you for all of your understanding during the last 18 months.
From 19th July the Prime Minister has given the green light for many of the pandemic rules to be lifted. His advice and the medical advisors advice is to proceed with caution.
The governing body for gymnastics in the United Kingdom has also lifted restrictions, again though, advising extreme caution.
Over the last 6 weeks there has been a huge surge in members with positive cases. We have had a minimum of one member of staff isolating, some weeks this has been as many as 4. The rules on isolating do not end until 16th August. With this in mind, to protect your children and your families, as well as our staff, it has been decided that our coaches will continue to wear their face masks, we will continue to social distance and will limit supporting to safety spotting only.
Whilst I understand frustration at being unable to watch your children, the decision is also to not allow parents in to view as yet. We will continue to be cautious until we can see how this current wave of the virus progresses. Please do not put our staff under pressure to allow you into the building, to either view, use the toilets or to get a drink. Please could all gymnasts arrive ready to train. As we have just one gymnast at a time in the toilets a child getting changed will slow the registration process down causing a bottle neck in the reception area.
I do hope that you understand the reasoning behind the very hard decisions we have had to make, it is for the safety of our staff and members. We want you to know your children and your family health are a huge priority for us.