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SAVE STROUD LIDO

Stroud Lido is under threat. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Ask your councillor to stop the rush to close the lido.

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🎉🎶💦🦞💃Join us this Saturday for the opening ceremon 🎉🎶💦🦞💃Join us this Saturday for the opening ceremony (free, all welcome) - and (if you fancy) get a ticket & come inside for a public swim at 11 - more tickets have just been released!

🗓️We now have a much better idea of the Lido timetable, too. Here’s what it looks like from Saturday 15th August:

(All swim sessions are £5.50 adults / £3.30 children / free for members & summer passport holders)

*Saturday*:
7am-8am poolside yoga 🧘‍♀️
9am-10am lane swim 🏊
10am-11am lanes 🏊🏾
11am- 2pm public swim 💦
2.30pm-5.30pm public swim 💦
5.45pm-6.45pm lanes 🏊
*Plus*
10.30am-11.30am - opening ceremony (outside - free) - live 1930s swing music from ‘Moonlighting’, marvel at the new mural, and family fun and giveaways/colouring sheets at the @activelifestylesstroud gazebo 🎶🦞🎉💃🕺

*Sunday*:
10am-11am lanes 🏊🏾
11am-2pm public swim 💦
2.30pm-5.30pm public swim 💦
5.45pm-6.45pm lanes 🏊
*Plus*
11am-5pm poolside tunes with @losdomingosdjs 🎧🔊🎶

*Monday, Wednesday, Friday*:
10am-11am lanes 🏊🏾
11am- 2pm public swim (with lanes down side) 💦🏊
2.30pm-5.30pm public swim 💦
5.45pm-6.30pm lanes 🏊
6.45-7.30pm lanes 🏊

*Tuesday & Thursday*
7am-8am lanes 🏊
8am-9am lanes 🏊
10am-11am lanes 🏊🏾
11am-2pm public swim (with lanes down side) 💦🏊
2.30pm-5.30pm public swim 💦
5.45pm-6.30pm lanes 🏊

You can book in advance on the app / the website / by phone 📞 01453766771 / in person at the leisure centre - advance booking is recommended, but you can also just turn up, there will always be at least 20% of tickets reserved for walk ups. 

See you there!
🎉 THE COUNTDOWN IS ON! 🏊‍♀️💙 Just days to go unti 🎉 THE COUNTDOWN IS ON! 🏊‍♀️💙

Just days to go until Stratford Park Lido reopens — with THREE events across ONE BIG WEEKEND! ☀️

🎨 Saturday 15 August — Official opening ceremony, mural reveal and live music
🪩 Saturday evening — FREE Party in the Park
🎶 Sunday 16 August — Poolside with Los Domingos

Swimming, music, movement and a huge community celebration — who’s joining us? 💙

👉To book head to MyActiveLifeStyles page.

#Stroudlife #SaveStroudLido #BigWeekend  #LoveOurLido #visitstroud
🎉 🎵PARTY IN THE PARK 🎧🎉 You’re invited to an unmi 🎉 🎵PARTY IN THE PARK 🎧🎉

You’re invited to an unmissable FREE evening of music, movement and celebration at the beautiful Stratford Park Bandstand!

Join us on Saturday 15 August, from 6–11pm, as we celebrate the reopening of our much-loved Lido! 💙🏊💙

🧺 6–6:30pm – Bring a picnic, chill and enjoy some great tunes
💃 6:30–7:30pm – Silent Zumba
✨ 7:45–8:45pm – Silent Clubbercise under the evening sky
🎧 8:45–11pm – Epic silent disco with THREE DJ channels featuring:

🎶 @dubbu4 
🎶 @kdonndizzle 
🎶@Tranzend

Choose your channel, grab your headphones and dance the night away! 🪩✨🎤

Bring your friends, bring the family, pack a picnic, bring your glowsticks and get ready for an unforgettable evening of fun, fitness and feel-good vibes! 🌟

🍹 Mocktails and soft drinks will be available to purchase throughout the evening.

No booking required. Maximum capacity of 150 people. Come for one or two sessions—or enjoy the entire experience!

Let’s light up Stratford Park and celebrate the reopening of our Lido in true Stroud style!

Co-sponsored by Sweet Silent Disco, Clubbercise, Zumba with generous support from Chinnicks Theatre Services , Wheatley Printers, and @kittsmix !
🎉 THE COUNTDOWN IS ON! 🏊‍♀️💙 Just days to go unti 🎉 THE COUNTDOWN IS ON! 🏊‍♀️💙

Just days to go until Stratford Park Lido reopens — with THREE events across ONE BIG WEEKEND! ☀️

🎨 Saturday 15 August — Official opening ceremony, mural reveal and live music
🪩 Saturday evening — FREE Party in the Park
🎶 Sunday 16 August — Poolside with Los Domingos

Swimming, music, movement and a huge community celebration — who’s joining us? 💙

#Stroudlife  #BigWeekend #Stroud #LoveOurLido visitstroud #visitstroud
🏊‍♀️🎉 STRATFORD PARK LIDO IS REOPENING! Join us o 🏊‍♀️🎉 STRATFORD PARK LIDO IS REOPENING!

