Neil Bailey, Chair of our Holywell Mead Pool Trust Steering Group, led the presentation of our outline plan to Wycombe District Council on the 11th June. Our plan focuses on creating an all-year facility, creating a destination for families and the provision of swimming lessons for local youngsters in the area.
Phase one of our plan includes upgrading the current paddling pool and turning it into a teaching pool, upgrading the changing rooms and adding a child-friendly aquatic play area.
Upgrading the facility would create business and revenue generation opportunities which would ensure the venue became self-funding.
Mr Bailey said: “The meeting was very positive and we thank the Cabinet for giving us time to present our outline Business Plan. The Cabinet members and officers had a lot of questions about our proposals and have requested a more detailed financial plan that we are now working on. We are confident we can provide a robust and realistic proposal.
“In the meantime, we now need the community to express their level of support for our proposal and to give us their views on how they would like to see the facility progress, what sort of charges they would be willing to pay to use the pool and if they would consider a membership scheme. We are not asking for money, but we need the community to give us an indication of the level of support they are willing to make to keep this vital facility open.”
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