We the undersigned strongly disagree with the decision by Macdonald Hotels & Resorts to end the High Life scheme due to no new deal being negotiated .
For numerous years ,the local residents have been able to access the excellent swimming facilities offered by the Aviemore Highland Resort at affordable rates through the High Life Highland scheme, a council-funded scheme.Also highlife enables swimming lessons for Various kids across Badenoch and Strathspey and this will either move to another pool or stop all together. Free access to our swimming pool is included for all resort guests and also members of the Highlife leisure scheme. Please note that day or weekly passes for non-residents are no longer available.
The High Life scheme costs local residents £30 a month for access to the facilities. With the termination of the scheme, these facilities will be out of reach for all residents.
Please sign the petition asking Macdonald Hotels and Highland council to reconsider its current position and continue talks so that local residents and their children can continue to have access to a local swimming pool at reasonable rates.
Thank you
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Reached 500 supporters
May 23, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
May 21, 2018
May 21, 2018
We are approaching 500 signatures and I need this target met before I hand the documentation over to the Highland Council representatives. Please confirm your contact information is accurate if you want to be included in the formal list of local stakeholders for our upcoming meeting.
288 Comments
Swimming is an important part of education, any restriction on availability to families is unjust. I will not be patronising any Macdonald facility nationwide (for work or leisure) as a result of the decision to remove Aviemore facilities from residents.
It will be a huge loss for the community and all kids if there’s no more scheme. In my case I haven’t got a car so it would be very difficult to access other swimming pool and also find time for it as a single mother. Please reconsider.
I work for the company and I'm ashamed becasue i am also a local. I think it's a a joke that the locals are no longer aloud to use the pool. When I was younger I used to go and swim there, and it's made good memories, so I wish that for our younger locals aswell.
Its like Deja Vu! Hopefully someone somewhere will see sense. It’s not just the pool the locals use, we use the cafe, soft play and cinema and if it wasn’t for the locals these things would have closed a long time ago as the majority of the time it’s only locals in these places
We use the pool at least once or twice a week! Without the Highlife card access we would not be able to afford to swim at your resort! Locals were promised the use at a fair reduced rate through the Highlife and this should be upheld.
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Swimming is an essential life skill for everyone and if you cant swim then you cant save yourself or other people . this is shocking and children need to learn how to swim. old or young we need a swimming pool.
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We the undersigned strongly disagree with the decision by Macdonald Hotels & Resorts to end the High Life scheme due to no new deal being negotiated .
For numerous years ,the local residents have been able to access the excellent swimming facilities offered by the Aviemore Highland Resort at affordable rates through the High Life Highland scheme, a council-funded scheme.Also highlife enables swimming lessons for Various kids across Badenoch and Strathspey and this will either move to another pool or stop all together. Free access to our swimming pool is included for all resort guests and also members of the Highlife leisure scheme. Please note that day or weekly passes for non-residents are no longer available.
The High Life scheme costs local residents £30 a month for access to the facilities. With the termination of the scheme, these facilities will be out of reach for all residents.
Please sign the petition asking Macdonald Hotels and Highland council to reconsider its current position and continue talks so that local residents and their children can continue to have access to a local swimming pool at reasonable rates.
Thank you
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
May 23, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
May 21, 2018
May 21, 2018
We are approaching 500 signatures and I need this target met before I hand the documentation over to the Highland Council representatives. Please confirm your contact information is accurate if you want to be included in the formal list of local stakeholders for our upcoming meeting.
288 Comments
Please let us use the pool. MacDonalds didn't build the ice rink as per original plans, so the use of the pool was a condition of the closure/demolition of the old pool and ice rink and that agreement should remain. Otherwise the campaigning back in 90s was a waste of time.
Swimming is an important part of education, any restriction on availability to families is unjust. I will not be patronising any Macdonald facility nationwide (for work or leisure) as a result of the decision to remove Aviemore facilities from residents.
It will be a huge loss for the community and all kids if there’s no more scheme. In my case I haven’t got a car so it would be very difficult to access other swimming pool and also find time for it as a single mother. Please reconsider.
I work for the company and I'm ashamed becasue i am also a local. I think it's a a joke that the locals are no longer aloud to use the pool. When I was younger I used to go and swim there, and it's made good memories, so I wish that for our younger locals aswell.
Its like Deja Vu! Hopefully someone somewhere will see sense. It’s not just the pool the locals use, we use the cafe, soft play and cinema and if it wasn’t for the locals these things would have closed a long time ago as the majority of the time it’s only locals in these places
We use the pool at least once or twice a week! Without the Highlife card access we would not be able to afford to swim at your resort! Locals were promised the use at a fair reduced rate through the Highlife and this should be upheld.
HELP SWIMMING SOS
Swimming is an essential life skill for everyone and if you cant swim then you cant save yourself or other people . this is shocking and children need to learn how to swim. old or young we need a swimming pool.
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Please let us use the pool. MacDonalds didn't build the ice rink as per original plans, so the use of the pool was a condition of the closure/demolition of the old pool and ice rink and that agreement should remain. Otherwise the campaigning back in 90s was a waste of time.