Join us on Saturday 15 August from 10:30am for the official opening ceremony in front of the incredible new Art Deco-inspired mural. 🎨

Enjoy FREE 1930s-style swing music from Moonlighting on the forecourt — everyone’s welcome!

The Active lifestyles gazebo will also offer family games goody bags and lido colouring sheets.🫟

💦 Don’t forget to book a swim and celebrate the return of our wonderful Lido with us.

#StroudLido #SaveOurLidoStroud #StratfordParkLido #visitstroud #Stroudlife
@losdomingosdjs
🎉 THE COUNTDOWN IS ON! 🏊‍♀️💙 Just days to go unti 🎉 THE COUNTDOWN IS ON! 🏊‍♀️💙

Just days to go until Stratford Park Lido reopens — with THREE events across ONE BIG WEEKEND! ☀️

🎨 Saturday 15 August — Official opening ceremony, mural reveal and live music
🪩 Saturday evening — FREE Party in the Park
🎶 Sunday 16 August — Poolside with Los Domingos

🏊Swimming, music, movement and a huge community celebration — who’s joining us? 💙

#Stroudlife  #BigWeekend #Stroud #LoveOurLido #visitstroud
🎉 THREE EVENTS. ONE BIG WEEKEND! 🎉 Save the dates 🎉 THREE EVENTS. ONE BIG WEEKEND! 🎉

Save the dates — 15 and 16 August — as we celebrate the reopening of Stratford Park Lido! 💙🏊‍♀️💙

🎨 Saturday — Join us for the official opening ceremony, see the incredible new Art Deco-inspired entrance mural and enjoy live music from Moonlighting and more! 🎶

🪩 Saturday evening — A FREE Party in the Park filled with music, movement and feel-good fun!🎵

🏊Sunday — Relax poolside with music from Los Domingos and friends.🎤

It’s going to be an unforgettable weekend of swimming, music and community celebration! 💙

🎟️ Swimming tickets will be available on the door, but advance booking is strongly recommended to avoid disappointment.

Head over to the Active Lifestyles Website or App to book ! 💙

#sroudlife #stroud #visitstroud #community 
#lidoopeningweekend
💙☀️We love this image—and we can’t wait to jump in 💙☀️We love this image—and we can’t wait to jump in! 🏊‍♀️💙💙

The forecast is looking fantastic for Lido opening day on Saturday 15 August, so demand is likely to be high. Please book in advance to avoid disappointment!☀️

Sessions will operate with an 80/20 split between advance bookings and walk-ins, with the possibility of additional capacity if the forecast stays favourable.💙

We can’t wait to welcome everyone back! 🎉💙🏊

Book Via 👇
myactivelifestyles.co.uk

#StratfordParkLido #LoveOurLido #Stroud #OpeningDay #Stroudlife
@theghostoftomsears
Stroud’s Lido makes the @itv evening news, ahead o Stroud’s Lido makes the @itv evening news, ahead of the re-opening on Saturday 15th August. Also featuring @droitwichspalido , lymingtonseawaterbaths - and some other Lidos that have sadly been lost). SOLS member @carolinejmolloy talks to @itvnews @benchapmanitv about how lucky we are to have our Lido in Stroud - and how we’ve had to fight to protect it. #savestroudlido
💙 BOOKINGS ARE NOW OPEN! 🏊‍♀️🎉 We can’t wait for 💙 BOOKINGS ARE NOW OPEN! 🏊‍♀️🎉

We can’t wait for opening day on 15th August!

Head to the My Active Lifestyles website, book your swim and show your love for our beautiful Lido. Let’s make opening day one to remember! 💙

Who’s joining us? 🙌

#StroudLido #LoveOurLido #OpeningDay #StratfordParkLido #Stroud
@activelifestylesstroud @lidoguide
Just been talking to @bbcradio2 @thejeremyvine abo Just been talking to @bbcradio2 @thejeremyvine about how lucky we are to have saved our beautiful 50m spring-fed lido in Stroud - re-opening 15 August - and what a godsend it is to the community #LoveOurLido (lovely to hear from @grangelido too)
Looking good! Looking good!
Brilliant article by the influential economist Mar Brilliant article by the influential economist Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatomissioneconomy on why councils should pay for pools as a social good, and how post-COVID policies around booking sessions have made them more exclusive & harder to access. Check it out for free here https://marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/who-gets-to-swim
New artwork just dropped, from our friends at @str New artwork just dropped, from our friends at @stroudbookfestival - we love this so much! 

