Fix the Seats

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fundraising

The Atlantic Pool, run by the charity Chester City Baths, is bordered by concrete and brick platforms that provide seating and warm-air outlets. These are deteriorating, so need to be repaired.

£7,388 Raised of £6,564

108 Backers

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Updates

Almost there!1 week ago

We now have the new seats, and will be scheduling installation asap.

3 Donations worth £853 months ago

Target achieved4 months ago

Many thanks to Cheshire West and Chester Council, and all those individuals and businesses who have made pledges to our 'Fix the Seats' campaign. We have now exceeded our target, which is fantastic news. We plan to sort out the problem within the next few months. Thanks again!

Fix the Seats hit its fundraising target!4 months ago

Brilliant news, thanks everyone!

4 months ago We've hit our target

Fix the Seats has reached 90% of its target!4 months ago

103 Donations worth £1,1724 months ago

100 backers!

100 people have backed Fix the Seats!5 months ago

Whoop, 100 people have pledged since fundraising began!

Fantastic progress.5 months ago

Excellent news - We now have 95 backers, so can we make it to at least a hundred by Monday?

90 backers!

90 people have backed Fix the Seats!5 months ago

Whoop, 90 people have pledged since fundraising began!

http://www.chestercitybaths.com

Chester City Baths is the Registered Charity dedicated to maintaining the swimming facilities at our grade II listed-building, built in 1901 in central Chester. Originally operated by Chester City Council, the charity took over the operation of the Atlantic and Pacific Pools in 1977 to avoid their closure and demolition. Our mission is to keep them open for many years to come, a task that has been extremely successful for the last 48 years. The charity is run by unpaid volunteers who dedicate their time and energies to ensure the smooth operation of the pools and to support our paid staff.

We have a long history of school, youth, multicultural, leisure and competitive swimming, as well as water polo, sub-aqua diving and triathlon at our home in Union Street, Chester, where a very large portion of Chester’s community has learned to swim. Apart from schools and public swimmers, our main user-groups are Chester Swimming Club, Chester Water-polo Club, Chester Triathlon Club, Chester Sub-Aqua Club, the Noontide Club and many others. These all rely on Chester City Baths to ensure that swimming and other sports continue to flourish in Chester.

Featured in the book ‘Great Lengths; The Historic Indoor Swimming Pools of Britain’, published by English Heritage, our aim is to keep the swimming-baths financially viable, and to avoid closure. To quote English Heritage on describing the demise of Forest Hill Baths, another historic pool, ‘And so the nation’s stock of historic baths steadily dwindles’. We don’t intend to let that happen in Chester.

Project Owner: Chester City Baths The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.