Teach Children to Swim - Chester Baths

Funded on
25 Dec 2022

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.

£11,468 Raised of £11,519

56 Backers

99%

Updates

Teach Children to Swim - Chester Baths published their Delivery Report!3 years ago

Swimming Lessons3 years ago

We now have nine children enroled for swimming lessons. Once again, many thanks to those who supported our project.

Success!!!4 years ago

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.

52 Donations worth £1,1724 years ago

60 backers!

60 people have backed Teach Children to Swim - Chester Baths!4 years ago

Whoop, 60 people have pledged since fundraising began!

50 backers!

50 people have backed Teach Children to Swim - Chester Baths!4 years ago

Whoop, 50 people have pledged since fundraising began!

Victrix IT Ltd pledged £2004 years ago

40 backers!

40 people have backed Teach Children to Swim - Chester Baths!4 years ago

Whoop, 40 people have pledged since fundraising began!

Chester Sub-Aqua Club pledged £2804 years ago

Teach Children to Swim - Chester Baths has reached 90% of its target!4 years ago

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.