Cancelling Gym Membership

Hey!

I hope this is the right forum for this (apologies if not)

I signed up to a gym earlier this year with the intent in doing classes...

I've done this on a pay-as-you-go basis before but the all inclusive membership was a good deal so I decided to sign up!

I took part in a few, they all seemed a little over-subscribed based on my previous experience and this was fine until the last class I took...

I got really dizzy and felt very sick and uneasy, tried to catch the instructors attention but she avoided making eye contact with me (I'm in no way a paranoid person, she really did). I went over to the wall and drank some water, waited for my circulation to come back to normal and then faked the rest of the class until I could just get out of there.

Afterwards I had some blood tests and I'm really severely anaemic which is why I had this experience. So, I'm working on this now and I thought I could go back and just do Pilates or some of the lower intensity classes since I'm paying for the year now anyway.

Since this happened however, especially now I am aware of my anaemia I really do not feel confident going to this gym. I paid my subscription last month even though I didn't attend and friends advised me to just cancel my direct debit. I emailed the gym in question and let them know and I got a reply saying I'm liable for the arrears (9 months membership) or I can transfer the membership to someone else.

I explained my experience and also pointed out that I genuinely don't feel confident in the supervision provided and I wouldn't feel comfortable passing my membership on to another person who could potentially have the same experience as me.

I'm just wondering does anyone know what my rights are here? I really don't want to do anything that's going to affect my credit rating but I just feel a little too vulnerable attending this gym given my anaemia and tendency to get weak or dizzy spells with exertion

Thanks