Save the early swim sessions!

Swimming before work at the early weekday sessions has been a pleasure of living in Bingley over the last few years. I am much healthier and enjoy my working days more, feeling relaxed and energised after swimming. I have met a number of great people who I wouldn’t have otherwise crossed paths with and there is a great community atmosphere at the sessions. I would be devastated if these sessions were taken away, as is currently proposed. Please rethink this, Bradford Council!!

2 years ago 

Join us for a mass swim on the LAST SATURDAY Bingley Pool will be open to the public: 9 April 1pm

This coming Saturday 9 April, will be the last time Bingley Pool is open to the public. Come and show your support and celebrate why the pool is so important to us, and why these cuts should not happen, at 1pm.

See you outside and don’t forget your swim stuff!

2 years ago 

‘Did you know swimming is the country’s number one sporting activity?’
– Bradford Metropolitan District Council website states that swimming is essential to the health of a community. Read more: http://bit.ly/iekOq7

2 years ago 

Protesters angry at a cut in Pool hours at Bingley today staged a mass swim-in. In a bid to save £40,000 over the next year, Bradford Council is cutting 12.5 hours off the pool programme, doing away with all but one of the early-morning swim sessions and closing the pool in Myrtle Park to the public on Mondays and Saturdays.http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8951061.Protest_at_Bingley_Pool_as_sessions_are_axed/

Protesters angry at a cut in Pool hours at Bingley today staged a mass swim-in.

In a bid to save £40,000 over the next year, Bradford Council is cutting 12.5 hours off the pool programme, doing away with all but one of the early-morning swim sessions and closing the pool in Myrtle Park to the public on Mondays and Saturdays.

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8951061.Protest_at_Bingley_Pool_as_sessions_are_axed/

2 years ago  1 note

Support the campaign

Click on ‘support’ in the right-hand menu and add your stories and testimonials and tell the council why this decision is wrong.

2 years ago 

Join our Facebook page

Add your thoughts about the pool and share the campaign with your friends:

http://facebook.com/savebingleypool

2 years ago 

Write to your local councillor

This website helps you find all your local representatives and you can send them a message directly. Write to them TODAY to say why Bingley Pool should not be cut. 

http://www.writetothem.com/

2 years ago  5 notes

Sign the online petition now!

If you haven’t already signed the petition, do so now at: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-bingley-pool.html

2 years ago 

Save the early swim sessions!

Swimming before work at the early weekday sessions has been a pleasure of living in Bingley over the last few years. I am much healthier and enjoy my working days more, feeling relaxed and energised after swimming. I have met a number of great people who I wouldn’t have otherwise crossed paths with and there is a great community atmosphere at the sessions. I would be devastated if these sessions were taken away, as is currently proposed. Please rethink this, Bradford Council!!

Join us for a mass swim on the LAST SATURDAY Bingley Pool will be open to the public: 9 April 1pm

This coming Saturday 9 April, will be the last time Bingley Pool is open to the public. Come and show your support and celebrate why the pool is so important to us, and why these cuts should not happen, at 1pm.

See you outside and don’t forget your swim stuff!

‘Did you know swimming is the country’s number one sporting activity?’
– Bradford Metropolitan District Council website states that swimming is essential to the health of a community. Read more: http://bit.ly/iekOq7
Protesters angry at a cut in Pool hours at Bingley today staged a mass swim-in. In a bid to save £40,000 over the next year, Bradford Council is cutting 12.5 hours off the pool programme, doing away with all but one of the early-morning swim sessions and closing the pool in Myrtle Park to the public on Mondays and Saturdays.http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8951061.Protest_at_Bingley_Pool_as_sessions_are_axed/

Protesters angry at a cut in Pool hours at Bingley today staged a mass swim-in.

In a bid to save £40,000 over the next year, Bradford Council is cutting 12.5 hours off the pool programme, doing away with all but one of the early-morning swim sessions and closing the pool in Myrtle Park to the public on Mondays and Saturdays.

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8951061.Protest_at_Bingley_Pool_as_sessions_are_axed/

Support the campaign

Click on ‘support’ in the right-hand menu and add your stories and testimonials and tell the council why this decision is wrong.

Join our Facebook page

Add your thoughts about the pool and share the campaign with your friends:

http://facebook.com/savebingleypool

Write to your local councillor

This website helps you find all your local representatives and you can send them a message directly. Write to them TODAY to say why Bingley Pool should not be cut. 

http://www.writetothem.com/

Sign the online petition now!

If you haven’t already signed the petition, do so now at: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-bingley-pool.html
Save the early swim sessions!
Join us for a mass swim on the LAST SATURDAY Bingley Pool will be open to the public: 9 April 1pm
"‘Did you know swimming is the country’s number one sporting activity?’"
Support the campaign
Join our Facebook page
Write to your local councillor
Sign the online petition now!

About:

Bradford MD Council are cutting the opening hours at Bingley Pool from 11 April, with no consultation with users and very little notice.

The new opening hours will mean only 23 hours of public swimming per week, with many of these sessions being restricted to particular groups.

The swimming pool will be closed to the public on MONDAYS and SATURDAYS.

All weekday early morning swims have been cut, along with a reduction in lunchtime swims and there will be no Fun Splash session.

The gym has also had it's hours restricted with early morning access only on a Sunday.

Users are concerned that this is a step towards total closure of the facility.

Sign the online petition NOW!: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-bingley-pool.html

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