Save the Sea Pool and save £££s… The first reason for joining the FoBSP is obvious: it’s the best way to support our efforts and keep the Sea Pool open permanently. But’s there’s plenty of other good reasons to pay £10 and become a member – you’ll be able to attend exclusive members’ only events, [...]
Sea Pool returned to local management: next group meeting Tuesday May 1st
On Friday 30th March 2012, Cornwall Council transferred responsibility for the day-to-day management of the iconic Sea Pool at Bude to the Friends of Bude Sea Pool. We, the FoBSP, are a group of volunteers who were energised into action at the idea that this 80 year old facility might be forced to close.
The Friends of Bude Sea Pool have been given the green light to proceed with a limited number of beach huts which will be situated on the terraces above the tidal swimming pool, looking out across Summerleaze Beach. The revenue generated by leasing these beach huts will go towards paying the staff costs for life-guarding the pool throughout the summer season, and towards the Pool’s maintenance and upkeep.
On Friday 25th November 2011 at Widemouth Bay, Cornwall
Sea Pool supporter Anne Marsh is kindly hosting a pre-Christmas shopping party at her home, where a wide range of Body Shop cosmetics and beauty products will be demonstrated and available to buy, including some wonderful gift ideas for all ages (suitable for fellas as well as females!)
Olympic silver medallist David Davies has stepped up to become an ambassador for Bude’s historic tidal swimming pool, to help spread the word about how important the sea pool is to the local community and visitors to the town.
David, the 26 year old athlete who hails from Wales, won a silver medal at Beijing in the gruelling men’s 10km open water race so he’s very familiar with the challenge of outdoor swimming.
The catwalk comes to North Cornwall The fight to keep Bude’s historic sea pool open continues with another exciting fund-raising event in November. Followers of fashion take to the stage at Adventure International in Bude town centre on Saturday 19th and this entertaining evening offers an excellent opportunity to let your hair down to support [...]
Your vote needed for Bude’s Sea Pool Voting opens on Monday 26th September 2011 for the NatWest Community Force scheme, and Bude’s Sea Pool could be granted thousands of pounds if we attract enough votes. So please take two minutes of your time to hop over to: http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/1257 and vote for our project. We could [...]
‘I ♥ Bude Sea Pool’ swim caps now available When the Outdoor Swimming Society heard that Bude’s historic tidal pool will close unless the FoBSP can raise enough funds to take on its management in 2012, they really were keen to help the cause. So the OSS designed and produced these nifty swim caps for [...]
Join us for a magical evening of musical merriment and help to Save Our Seapool in the process, on Saturday 15th October 2011, at Adventure International in Bude, from 7pm. Local musicians Black Galleon have been behind the Sea Pool campaign from the start. Last winter they composed a special song ‘Pool of Dreams’ when [...]
NEXT MEETING: 7pm, 13/09/11, Bude The next full meeting of the FoBSP is on Tuesday September 13that 7pm at the Parkhouse Centre, Bude. All sea pool supporters are very welcome to attend. We’ll be updating everyone on progress with various projects including grant funding, the possibility of leasing poolside beach huts, fund-raising activities, new sponsors, [...]
If you need a reason to sample a special Cornish brew then here’s the ideal excuse: every bottle sold generates funds for the Sea Pool. So you can drink up and contribute towards covering the Sea Pool’s running costs – how great is that? Local wine merchant Oliver Tullett of North Coast Wines was shocked [...]
When we launched a competition in June to design a striking emblem to sum up the SOS: Save Our Seapool campaign, we knew we were asking a lot. Entries had to be submitted in just four weeks, which isn’t a great deal of time to come up with a design that encapsulates just how special [...]
Like the Atlantic ocean which fills it, the Sea Pool itself is in continual, restless motion, so there’s always something happening on this page! The campaign to raise funds to keep the Sea Pool permanently open is ongoing, and the FoBSP committee are hard at work behind the scenes. Check back regularly to find out [...]
The next public meeting of the Friends of Bude Sea Pool is on July 4th 2011 at 7pm at the Parkhouse Centre in Bude. All Sea Pool enthusiasts are very welcome to attend; this is your chance to influence and contribute to how the Pool is run in future. If you’d like to learn more [...]
The Big Blue Surf School have kindly offered to donate the proceeds from their Gul Pro surf day on Sunday July 3rd 2011 to the Sea Pool fund-raising effort. So look out for the Big Blue team on Bude’s beaches on the 3rd; you may well find members of the FoBSP team in the area, [...]
The second Bude Junior Triathlon started with a splash at the Sea Pool. The competitors had to complete up to three lengths of the Pool – a challenging swim of over 250m for the older triathletes – before climbing the cliff steps, cycling two tough laps of the Downs and then finishing with another lap [...]
Despite the wet weather over the May Bank Holiday weekend, fund-raising efforts by the Friends of Bude Sea Pool got off to a superb start. A team of keen ‘Friends’ donned their highly visible SOS (Save Our Seapool) t-shirts down at the Pool on Bank Holiday Monday, meeting members of the public and explaining the [...]
The Friends of Bude Sea Pool officially formed and adopted that name at a public meeting on April 20th 2011 in Bude. The meeting agreed that the FoBSP should be set up as a limited company and a charity, and those arrangements were initiated shortly thereafter. Negotiations with Cornwall Council regarding the future of the [...]
