ENERGISING COWLEY WITH THE

TEMPLE COWLEY POOLS

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTProposal to Oxford City Councilfrom theSaveTCP community interest companyNovember 2014

THIS EVENING’S AGENDA

Thanks for coming here!

This evening:

The Community Proposal

Exercise and public health

Open Q/A

Exhibition

Meet some of the team

Sign up to do more

Housekeeping

HOW WE GOT HERE

TCP targeted for closure since 2000

Closure plans became public in 2009

Save Temple Cowley Pools Campaign started in 2009

Largest ever petition in Oxford – 12,000 signatures

Largest number of petitions on one topic in Oxford – 8, >25.000 signatures

Judicial Review found we had done the Council’s job for them (!)

Site put on sale 21st Jan 2014

Initial private Campaign consortium bid against developers

Registered TCP as Asset of Community Value

SaveTCP community interest company formed

Registered Right to Bid

This is it!

WHAT’S FOR SALE?

1.31acres inside red boundary

Includes Library car park

“Adjacent land is likely to become available in the near future”

DPD planning allows 26 residential dwellings

Criteria: price 70%, quality 30%

MYTHS AND RUMOUR ABOUT THE BUILDING

“At Risk of Catastrophic Failure” – NOT TRUE!

Council commissioned two independent surveys – “mid-life”, “fair condition”

Our structural engineer – “no problem as far as I can see”

Minimum maintenance items – column £30k, aircon £20k

“High Carbon Emissions” – MISLEADING!

Yes, highest total, but there’s a lot going on! AND…

Emissions per square metre are the lowest!

Pool cover will save £25,000 a year – one off cost £25,000 – and could have saved £650k over TCP’s lifetime since 1986

Fix power matching – 20% electricity savings

Move electric-run sauna/steam suite inside the building

MYTHS AND RUMOUR ABOUT COSTS

“Costs over £500,000 a year” – NOT TRUE!

£85,000 per year maintenance

£150,000 per year utilities

£360,000 last year to Fusion

“the Council needs the money to fund the new pool” – NOT TRUE

Yes, this was one of the original justifications for closure…

…but last year OCC announced that the new pool had full funding

Last Full Council declared £28m surplus in revenue account

Head of Finance has said they are looking for where they can invest

IMPACT OF TCP CLOSURE

HIGHEST POPULATION GROWTH – AND NO SERVICES?

Population at 2001 and 2011 Censuses,

Blackbird Leys and Temple Cowley areas

Area 2001 2011 Percentage

growth

Temple

Cowley13,346 17,429 31%

Blackbird Leys 12,196 13,068 7%

Sources: Table KS01, 2001 Census, Office for National StatisticsTable KS101EW, 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics

(Courtesy of Oxford City Council Statistician, Mark Fransham)

KEY ELEMENTS OF OUR PROPOSAL

Community Asset Transfer

Continuous operation throughout transfer and build

Prudent, phased, development programme

Financially viable business plan

Integration with NHS – ‘social prescribing’

Community space/exercise studio/therapy rooms

Project enabled through professional partners

Developed with the Community, for the Community

NEW FACILITIES WILL INCREASE USAGE

NEW FACILITIES WILL INCREASE USAGE

NEW FACILITIES WILL INCREASE USAGE

A FOCUS FOR THE COMMUNITY

INTEGRATED HEALTH PROVISION

Temple Cowley Community Health Hub

Links with NHS – spectrum of services, local practitioner group

From exercise to physiotherapy, acupuncture and beyond…

stop smoking service

weight management services

alcohol advice and treatment

exercise referral

cardiovascular risk check

diabetes risk check

community musculoskeletal care

community counselling

mental health support and mindfulness training

Social Return on Investment - £1 here = £12+ saved in the NHS

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

Council officer report on our bid and the “preferred developer” - goes to City Executive Board on Wednesday 10th Dec 2014, 5.30pm

IF we have their approval…

Dec 14 – Mar 15 – Interim Period

Fusion/Council continue to operate TCP

Due diligence/TUPE consultation

Apr 15 – Dec 15 – Demonstrate We Can Run It

SaveTCP cic (or BENCOM) takes over

Improvement Programme – Diving Pool, refit Gym, air conditioning

Energy Efficiency – pool covers, power matching…

Jan 16 – Dec 17 - Rebuild

BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL

Zero financial risk – success is success for everyone – or the site achieves a higher sale price

Increase Council’s reputation for actively engaging with communities and enabling them to be more self-sufficient and sustaining

Oxford City Council fulfils its responsibility for community health, leisure and value for money and ensuring equity and social justice for the communities surrounding Temple Cowley Swimming Pool.

Savings through crime prevention/reduced public health needs

Community ownership will drive community inclusion and a self-sustaining momentum

A vibrant focus to revitalise and energise the Temple Cowley area, complementing regeneration in nearby communities such as Rose Hill and Blackbird Leys

Fundamental to this proposal is that the Council must be willing to co-operate with

the communities in Oxford who want to keep Temple Cowley Pools open,

communities who have elected the Council, and for whom the Council exists to

deliver services that communities want and need, where they want and need them.

WHAT CAN I DO…?

This evening –

Ask us all the questions you can think of!

Look at the displays/plans

Write to give the community proposal your support

Volunteer – we need every type of skill you can imagine!

Write to your local councillors, and/or Leader Bob Price – cc savetcp@gmail.com

Help identify staff to keep Temple Cowley Pools running – esp lifeguards

Look at the website – send us your email if not on our lists

Stay in contact – look at the website

Next Full Council meeting on Monday 1st December - support, speak, ask questions…

Come to the Special City Executive Board on 10th December 5.30pm, Town Hall

THANK YOU TO OUR BUSINESS SUPPORTERS, including: