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Read the latest news from The Broomhill Pool Trust below. Please check back frequently for the latest information. If you wish to be sent our newsletter, please fill out our Friends form.

The Broomhill Pool Trust would like to thank all those who attended the Grade 2 listed lido’s 70th Anniversary event on Saturday 26 April.

Around 500 visitors attended, helping raise over £900 towards the Trust’s fighting funds. We would like to publically thank our Mayor, Cllr Inga Lockington, Sir Michael and Lady Lord, Cllr Judy Terry and Ben Gummer for their visits and for their genuine interest in our progress. We are most grateful to Andy & Heather Kempton at the Emperor Public House for hosting the evening party and for generously donating 100% of the barbecue profits. We also thank Ken Sheppard and Ivan Rooke for exhibiting their beautiful vintage cars; and to all those who donated prizes for the raffle.

The Trust has raised around a further £6000 to complete our £2m Heritage Lottery Fund Bid application. The work took 7 months and was mainly completed by professional volunteers. However, we do have to pay technical and legal consultants, etc. The donations from the 70^th Birthday event are therefore essential to replenish our fighting funds and enable the Trust to continue completing further professional bids to the bigger charitable funds & foundations.

Broomhill Pool is a flagship leisure facility and unique attraction for Ipswich, one that successfully served the citizens of Ipswich for 70 years. With continued public support and with the Trust's efforts we hope to preserve this immensely practical icon for the town, forever.

We write to ask your help to raise vital fighting funds to enable the Trust to continue with its work.

1) Around £9000 towards the £67,000 feasibility study completed in 2005. The study concluded that Broomhill was restorable and viable. However, most significantly, it secured a £1million guarantee from Ipswich borough Council.
2) Around £6000 towards the professional completion of our Heritage Lottery Fund bid. If successful this bid will secure a £2million HLF grant.
3) The Trust also maintains this website, produces leaflets and regular events to maintain a strong public profile for Broomhill.

Whilst we eagerly await news from the HLF, we must continue the process of approaching other significant charitable funding bodies to secure the remaining funds needed to restore Broomhill. The Trust committee consists of many professionals who give their time and resources absolutely free. We do, however, need to engage and pay external professionals for legal and technical advice.

Either directly or indirectly, can you help us raise funds to continue our with our efforts ? Please lobby your employers or friends to support a most worthy local cause:-

A personal donation of £10, £25 or even £100 makes a huge difference to our working funds.

A business donation of £100, £500 or £1000 could enable us to complete a bid application that could secure £25,000 to £500,000 from a key charitable fund.

Please send cheques made payable to “The Broomhill Pool Trust” to Mrs Janet Adams, 18 Dales View Rd, Ipswich, IP1 4HL

Please visit us on Broomhill Pool’s 70th Anniversary on Saturday 26 April (10:00-17:00) followed by BBQ at the Emperor Pub immediately afterwards.

Our Heritage Lottery Fund Bid was safely delivered to HLF Cambridge offices 16:30 on Monday 31 March 2008. Many thanks to all of you who helped in any way, but particularly to Bill Haward who has slaved all night to get our bid in perfect presentation order. We now have to wait about three months to hear.

Meantime, we have EVENTS planned to mark the 70th Anniversary of Broomhill Pool. Please see our website events page for full details.

Broomhill supporting fim director James Sharpe is currently filming a feature film HALFWAY TO HEAVEN. A percetage of all the profits will be donated to the Broomhill Pool Trust.

Halfway to heaven is a story about a man who is visited in his sleep by God. God tells him he will be spending time at a "halfway house" when dead, until God can make up her mind about where to put him.

God, who is female in this film, puts more people in the house with him. There he falls in love with a girl. They plan to spend eternity together but God has other plans.

James Sharpe’s film “The Pool” has been selected to air on ITVlocal webiste.

The 5 minute short film is a touching tribute to the Broomhill Pool lido in Ipswich.

Film director James spent many happy days at the pool. He publicly supports the Broomhill Pool Trust in its efforts to save the popular and unique facility.