Swimming

[Bosun11 537]

I've worked for 38 years in local authority leisure facilities. Managed swimming pools for over 30 years.

Many council pools are now on their arses, just as the councils that run them are...

30 years ago the government passed a little bill called CCT commercial competitive tendering, and new companies were formed to run council services. Leisure was one service that many councils were happy to farm out on huge contracts, and the 'new management' bled them dry. Councils turned a blind eye on what was happening in their centres, lack of investment, cutting staff & wages etc, but the biggest thing most forgot about, was the age of the buildings themselves. No savings for a leisure service they no longer run.

And so, when those contracts (15, 20, 25 years) were up, those buildings need replacing, as most were left in terrible state, because of the lack of investment from the companies running them.

So many councils now are having to close facilities because they are way past their time, and the pot is empty.

Thing is, as much as everything your child is taught in school, SWIMMING IS A LIFE SKILL, and it's parental responsibility to ensure your child can swim. 

If you have a local pool, FFS use it, before you loose it. Llocal authority leisure facilities are cheap as chips, and most can provide everyting you'd need. 

If you can teach your child to swim competently, then great. But if not, put your hand in your pocket and book on lessons, the earlier the better. It's simply essential...

[mitre 264]

Every thing is as gone to rack and ruin in what ever you are in no more money in every thing these days cash strapped swimming pools baths leisure centres libraries etc all on a shoe string our bins have not been emptied in the west midlands for weeks the bin workers are on strike so far it's hit hard all round 

[Pardus 1,610]

3 minutes ago, mitre said:

Every thing is as gone to rack and ruin in what ever you are in no more money in every thing these days cash strapped swimming pools baths leisure centres libraries etc all on a shoe string our bins have not been emptied in the west midlands for weeks the bin workers are on strike so far it's hit hard all round 

Hangings too good for em.

[downsouth 8,334]

19 hours ago, Bosun11 said:

I've worked for 38 years in local authority leisure facilities. Managed swimming pools for over 30 years.

Many council pools are now on their arses, just as the councils that run them are...

30 years ago the government passed a little bill called CCT commercial competitive tendering, and new companies were formed to run council services. Leisure was one service that many councils were happy to farm out on huge contracts, and the 'new management' bled them dry. Councils turned a blind eye on what was happening in their centres, lack of investment, cutting staff & wages etc, but the biggest thing most forgot about, was the age of the buildings themselves. No savings for a leisure service they no longer run.

And so, when those contracts (15, 20, 25 years) were up, those buildings need replacing, as most were left in terrible state, because of the lack of investment from the companies running them.

So many councils now are having to close facilities because they are way past their time, and the pot is empty.

Thing is, as much as everything your child is taught in school, SWIMMING IS A LIFE SKILL, and it's parental responsibility to ensure your child can swim. 

If you have a local pool, FFS use it, before you loose it. Llocal authority leisure facilities are cheap as chips, and most can provide everyting you'd need. 

If you can teach your child to swim competently, then great. But if not, put your hand in your pocket and book on lessons, the earlier the better. It's simply essential...

There's parents out there who think it's the schools responsibility to teach them to sit at a table and  use a knife and fork or even worse use a toilet.How many of them useless c**ts are gunna look up from their phone for long enough to teach them to swim?