Background docs

For more in-depth information about Splashback and our vision to reopen Leith Waterworld under community management, take a look through these documents:

Survey results: conducted in summer 2012. Plus some really interesting responses to the free field question in the survey.
Outline summary: prepared end-November 2012.
Business plan: submitted to City of Edinburgh Council on 22 January 2013.
Amendment: carried at Full Council on 31 January, the decision which paved the way for the short-lived joint Working Group.
Motion: carried at Full Council on 30 May, which overturned the commitment to work with Splashback on a community-led reopening, in favour of a commercial sale.
Splashback's swimming initiative proposals: put to Councillors in response to point 5 of the above motion.

Who we are

Splashback was a group of Edinburgh residents who sought to re-open the unique and well-loved public amenity, Leith Waterworld. The pool was Edinburgh's (and the region's) only leisure pool with flumes, waves, shallow areas and warmer water than conventional pools.

Leith Waterworld closed on 8 January 2012. For a year and a half we campaigned, then worked with the Council to investigate reopening the pool. The Council voted to sell the site on 30 May 2013, cutting short our process and reversing a promise to work with us until the end of 2013 to develop a potential future for the site as a public amenity.

Our vision was to develop and re-open, under community-led management, a revitalised and enhanced Leith Waterworld as a pool, a family leisure destination, and an inclusive hub for health and well-being.

Background docs

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