Month: February 2017

Arthur Hill community meeting and AGM

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Our next community meeting will be taking place on Thursday 2 March at the Warehouse Centre in Cumberland Road.  We will be launching the new community interest company which has been set up to take forward work to reopen Arthur Hill Pool, and giving an update on progress with the campaign.As well as the business meeting, we will also be holding a fun ‘Arthur Awards’ ceremony to say thank you to some of the people who have made Arthur Hill Pool a special place.  Do please come along to see who our awards panel has chosen as the lucky winners!As usual, food will be provided (donation welcome), there will be a prize draw, and you will be able to become a member of the new Arthur Hill – Save Our Swimming community interest company. Admission is free and all friends and supporters are welcome to attend.7.00 pm – 10.00 pmThursday 2 March 2017Warehouse Centre, 1A Cumberland Road, Reading, RG1 3LB.

CIC Policies and Procedures

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Company Information

Our key information and documents relating to the Arthur Hill – Save Our Swimming Community Interest Company (company registration number 10573720) can be found below.


AHSOS Articles of Association
AHSOS Annual Report
AHSOS Equal Opportunities
AHSOS Finance Procedure
AH SOS Grievance Procedure
AHSOS Confidentiality and Data Protection Policy
AHSOS CSR AHSOS Conflict of Interest Policy
AHSOS Complaints Procedure
AHSOS Volunteer Policy
AHSOS Health and Safety Statement
Safeguarding Policy

 

 

Arthur Hill SOS registered as a new company

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Great news!  Our application to set up a new Community Interest Company to take over Arthur Hill Pool has now been accepted, and we are now a fully registered company and ready to go!  This is a significant milestone achieved in our programme to re-open the pool.  We are now working to prepare a business plan to give to Reading Borough Council later this month, and we will be organising another community meeting in a few weeks time to update people on what is happening.  More news soon – watch this space!

Thank you – we met our target

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Thanks to your generosity, we have reached our Arthur Hill crowdfunding appeal target of £10,000 – ten days early!  We’re very grateful indeed to everyone who donated to us.  We will use the money to set up a new company to hopefully take over the pool, and prepare a business plan for running the pool.

As people are very kindly still giving to us, we’ve set a ‘stretch target’ to reach £12,000 by 31 December.  We will put any further money we receive towards a fund to start repair work which is needed on key structural features in the pool.  You can contribute by clicking on the donate button below.

Thank you very much for all your support, and have a super Christmas.

Crowdfunding December 2016 – The #DrySwimChallenge

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We’d like to invite you to take our #DrySwimChallenge to help support the campaign to keep Arthur Hill Pool open! It’s a similar idea to the popular Ice Bucket Challenge and Mannequin Challenge – but with a swimming theme.  All you have to do is post a video or pictures on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram showing yourself ‘swimming’ on dry land to spread the message about crowdfunding appeal and encourage your friends and family to get involved.  When you upload your post, please also include a link to our Justgiving page – justgiving.com/crowdfunding/arthur-hill – and use the hashtag #DrySwimChallenge.  You can also make a donation to us if you like – it doesn’t have to be a lot of money and no amount is too small. Our crowdfunding appeal is now over halfway towards meeting its target of raising £10,000 by 31 December, but there’s still a long way to go.  The money raised will be used to prepare a business plan to keep the pool open, but if this proves not to be possible, it will be donated to schools in the Newtown area to allow local children to continue with swimming lessons.