Hydrotherapy pool that transforms lives at risk of closure

GRIMSBY'S only hydrotherapy pool built thanks to extensive community fundraising in the early 2000s is under threat of closure.

- By LAUREN DAVIDSON

Since opening in 2007, the Hydrotherapy Pool at Humberston Park School has helped children and adults with a range of disabilities, alleviating muscle pain and joint stiffness and helping their mental wellbeing.

But due to a lack of fundraising since the Covid-19 pandemic and energy bills rising annually, the pool is now at risk of closing for good either completely, or to the wider community.

And today, Grimsby Live is calling on its readers many of whom helped fund this incredible facility in the first place - to help save it.

Speaking to Grimsby Live, Trustee and Business Manager at Humberston Park School, Gemma Rylatt, said: "The pool has been open for many years and there's been a lot of fundraising over the years, but since Covid, the donations coming in have virtually dried up.

"The biggest problem is the fall in our income and the cost of the utility bills have gone up.

"We used to pay £12,000 for the year for our energy bills and we're looking at £30,000 this year, so we're looking at the possibility of having to close the pool to outside users or closing it completely. It's devastating.