Tadley swimming pool awarded £150,000 lottery cash

Basingstoke & Deane Community Leisure Trust, which manages the swimming pool, situated in New Road, issued a statement yesterday (Tuesday), announcing that Tadley Swimming Pool was set to become more environmentally sustainable, thanks to £150k of National Lottery funding from Sport England’s Improvement Fund.
The grant will help to fund refurbishment of the changing facilities, with improvements to include the addition of new changing rooms, LED lighting, water saving urinals, high efficiency toilets, hand basins and showers and new cubicles and lockers.
The initiatives are set to reduce energy expenditure and water consumption and provide a more comfortable and pleasant changing environment for users each year. It will also contribute towards the Climate Change Strategy set out by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council.
Attendance is up at Tadley Swimming Pool and also Basingstoke Aquadrome, both managed by the trust, which recorded a three per cent increase in customers this year (2014) compared to the same period last year (2013) Combined footfall to both sites now exceeds 1.1 million visitors annually.
Trust chairwoman, Hazel Tilbury, said over the last three years, the trust had seen a “steady increase” she said in visitors to leisure facilities it managed and continued:
“We think this is partly due to wider economic recovery, but also due to the decision of local residents to spend their money on their health at good value for money, affordable leisure facilities. We assist by offering a variety of tailored workout classes, gym equipment and swim sessions to suit all ages and abilities, including disabled visitors.”
Sport England Property Director, Charles Johnston, added the investment will ensure the people of the borough of Basingstoke and Deane would be able to develop a sporting habit for life in a “First-class, environmentally friendly sports facility,” he said.