Cannot wait to get in the pool... #RollOnAugust
Does your Lido deserve a mural? We have been in a Does your Lido deserve a mural?

We have been in a bit of a to and fro with the District Council over the entrance to the Lido. Can you help us settle a difference of opinion.

We have created a design that we believe shows some love to our Art Deco outdoor pool, and will help us celebrate it reopening - the outlook was far more bleak back in March when it was to close indefinitely!

However, the District Council staff aren’t really feeling the love for our design, so we need to know if you love it and think the Lido deserves this mural, or if you prefer its existing look.

If we can get approval (and we are trying really, really, REALLY hard to get them to work with us) we will need to raise money to make it happen. We’re happy to try to do that, but we do need to know if there is support for our vision or not. With the planned opening on 15th August, we need to get a shift on!

Thank you for sharing your vote x
Seeing a lot of posts on here about youngsters loo Seeing a lot of posts on here about youngsters looking for work, do look into lifeguard training! You are allowed to be a lifeguard from 16. Email leisure@stroud.gov.uk and ask about their training, they were putting on free training for people willing to commit to working at the Lido this summer (you do need to be confident swimmer and happy to dive / go deep under water). I don’t know if there are still spaces left, but their latest update says that “recruitment is ongoing” so it sounds like there might be - and is enough demand maybe they can put on another training session somewhere, or at least for next year. We (SOLs) pointed out to them what a great job opportunity this is for young people, and really encouraged them because one of the reasons we’ve been told the Lido opened rather restricted hours in the recent past is because they couldn’t get lifeguards. Also do let us know what answer you get because they aren’t all that great at telling us what is going on!
🥵 Can you imagine what a summer we should have hav 🥵 Can you imagine what a summer we should have have been having, and the money the outdoor pool should have been making this year? Ah well. Roll on August, eh!
SDC has told us it is on track to complete works o SDC has told us it is on track to complete works on Stroud’s outdoor pool in time to open it on 15 August.

We are pleased SDC has now agreed with our requests that:
💦They’ll keep the pool open as long as possible in September
👶The baby pool will be open
🎉They will work with the community to plan opening day events

For this season, we’ve also asked for:
⏱️Longer, simpler hours, like 10am-7pm.
📱Trialling scrapping the booking system, which makes access more difficult for many, especially young people
🏊‍♀️Having at least the same number of early morning lane swims as last season, plus a lane down the side always
☀️Protecting sunbathing / viewing areas - we need to see the plans so we can suggest alternative ways of dealing with any concerns around walls

We’ve also asked SDC to:
🙌Consult the public (not just a few ‘stakeholders’) over the future, starting this summer
🗓️Work with us to plan works to be undertaken from this October, for example any necessary handrails
👟Plan for the Lido’s future alongside the leisure centre & park to ensure all are sustainable

We note:
💷There is still £900k capital spend  available for the Lido, as agreed 2 years ago. 

Lidos need:
1. An affordable, accessible core offering of swimming & sunbathing.
2. Thoughtful integration with surrounding facilities.
3. Additional revenue streams. 

So, we’d like to see trials of things that make lidos thrive - cafe, events, clubs/classes, exercise around the pool, film &, young people’s evenings, dog swim on the last day of the season, a plug in sauna, &/or a slide.

🤓This isn’t the moment for grand visions. There’s already a lot of those gathering dust on shelves. 
💦It is a moment for engaging with the people of Stroud - those who’ve stepped forward to get the pool saved & open, those who simply can’t wait to come & enjoy it, & also those who used to come, and need to be won back.
💦The pool being open this summer is a great focal point to launch that engagement - & capture the amazing energy that the community has generated to get us this far. 
💦This energy will be essential if we are to restore the pool to its former glory so that it can thrive for another 90 yrs.
While we wait (🥵) for Stroud’s Lido / outdoor pool While we wait (🥵) for Stroud’s Lido / outdoor pool to reopen this summer, check out our History of the Lido, “When we get down to swimming, we get down to democracy”, on SOLS website. See if it matches your memories - and share them in the comments - we’ve been loving collecting your thoughts.
Stay cool, keep shaded and make sure to check on v Stay cool, keep shaded and make sure to check on vulnerable neighbours and relatives. Extreme heat can affect inland areas like Stroud more than coastal ones. 

We also need to plan for a world where these kind of weather patterns are more common. We need facilities  where people can cool off, into the evening, with shading, taking advantage of natural cool water…

We need to factor all this into future planning for Stroud’s Lido. Its a real shame that it’s not going to be open til August - let’s make sure its stays open throughout September, too, and that all its facilities (for example, including the baby pool) are fully open. To be sure of that happening, councillors still need to hear from the public, as we only got this far because of you - so don’t forget you can email them via our website.
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