Abercynon War Memorial Paddling Pool

Finally we have enough news for an update:
Firstly, the bad news, the pool will not be open this summer and currently we have no solid expectations as to when it can reopen.
However, there is hope, here is an update on where we are and where we are going.

Where we are:
The current state of the pool is
- The pipe work under the pool itself is still the original iron pipe work from when the pool was originally constructed, we believe that this has collapsed in places leading to poor flow from the plant room and therefore dangerously poor water quality.
- The concrete at the base of the pool has lost it’s structural integrity which means essentially that we can’t seal it and parts of the base of the pool flake off during use, again this has become a safety issue and we have been advised by the council that die to this, we can’t open the pool.

In order to reopen the pool we need a business plan accepted by the council and then we would need to apply for funding from one of the many funding bodies who support community projects like this. One of our biggest blockers has been demonstrating in that plan that we can have a sufficiently committed group of trained volunteers to open the pool over the proposed opening period.

Our next steps:
We have added some experienced members to the committee and after some initial consultation with key parties in the council are hopeful we have a workable proposal to move forward with.
We are awaiting a checklist of next steps from the council and intend to take our plan forward for approval by the council and then onto the funding bodies.
If we get out business plan approved by the council, we will give a more detailed update to the community, restart fundraising activities and be in a position to at least estimate a date for pool reopening.

Thank you all for you patience and support so far!

Merry Christmas & Good luck on our final 300 club draw 1 - 300
Thank you all for your support hopefully we will able to give you some news on the future of the pool some time in the new Year 🎄

i’m so sorry but you will have to trust my word on this draw as i deleted the video by accident after seeing 2posts.
thinking i was deleting one they both went 🙈
But the lucky winner was Jennifer Phillips num

live draw for november 2024 300 club
🤞

will do November draw tomorrow morning at 8am

October’s Draw will be done tomorrow Saturday 19th at 9am

Live draw for September
good luck all
£150.00 cash prize

Will do the monthly draw in the morning at 10:30

will be doing our monthly at 11am today