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Prime Minister Opens Leisure Box

Burnley FC in the Community was pleased to welcome the Rt Hon Theresa May MP to officially open its new community leisure facility in Brierfield.

The Prime Minister visited the £4.5m Leisure Box facility as part of a tour of Lancashire and was welcomed to the site by staff including Burnley FC in the Community’s Chief Executive Officer Neil Hart, Burnley FC Chairman Mike Garlick and Chair of Trustees for Burnley FC in the Community and Burnley FC Director Brian Nelson.

Mrs May’s visit included a tour of the 133,000 square foot centre, where she met with children from local schools including Nelson St.