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left high and dry – The Telegraph This article at; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/11/01/sohoey01.xml by Kate Hoey (1st November 2005) will make
interesting reading for pool campaigners, officials and politicians
alike. As we have repeatedly said, Govanhill Pool scenarios are
everywhere! Here is how Kate Hoey ends the article - there are
many parallels with Govanhill Baths - she calls the closures of local
swimming pools a "national scandal": "What is so humbling is that
thousands of deeply committed men and women are prepared to devote so much
time to campaign so that youngsters will have opportunities to swim. Councils should not take all the
blame. Swimming is not a statutory local government function and money is
short. However, all the fine words about
tackling obesity and the fitness of the nation proclaimed by politicians are
worthless if not translated into resources to keep our swimming pools.
Decades of cutting corners in maintaining the pools built by municipal
authorities who understood civic pride has resulted in decrepit, crumbling
and now closed pools. Each pool closure is a local
scandal but add up all the closures and it becomes a national scandal that
can no longer be ignored". MRC:
An Open and Shut Case The prestigious Medical
Research Council has published its study: An Open and Shut Case. An investigation of the health impacts of
local swimming pool provision in two It concluded;
The full report is
available here,
and makes fascinating reading particularly the many direct comments from
local people. The study was conducted completely independently of the Save
Our Pool Campaign and this Trust.
However it echoes strongly the results of our own study (available on
request) of 300 local residents in 2001. Blasts from the Past! : In 2001 the Save Our Pool
presented to Parliament in The Government and its policies will be assessed on
the way it has been delivered. This report from the The report was completely ignored by the Scottish
Executive and Glasgow City Council. Far more than a swimming pool It was a baths and a bathing house for the
health, recreation and fitness of the people where ... Govanhill
Pool indelibly marks a Scottish sense of place! http://www.scottishleftreview.org/php/upload/I12AJ.htm (Scottish Left Review) Latest
Evening Times Report www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5036348 “We want a
wind turbine” on the top of The money generated from
our scheme could go towards funding community causes, such as the Govanhill
Baths Trust. Submission
of final bid to council As a
result of the concerns we expressed about the funding requirement
modifications have been made and these are attached below in a letter
from Steve Inch Director of DRS Glasgow. As you will see we no
longer need to have funds in place by 14th March 2006 - a requirement
that as we explained would have been quite impossible. Letter from Steve Inch I refer to your most recent
exchange of emails with Frank Sheridan regarding the above. Unfortunately Frank is on annual leave and
I am unable to discuss the contents with him for the time being. I write however, to acknowledge that I am fully
aware of the complexities of raising funding for a project of this nature,
and of the timescales involved in dealing with the principal funding sources. I am therefore prepared to amend the Council’s
position to ensure that you have the maximum opportunity to develop your
proposals. By the 14th
March deadline I would therefore ask you to provide me with: I accept therefore that you will be unable to have
funding from all sources confirmed by 14th March but would expect
you to be able to clearly demonstrate what funding sources you are targeting
for contributions, that applications for funding have been made, and when you
expect the decisions to be taken. This will provide me with sufficient information to
prepare a progress report to the DRS Committee. I trust you will find this helpful. Media Release Archive
Council consider
Govanhill Baths Community Trust application London Pools Campiagn/ Access to the baths Regeneration Services plans/ Council's media release / End of February news Council's position on Govanhill Baths "surplus to requirements"/ Other early February news Diving into action! News articles City Centre ask
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