Crowdfunder campaign to repair tiles
Our Crowdfunder campaign to raise funds to repair the pool tiles and expansion joints is now live and you can help us get the pool filled with water once again! A big thank you to everyone who has contributed so far. Now that the county…
Refurbishment and Lease Update
It has been a while since we last updated everyone as to our progress, but hopefully you will have seen our facebook page of Wayne from SPE Water Treatment sounding out the tiling at the pool. Who knew a man tapping a stick could be…
Town Council demonstrates support
It was standing room only at The Manor House on Thursday 27th February as over forty pool supporters attended Buntingford Town Council’s monthly full council meeting, as a request by us for a grant of £45,000 was to be debated. To the credit of the…
August 2024 Newsletter
It’s been hard work eating ice creams, homemade cakes and freshly made pizzas whilst listening to some excellent live music at Braughing Wheelbarrow Race, Anstey Fair and Aspenden Village Fete this past month. But someone had to do it and in doing so we have…
July Newsletter
With thanks to our team of trustees and volunteers taking the time to engage with local residents at Edwinstree Middle School Summer fair and Millfield First School Summer Party, our eNewsletter is now being sent out to over 520 individuals. This months newsletter contains designs…
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….
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…