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Petition to salvage plans for wild swimming park in East London reaches 10,000 signatures

Campaigners are trying to save the site from being turned into a ‘secure children’s home’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Petition to salvage plans for wild swimming park in East London reaches 10,000 signatures

Campaign behind wild swimming plans accuses government of ‘misleading’ public

East London Waterworks Park says it was not told previously that the site it is hoping to purchase is not for sale

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Campaign behind wild swimming plans accuses government of ‘misleading’ public

‘Once-in-a-generation chance’: Crowdfunder for wild swimming pond in East London smashes past the halfway mark

Volunteer-led campaign has raised £250k in a matter of months

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Once-in-a-generation chance’: Crowdfunder for wild swimming pond in East London smashes past the halfway mark

Crowdfunder for East London’s first wild swimming pond reaches important milestone

Volunteers hoping to transform a disused water depot in Lower Clapton are almost halfway to their target

Author: Hackney Citizen

Crowdfunder for East London’s first wild swimming pond reaches important milestone

Float on: ‘swim-lit’ authors to unite at Pages of Hackney and discuss mental health benefits of a chilly dip

Joe Minihane and Jessica J. Lee have both written about the anti-anxiety effects they felt when exploring the world of outdoor, wild swimming, and will chat about it at an event at the Clapton bookshop on 12 April

Author: Hackney Citizen

Sink or swim: Authors Joe Minihane (left) and Jessica J. Lee (right) come to Pages of Hackney on 12 April. Photographs: Sam K