The past Minutes and Reports of Derby City Council document clearly that concerns about the future of the Gayton Community Junior School Pool were raised again...
The on-line magazine Leisure Opportunities provides an excellent source of information on all leisure news,recruitment and sports bodies. The site is updated...
Infuriated residents in Matlock have put large green signs around the town announcing that Matlock is now a "Leisure free zone!" as a way of protesting about...
Local residents in Matlock have expressed concern about the future of their "lido" after Derbyshire Dales Councillors voted recently to close Sherwood Hall -...
Operation Summer Nights has been running in Lancashire through July and August: and warning people to swim safely is part of this campaign. These warnings are...
Derby City Council's campaign to "B-Active" sits uneasily alongside their plans to demolish the Gayton Community Junior School Pool. In this bit of Council...
The first four questions all relate to Gayton Pool and receive the "No Comment" response as legal proceedings had been instituted. The Questions are recorded...
good news a couple of weeks ago two pool committee members went to a grant seminar, being held by carmarthen county council and we sucessfully found a grant...
Catch up with encouraging news from Banbury by visiting their website; Derrick Knight, Paddy Castledine and many others have contributed to successful...
... the "No Comment" response as legal proceedings had been instituted. The Questions are recorded however and remain on record. ... I attended this particular...
Around 20 members of the community including a large number of Blagreaves Community Action Group members attended the launch event for the B Active campaign in...
Welcome to new member Simon aka "plantzzman" who joins us from Derby. The fight to save the Gayton Community Junior School Pool has been in full flow since...
Olympic champion David Davies has joined the fight to save the swimming pool at the Welsh Institute of Sport. The pool in Sophia Gardens was built 35 years ago...
This is tremendous news Steve - well done. A real triumph to see CCC publish such a positive press release; who did you choose in the end to carry out the...
Please support Matlock residents in their fight to keep Sherwood Hall open; this is the only leisure centre in Matlock. The so-called replacement is 3-4 years...
The move to "call-in" the decision on Sherwood Hall has failed, but an on-line petition has been started. (See previous message) I hope local campaigners will...
Tracey Davies wrote to Oliver on 6 August 2007 ... See also http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/index.asp?locID=7089&docID=14188 Brynaman Swimming Pool [1934] is...
... CCC ... end to ... here's todays press i've pasted it as well, we choose hyder consulting, they did some work for the jubilee lido and harbour site ...
Massive publicity has saved Waltham Forest College Pool from closure, but the pool will only be available for training purposes, not to the general public....
Hello Group, Gayton pool made it into the letters section of our local paper last night- a letter writen by a gentleman called Peter Streer who carried out a...
Hello everyone, Just thought I would introduce myself. My name is Simon and I am a resident of Derby UK. As no doubt you have guessed I am linked to the fight...
Just a minor update on the Gayton pool saga in Derby. This week one of Derby's main free papers carries a front page story which is basically the labour...
The Working Party set up in December 2006 included Councillors from all three political parties; they were meant to look at ways of saving the pool, but met...
My letter about the closure of pools and leisure centres has been printed in the Times today (at least the on-line version), under the heading "Ways we can...
Below is a link to the website of the Derby Evening Telegraph (DET) which shows a report in todays paper about Gayton pool and the ongoing legal issue. The...
It seems this was an interesting working party. An email I have indicates the following- "To set up an all party working group comprising 2 members of the ...
Kate Rew - journalist, swimmer and founder of the Outdoor Swimming Society looks at some of the best places to swim outdoors in today's Guardian (Aug 11th...