Making swimming greener - the space, not the water

Aim

To make indoor swimming at Settle Pool more environmentally friendly, and save money on utility bills.

Who are we?

Settle Area Swimming pool provides indoor swimming facilities, and will soon have a new dry side room for health and wellbeing activities.  We provide swimming lessons for adults and children, host school swimming, a swimming club and a group for disabled swimmers.

Community impact

We are currently building a new multi-use area which will be used for dryside fitness and wellbeing activities, and will be hirable for local community  organisations. We serve a rural community in North Yorkshire, there is no similar facility within 13 miles. The pool has been community run since it was first built by public efforts in 1974. This photo was taken when it first opened.

Why are we crowdfunding?

We are repairing the main pool roof after damage by high winds during Storm Arwen in November 2021. This is the ideal opportunity to install solar panels which will create a sustainable energy source for the pool, and offset our energy costs. We also want to install new pumps for the water circulation system, and other items of water filtration equipment, all of which will make our operations more energy efficient. The picture shows the pool as it is now, with the old roof removed ready for re-roofing. Truly living up to its name as the pool with a view!

How our project will be United by Birmingham 2022

Swimming helps improve health and fitness, we hope people will be inspired to take up swimming as a result of watching the Birmingham Commonwealth games in summer 2022. The games finish in August and we will be re-opening our pool with a  new roof in early September, an ideal follow on. Being able to add solar panels to the roof will help alot with our long term financial stabilty, particulary as many pools around the country are finding life hard due to rising utility costs.

How we will spend the money 

We will purchase and install 75 solar panels on the new pool roof, which is currently being installed, the photo below shows the new roof sections as they arrived on site. We will purchase and install new pool water circulation and water filtration equipment.

How you can play your part

There are four simple ways to help us reach our target, and make this project a reality.

1. Make a pledge. Don’t delay if you’re going to support us because momentum is key to our success!

2. Spread the word. Share our project on your social media pages and tell the world to get behind us! The more people we reach, the more support we will get.

3. Offer rewards. Get involved if you are a local business by donating things we can offer to our supporters. We will give you a shout out!

4. Create a fundraiser of your own. Use the button on our page to get started. Setting up your own page only takes a few minutes and you won’t need any bank details. Just a fun idea!

This project successfully funded on 10th July 2022