14/11/2025
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🌟 Help Keep COACH Alive! 🌟
The COACH building has been a vital community hub since local residents took over in 2024. It’s home to:
✅ A boathouse for the local rowing & canoe club
✅ A community store for parkrun & Longrun volunteer's equipment
✅ A café and public toilets
✅ Two activity rooms for things like yoga & fitness and associated changing rooms
Originally designed as a river activity centre, the quality of the water in the River Tone meant that vision ended abruptly. COACH has evolved into a well-used space that is prominent in women’s fitness and wellbeing—despite challenges like limited parking and lighting on dark winter nights (COACH is in the middle of French Weir Park).
But now, COACH needs urgent repairs and upgrades to stay open. Without action, the risk of the building going dark is very real.
🔧 Critical Repairs (£60K)
• Decking Replacement – Timber substructure is rotting. Toilets closed. (£25K)
• Roof Repairs – Leaks due to cheap single-skin roof. (£15K)
• Plumbing Switch to Electric – Remove inefficient gas system. (£10K)
• Wall Insulation & Cladding – Stop driving rain damage. (£10K)
🌱 Planned Upgrades (£35K)
• Heating & lighting in link room and riverside (£10K)
• Public toilet utilities separation (£5K)
• HVAC improvements for café & building core (£20K)
We’ve applied for grants, but we need your help now to keep COACH thriving.
✅ How You Can Help:
• Donate via Paypal
• Shop through Give as you live
• Leave a Google Review
• Use COACH – Join a class, a club, or start your own!
Every contribution counts. Let’s make sure COACH continues to serve our community for years to come. 💙