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Published:
February 29, 2008
Burnham
pool petition soars into UK's top 200 best-supported polls
 The
online petition to save Burnham-On-Sea's swimming pool from closure
has become one of the UK's top 200 best-supported petitions on
the Prime Minister's official Number 10 Downing Street website.
By
Friday morning (February 29th), a total of 766 people had signed
the petition calling on the Prime Minister to subsidise sports
facilities, such as Burnham Swimming Pool.
The
success of the online petition - which can be accessed here
- follows an earlier 6,642-name petition and protests by swimmers
at the start of the year.
Concerned
Burnham resident Verena Clare Brandon launched the online petition
on the Number Ten Website after hearing about the closure plans.
"Pools
are very important facilities for many community members. Museums
are subsidised - why not sports facilities?" she questioned.
The
petition is due to continue until 18th April, six weeks before
a final decision on the pool's future will be made.
Sedgemoor
District Council, the pool's current owner, plans to shut the
facility at the end of May unless a new owner can be found as
part of wide-ranging cost-cutting proposals caused by its £1.8m
funding shortfall.
A
huge campaign to save the threatened pool is underway by the Save
Our Swimming pool (SOS) campaign group which is backed by Burnham-On-Sea.com,
the home of the group's official
website.
RELATED
LINKS:
Official
'Save Our Swimming Pool' website
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