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Survey on pool usage.

Tell Sports England and The Council what you think about Jesus Green Lido

Please complete this survey before May 30th to share your thoughts about your experiences of using Jesus Green Lido on your last visit to the centre after 12th April.
For the purposes of this research, please answer all questions exclusively in relation to this leisure centre only and disregard any others you may have also visited recently.

Your input will help us understand how members use this centre and improve both its facilities and services going forward.

Sport England with the help of local authorities and leisure centres are undertaking National research to understand the participant experience of using public leisure centres and their activity habits, and we would welcome your views on our centre to add to this research.

Please note that this survey is completely confidential and all data is collected and processed in compliance with all data protection laws and the Market Research Society Professional Code of Conduct.

Responding to these questions is entirely voluntary and the answers that you provide will be presented in aggregate form, and not be linked back to you in any way.

In accordance with GDPR, please be reassured that your personal details and individual answers will remain confidential and will not be passed to any other organisation.

Some of the questions in the survey will ask for your ethnicity and health data. This sensitive information about you is considered special category data.

The lawful basis for collecting any special category data is your explicit consent to do so. Special category data is personal data that needs more protection because it is sensitive.

You can read the full privacy notice by clicking on this link https://movingcommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Privacy-Notice.pdf.

By clicking on the survey link you are giving us your explicit consent for us to collect this special category data about you.

We will also give you the option to give us your mobile phone number to ask you further questions by text.

This survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete. THE CLOSING DATE IS 30 MAY 2021. The survey link is https://www.efocus-net.com/dynamic_survey.php?data=1618493139&id=W93wEu/mNAYCqfzLmA1e8A==

 

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Good News – Extended Opening Hours

Great news from this Saturday 8th May we will be open from 7 am to 7 pm every day until mid-September

To accommodate the transition to the new opening times there will not be a Friday afternoon session this week.

Looking forward to the extended summer with better weather.

Many thanks

Daryl Emes

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Jesus Green Pool in the news

BBC Cambridgeshire ran an excellent piece on our pool which you can see below:

The swimmers In the video are:

Greg Alvey, Geoff Jones, Anne Campbell, Mary, Bronwyn and Nicky Blanning.

High-resolution video here

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Jesus Green Lido New Mural

Jesus Green Lido Mural by Giacomo Bufarini,

Photo by Becky Allen

Jesus Green Lido is very honoured to have a huge mural painted on the outside of the lido that has been  created by the world renowned Italian-born street artist Giacomo Bufarini, known as RUN, you can read more about RUN and his Cambridge works at https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/blog/2021/02/01/an-interview-with-street-artist-run/

Plus more on his personal website at http://www.runabc.org/

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Good News on Pool Opening Times

Good news! BETTER are able to open the Lido from 07.00 hours every day during the main season this year.

With a longer overall season starting on Good Friday April 2, we very much hope that swimmers will enjoy using the Lido this summer more than ever.

Bookings will be organised in the same way as last year.  Please look at the Better website for further information: https://www.better.org.uk/

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Outdoor Swimming Webinar

Keri-anne Payne

Keri-anne Payne

Who’s excited about the return of #outdoorswimming?

Join us on 19th March as we speak to @KeriannePayne, Professor Greg Whyte OBE @gpwhyte , and @Outdoor_Swimmer Magazine founder, Simon Griffiths about all things outdoor swimming!

To register visit: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QAqHSECMRoi1U1Rw-cOm5w

Many thanks and hopefully see you on poolside soon!

Daryl Emes
Cambridgeshire Partnership Manager
www.better.org.uk

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More good pool news

Pool cleaning and removal of conifers

Pool cleaning and removal of conifers

The big cleanup is well underway and this year, finally, the majority of the hideous conifers are being felled thus opening the pool to more light and heat from the sun.

The full schedule of tree works at the pool can be found below,  following our “Requests have been received from the Friends of Jesus Green Swimming Pool, to have the conifers removed.”: https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/media/8868/tree-work-schedule-1614.pdf 

Full marks to The Council & Better it will be interesting to see the PoolTemperatures this year.

 

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Exciting pool opening news!

We are very pleased to let Friends of Jesus Green Lido know that Better is preparing to open Jesus Green pool from early April (2nd April according to @camcitico ), with morning, evening and weekend sessions.  All of the timings and dates will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

 

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Petition against Cell Phone Mast on Jesus Green

See Update at end of this post!
Proposed mast on Jesus GreenDear Friends of Jesus Green Lido

We hope you are all keeping well. We are looking forward to the pool opening in May, all being well.

In the meantime, there is an urgent petition underway in respect of a planning application for a mobile phone mast and generator, currently situated on top of Park Street car park, to be relocated on to Jesus Green. This will have a massive impact on our wonderful open space, frequented by many, and which has just been awarded Green Flag status.

We would be grateful if you could sign the attached petition:
https://www.cambridgelibdems.org.uk/stop_jesus_green_mast

Best wishes

The Committee of the Friends of Jesus Green Lido

The Planning Application can be viewed here

Update 23 April 2021

There will be “no need” to erect a temporary telecoms mast on Jesus Green after planning permission was granted for an alternative site, Cambridge Labour has said.

Following discussions with the council, MBNL submitted a full and more detailed planning application for the Bridge House site, which was granted planning permission on Wednesday (April 21).

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Jesus Green Friends annual sea swim at Felixstowe

After the short but lovely season at Jesus Green, our annual autumn visit to Felixstowe will take place on Sunday 11th October

Meet on the beach near the Fludyers Hotel at approximately 11.30 for a swim then a walk and, hopefully, coffee and fish and chips.
Please take account of all Covid-19 regulations especially social distancing

Please be aware that, as always and especially in present circumstances, this is an informal arrangement and we cannot take any responsibility for organising transport – we suggest that individuals arrange appropriate car sharing. Alternatively, travel by train should be possible by catching the 09.08 train from Cambridge arriving 11.21 with a change at Ipswich. Return services run hourly @ 15.25, 16.25 etc.
Low tide should be at approximately 11.30

Please fill in the form below as numbers are restricted for CoVid outdoor events

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