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NEWS IN BRIEF
CARE HOME REPORTS ‘IMMEDIATE
Pool complex takes
BENEFIT’ FROM ARTESIAN SPA
step forward
A £3m swimming pool complex A care home for young adults
Artisian Spas provided the hot
in Somerset took another step with learning difficulties and
tub which fulfilled a wish list
forward, after securing anxiety associated with autism
equipment from the closure of says it has noticed an
Sedgemoor Splash. The planned immediate reduction in anxiety
25 metre, six lane indoor pool at displayed by residents after
Brean Leisure Park has bought installing a hot tub.
lockers and changing cubicles After two months the impact
from the Bridgwater facility, has been considerable says
which shut at the end of August. Beech Tree Hall care home in
They will be used in the leisure Arksey, South Yorkshire, who
centre’s refurbishment, which undertook research into
includes the creation of a installing a hot tub in its garden.
children’s splash and play area After investigating the
and an upgrade to the existing benefits of hydrotherapy and
pools and flumes. A building to receiving ‘sign off’ from the
cover the whole complex has owners, the home spent a
also been purchased which will month shopping for hot tubs.
mean all of the current outdoor “It proved to be a very
pool area and flumes will now stressful month as we searched is when they feel most stressed. anxiety disorders.
become covered. for the right hot tub for us. We This is the best product we have Water puts constant tactile
It is thought a planning made a ‘nice to have’ list and invested in for our residents and input on the body and increases
application for the ambitious we finally purchased a product we wish we had purchased it a hydrostatic pressure, providing
project will be made to Sedgemoor from Artesian Spas UK based long time ago. the physical sensation that
District Council in November. in Doncaster. “Artesian gave us full in depth autistic children often seek.
“Artesian Spas fulfilled our training on how to maintain the “Having something
‘wish list’ in particular with their correct levels of chemicals in our constantly touching every part
Choose a pool – after-sales support and a quality hot tub. It’s great to see the kids of the body can be really
campaigners urge product,” said a spokesman. enjoying themselves in this calming,” said Julia. “Even the
Campaigners are urging a local “The hot tub has been wonderful spa,” Julia, Manager echoes in an indoor water
authority to pump a £2.2m grant installed for around 2 months of the care home added. environment are escalated so
for Purley into a swimming pool. and we noticed an immediate It’s known that hydrotherapy you get a lot more auditory
Since the cash injection from reduction in anxiety displayed can help alleviate the tension, input. You also have lots of
Transport for London was by the residents. They are using nervousness, and other visual input; sometimes just the
announced, people in the town it in the morning and afternoon, symptoms that accompany light reflecting off the water is
have been invited to make their for 20 minutes each time, as this anxiety attacks but cannot cure beneficial.”
suggestions. But members of the
Save Purley Pool campaign are
calling for the money to be
invested into maintaining the pool.
RICKMANSWORTH’S WILLIAM PENN POOL
Croydon Council, which once
described the existing pool as a
DEVELOPMENT BRANDED “LAUGHABLE”
‘rotting hulk’, says it is too
expensive to maintain and plans to The saga of the building of the remainder of the work. especially when we think how
close it. Planning bosses are only two swimming pools in Further delays, caused by long it took the council to
keeping it open until 2013, while Rickmansworth has caused faulty drainage equipment, build two new leisure centres.
they develop plans to open pools what residents have called a mean the pools are now unlikely Councillor Chris Whately-
in Coulsdon and Waddon. Save situation to be ‘ashamed of’. to open by Christmas. The Smith, responsible for leisure
Purley Pool member Fred Wallis Three Rivers District Council council, which admits it simply and community, said: “We are
said: “The council has scrimped on in Hertfordshire had hoped to does not know when it will open, still not able to give a definite
this swimming pool for too long” build two new swimming pools has now been forced to drill opening date because we are
by March last year. Seventeen through concrete to the side of determined to get this right
months later, however, the the main pool to fix some of the before we do.
£14m Carlisle revamp pools remain empty, faults. “The very last thing we want
A £14m revamp for Carlisle’s unfinished and over-budget. Residents’ association to happen is that we rush to
Sands Centre has been given the The chairman of the chairman Peter Crispin said that open and have to close again a
green light. Rickmansworth Residents’ the council had to take the couple of years later. It’s one
The plans include a 25 metre Association has delivered a majority of the blame for the step at a time until we’re sure
swimming pool to replace the withering verdict of the project’s failings. that it’s safe.”
town’s main pool. ongoing William Penn Leisure He said: “People are now in Three Rivers District
The next stage is to ask the full Centre debacle. stunned disbelief mode. This Council, after sacking the
council to release £150,000 next Promised completion dates project has become almost project’s main contractor in
month to fund a planning have come and gone and the laughable. February, cannot now say
application. If planning permission council even sacked its main “People simply can’t believe when the pools will finally
is granted, councillors will give the contractor in February – that it can take this long to open, saying only that they will
final go ahead in April. choosing instead to sub-contract refurbish two swimming pools – open when they are ready.
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