Save a life
On Tuesday 18th June 2024 several young people and their parents enjoyed a fun and educational lifesaving session at Brick House Farm, Hormead. As part of the Royal Life Saving Society Drowning Prevention Week, instructors Barry and Chantal Ellis donated their time to teach youngsters…
June 2024 Update
Since the update in May the plans for funding the essential repairs and renovations to the pool have taken a slight hiatus. We were getting ready to submit our application to the Community Ownership Fund (COF), with the final round of applications being 30th May…
June Newsletter
The June edition of our pool supporters newsletter was sent out to 474 people on 11th June 2024. We have also published regular updates in The Diary which is distributed to 560 households in the villages of Barkway, Barley, Reed, Nuthampstead, Newsells, Buckland and Chipping….
Save a Life, Save the Pool
As part of the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) Drowning Prevention Week 15-22nd June 2024, the Ward Freman Community Pool Group are hosting a ‘Save a life, save a pool’ event on Tuesday 18th June 2024. This event aims to provide vital water safety and lifesaving skills whilst…
Reed Annual Parish Meeting
On Wednesday 29th May 2024 the Ward Freman Community Pool Group were represented by Trustees Frazer and Joanne Willett at Reed’s Annual Parish Meeting. Following feedback from the villagers the Council changed the format of the meeting, so instead of a series of presentations from…
May Newsletter
The May edition of our pool supporters newsletter was sent out to 455 people on 21st May 2024, following a further 125 new subscribers signing up at the Barkway Market on 11th May. This newsletter was kindly produced by Georgina Schwan, who volunteered her time….
April Newsletter
Candy Keane volunteered to produce our new pool supporters newsletter which was emailed to 330 subscribers on 25th April 2024. We really appreciate her putting some creativity to our news! Click here to view.
May Update
The Ward Freman swimming pool requires significant funding in order to make it a desirable, fit for purpose pool once again. The pool was built in 1976 and stands pretty much as it was built. Whilst it has had some repairs and upgrades over the…
Dance raises £1114
On Saturday 27th April Buntingford’s Seth Ward Community Centre was the venue for a ‘Dance the Decades’ fundraising event hosted by Victoria Burt in aid of the Ward Freman Community Pool Group. Our thanks also goes to DJ Spencer Brett who donated his services for…
Fundraising
Not only did Sarah Hopewell ran the London Marathon on Sunday 21st April in 3 hours 54 minutes, but she did it whilst festooned with swimming paraphernalia and raised £1292! Sarah is the East Herts District Council Executive Member for Wellbeing and has been incredibly…