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Helping keep Jubilee Pool afloat
After a massive fundraising campaign and huge support from the local community, Friends of Jubilee Pool took ownership of Jubilee Pool in October 2022. But the fundraising doesn’t stop there. We need continued support from you to help keep this magnificent asset open, as well as maintaining the building, improving its energy efficiency and making it more accessible.
How you can help support Jubilee Pool
There are lots of ways you can get involved to help this wonderful community resource.
Become a member
Becoming a member is an easy way to support the pool. It give us regular income, and gives you unlimited access to the pool and gym.
Donate to the pool
If you’d like to give us a one-off or regular donation, you can donate via our LocalGiving page below.
Donate your time
We’re always looking for volunteers to help with fundraising and community events as part of the Friends of Jubilee Pool group. We also have working groups who help with the running of the pool, such as operations, grant fundraising and events. Click the link below to find out more and get involved.
Become a funder or sponsor
If you’re interested in becoming a funder or sponsor of Friends of Jubilee Pool, we’d love to hear from you.
What we’re currently fundraising for
Our fundraising efforts are currently focused on:
Running the pool and gym
Unfortunately, the handover of Jubilee Pool into community ownership coincided with a worsening cost of living crisis and a significant hike in energy prices. Heated indoor pools are energy intensive to operate, esepecially in the winter months.
Improving energy efficiency
We want to minimise our environmental impact and contribution to climate change as much as is possible. Since taking over the pool we’ve raised money to replace the pool’s thermostat and heat exchanger, which has helped to improve energy efficiency by making more efficient use of current boilers and improving transfer of heat energy to the circulating hot water system to the pool and around the building.
We’ve also replaced the air handling unit – a major undertaking that cost over £200,000. This has greatly improved the condensation in the pool, so it’s no longer causing damage to the fabric of the building.
Our next step is to assess appropriate renewable energy options for investment in the medium- to long-term. Most efforts that contribute to environmental sustainability also benefit our financial position and sustainability. We also want to replace the boilers with newer, more energy-efficient ones.
Repairs, equipment and building works
Because of the threat of closure that we faced over many years, maintenance of the 86-year-old pool building had been underfunded and neglected for the past decade. As a result, we have a backlog of necessary minor and major repairs to improve quality, safety and hygiene.
We’ve raised money to cover short-term repairs such replacing the gym flooring, repairing the drainage system and repairing lockers and windows.
Our next major project is to repair the roof, upgrade the plant equipment and improve the building’s accessibility.