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By Chester Swimming Association
Chester City Baths would like to offer swimming lessons to under-privileged children at no cost to their parents. The charity has the facility to do so, but needs to raise funds to cover the cost.
We would like to offer swimming lessons to up to twenty children who are eligible for free school meals, and who may be unable to pay for such lessons. Short, intensive courses are available, but to become fully proficient in the water can take up to eighteen months when visited on a weekly basis.
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Why it's a great idea:
The benefit of this project is that those children who could go through life being unable to swim, possibly with a life-long fear of the water, would gain the ability to survive in the water, and would hopefully enjoy the experience of learning to swim. Not all children have this opportunity, either due to financial difficulties or because their school does not offer that facility. We believe that the ability to swim is an essential skill that must be learned at a young age, but we, the charity that operates Chester City Baths cannot afford to run courses for free, and are therefore seeking external funding.
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Many, many thanks to all our supporters for allowing us to reach our target just in time for Christmas. Individuals, companies and Cheshire West and Chester Council have all contributed pledges so that starting in the New Year, we can offer swimming lessons to children who could not otherwise learn this essential skill. Much appreciated.
Whoop, 60 people have pledged since fundraising began!
Whoop, 50 people have pledged since fundraising began!
Whoop, 40 people have pledged since fundraising began!
How will the money be spent?Total £11,518
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Total £11,518
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VolunteerChester Swimming Association is the Registered Charity dedicated to maintaining the swimming facilities at Chester City Baths, a 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 44 years. The Association 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 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 Swimming Association to ensure that Chester City Baths continues to flourish.
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 Swimming Association The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
