Community's fundraising well on the way to target, but still needs your support!
Residents of Bishop's Castle have a target to replace the 50-year-old pool at SpArC Leisure Centre with a new insulated steel pool which reduces water volume and heating costs and has easier access. For this to be possible, it needs £250,000 by March 2025. By the end of December, the project had made £235,000!
Most of this came from local supporters – from sponsored swims, the Olympic Fanzone, 500 Club subscriptions, bonfire night, bingo, plant stalls, apple pressing, Clun’s Charity Night and collection buckets, as well as a host of small events and sponsorship from very generous local donors.
We now have until the Campaign Finale on March 7 to gain the remaining £15,000. Currently planned events are:
- Art of Swimming - Drusilla Cole’s exhibition in the SpArC gallery, including 30 pieces donated to our campaign, continues until the end of January
- Arts Festival – On Sunday, 23 February, a soup and scone/tea and cake café will pop up in Bank House between 11am and 4pm
- The final sponsored swim – being organized by Martin Howitt
- Grande Finale on March 7– The social event of the year, hosted by local Olympian, Ollie Morgan. Tickets will shortly be available.
Further information can be found on Save The SpArc's Facebook page.
