Whitchurch Community Swimming Pool

We want to say a massive thank you to Robert Good from https://www.facebook.com/kudoscoffeeuk and https://www.facebook.com/kudoslivingwhitchurch who kindly held a raffle to win this fantastic chocolate santa Robert and his team raised £132 and donated the money to Whitchurch Community Swimming Pool. Thank you Robert Good for supporting the Pool – we really do appreciate it.…

Some more good news from the Trustees A bit of Christmas cheer this week – Caroline Douglas has been successful in achieving a £1000 grant from Whitchurch Town Council for funds towards equipping the pool Snack Shack! Thank you so much, Caroline, for doing an amazing job with the grant funding. Great news for the…

Hello everyone, we have some fantastic news to share with you from the Trustees! Caroline Douglas has been working incredibly hard on a funding grant since the summer holidays to position the charity to enable the pool to reopen. Following a meeting with “Basingstoke Voluntary Action”, an initial application to Basingstoke & Deane Council, a…

Thank you to everyone who supported the Christmas Quiz last Saturday evening. This event was hosted by John Rampton, who wrote all the questions and Christine Brown, who was the organiser and we thank them both for all their hard work raising funds for the pool campaign. Some lovely prizes were donated for the raffle;…

Janin Cromarty, Christine Brown, Karen Livingstone and Sarah Dutton all donated their time, skills, ingredients and expertise to put a stall together, selling lovely gifts and sweet treats to raise money for Whitchurch Community Swimming Pool.   All the money raised has gone to Whitchurch Community Swimming Pool.  Many thanks to Karen Livingstone who donated…

Hi everyone  The Trustees of Whitchurch Community Swimming Pool (WCSP) have been busy continuing to work towards a lease for the pool, which would allow us to start the process of getting the pool ready to use!  We know that progress might seem slow – but please be confident that we are moving things forward…

Our latest news is that the Secretary of State for Education has approved the application by the Testbourne Community School Governing Body, for the ‘disposal of playing field land’ which the open air swimming pool is classified as, and we are now in a position to enter into Lease negotiations with the School’s Governing Body.…

Thank you to everyone who purchased raffle tickets for our three Hampers; one each for an adult, one for an older child and one for a younger child. All contain fabulous prizes and we are very grateful for all the items donated. The winner for each Hamper will be drawn during a short Livestream on…

Hello everyone! I am delighted to share with you a couple of milestones … Firstly, since our last update to you, we have been registered by the Charities Commission and our number is 1023994!  Having a registered number for our charity will help some Grant funding applications and will enable us to procure some free…