YMCA recommended to run St Annes pool
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St Annes pool
The YMCA is being recommended to take over the running of St Annes pool.
A report will be considered by Fylde Council’s Cabinet on Wednesday 28 April when a decision will be made as to whether to support the YMCA bid. Councillors are being recommended to adopt the YMCA bid to run the pool for 12 years.
The pool closed in mid-2008 and about £12,000 has been spent in recent months to start recommissioning the building. Works included tiling repairs, repairs to central heating boilers, repairs to pumps and electrical repairs to pool lighting.
The recommended YMCA bid includes opening the pool for swimming for 60 hours per week, a degree of free swimming for under-16s and over-65s as at Kirkham Pool.
If the YMCA bid is accepted by councillors next week, the pool will open in mid- to late-summer. The report being considered by councillors also proposes refurbishment to the pool, to include work on the changing rooms, the reception area, plant and equipment and external works which will take place between May and July.
Fylde Council agreed a budget in March to reopen the pool. The money set aside includes up to £475,000 of capital to refurbish the pool. The baths will then require an ongoing revenue subsidy from Fylde Council in subsequent years.
The YMCA costings are based on conservative usage predictions.
Possible other improvements to the entrance area will be considered in the future.
Mr John Cronin, director of Fylde Coast YMCA, said: “We are delighted to be recommended to run St Annes Pool and await the final decision to be approved by the Fylde councillors and YMCA board of trustees.
“Fylde Coast YMCA is dedicated to public swimming and providing young people with the opportunity to learn to swim. The YMCA will do our utmost to safeguard the sustainability and future of the pool for the local community. I urge residents to maintain their support for the pool by making regular use of it.”
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