The Alexander Stadium site was built as a lasting legacy for our city, not for corporate profit. It’s time to hold the Council accountable, we are calling on Birmingham City Council to halt the planned handover of the Alexander Stadium gym and sports facilities to Serco (Birmingham Community Leisure Trust) and instead commit to a transparent, public process that protects this vital community asset.

The gym and stadium were built with over £90 million in public funding as part of the 2022 Commonwealth Games legacy. It was promoted as a long-term benefit for the local community not a future profit stream for a private company.

But now:

• The Council is handing over operations to Serco, quietly and without public consultation.

• The deal will lock in private control until at least 2030.

• Local people have been excluded from decisions about a facility that was meant to serve them.

• The Commonwealth Games legacy is at risk of being reduced to a broken promise.

This is our gym, built on our land, with our money. We have a right to be heard.

We are demanding that Birmingham City Council:

1. Pause the current handover to Serco (BCLT) and freeze any contract changes involving Alexander Stadium until the public has been properly informed and consulted.

2. Organise an urgent public consultation to allow local residents and gym users to have a say in how the stadium and gym are operated.

3. Publish the full legacy commitments made during and after the 2022 Commonwealth Games including funding conditions so the public can hold the Council accountable.

4. Commit to exploring alternative management options including a council-run, non-profit or community-led model that can meet savings targets without sacrificing public ownership.

5.Protect public access, fair pricing, and community benefit guarantees in any future agreement and ensure that this facility remains a public asset, not a profit-making enterprise.

The Alexander Stadium belongs to Birmingham, not to Serco.

Sign this petition and stand up for your local gym and your community.