Good news from Shaftesbury Lido for the 2025 summer season.  The plan is to have weekly swims every Tuesday evening once the season begins.  In 2023 the Lido had a Naked Swim once a month; in 2024 it increased to two sessions a month and in 2025, following many requests from our naturist swimmers, it will be a weekly session.

The season opening, however, depends on vital improvements to the pool being completed in the coming months.  Whilst Shaftesbury Council have agreed to the new filtration system and new pool liner being installed to keep the Lido running, they would like some outside funding to help with the huge costs. 

The Friends of Shaftesbury Swimming, of which I am a committee member, have organised a Crowdfunding appeal to try and raise £15,000 to match a promised £15,000 from Sport England.  We have less than a month to raise that total but got off to a great start yesterday with a fund-raising cold-water swimming event at the Lido.

Details of their Crowdfunding page are here https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/shaftesbury-lido-renovations  If any of the Lido's regular naturist swimmers feel they could support the appeal, we would be extremely grateful for their help, either with a contribution or sharing the link to others who might be able to give support. 

One point to note if anyone is making a pledge on the Crowdfunder page - the suggested "tip" to the Crowdfunder organisation is voluntary.  If you use the "enter custom amount" button rather accepting the suggested 20%, you can set it at whatever level you wish, including 0%.  

Thank you for your help in sharing the Lido message with the wider BN community, both in the South-West Region and beyond as a good number of our regular naturist swimmers travel to the Lido from outside the region.