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Cuts to council-run pools raise child safety concerns

26/08/2025

More than 120 public swimming pools have closed over the last decade, freedom of information (FOI) requests from GMB have revealed.

Call for £400m sports fund to be channelled through councils

05/08/2025

Council leaders have called for the £400m announced in the Spending Review for grassroots sports to be targeted toward leisure centres and swimming pools.

£20m boost for leisure centres

06/11/2023

The Government has awarded local authorities a share of £20m to help support swimming pools and leisure centres most at risk of closure or significant service reduction.

Thousand pools shut since 2010

05/10/2023

More than 1,000 publicly accessible pools have closed since 2010, England’s governing body for swimming has found.

Council to shut 39 facilities

02/10/2023

North Lanarkshire Council has decided to close 39 community facilities in response to its financial shortfall.

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